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Bar News - September 23, 2005 Court’s Corner - Three Nominations Pending for District Courts By: Dan Wise
The nominations of Edward M. Gordon, of Bristol, as presiding justice of Franklin District Court, and Mark F. Weaver, of Portsmouth, for special justice of the Exeter-Hampton District Court, were expected to be on the agenda for the Executive Council’s Sept. 21 meeting (which took place after Bar News went to press). The Hon. Daniel Cappiello, special justice of the Rochester District Court, has also been nominated as that court’s permanent, full-time presiding judge. A public hearing on Cappiello’s nomination has been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 28.
Cappiello graduated in 1967 from the University of New Hampshire and earned his law degree from New England School of Law in 1973. Ned Gordon, who is in the last year of two-year term as Belknap County representative on the NHBA Board of Governors, served in the NH Senate for eight years, and as a member of the NH House for one term. He is a partner in the Laconia law firm of Wescott, Millham & Dyer.
A native of Alexandria, NH, Gordon graduated from the University of New Hampshire and also received an MBA from Boston College. After being employed by AT&T for 15 years, he went to Franklin Pierce Law Center and graduated in 1989. While in law school, he served as an intern to Judge Hugh H. Bownes of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and after obtaining his law degree, served as law clerk to NH Supreme Court Chief Justice David A. Brock. While in the legislature, he served as chair and vice chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. After leaving the legislature, he served as a public member of the Legislative Ethics Committee. Long active in local church and community organizations, Gordon was twice elected Selectman for the Town of Bristol, and he is Moderator for both the Town of Bristol and the Newfound Area School District. Attorney Weaver is a partner with Ford, Weaver & McDonald, PA, in Portsmouth, where he focuses his practice on commercial law, including litigation, secured creditor collections and bankruptcy. He graduated from Bates College in 1980 and earned his law degree from Boston College School of Law in 1984. He is admitted to practice in Maine and New Hampshire. He is a longtime member of the NHBA CLE Committee and the Alternative Dispute Resolution and Business Litigation sections. Cappiello, Gordon and Weaver were nominated by Gov. Lynch after vetting by the Judicial Selection Committee, chaired by Concord attorney Jill Blackmer and Philip Waystack, of Colebrook. |
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