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Bar News - March 7, 2003 News Digest Heed Confirmed as Attorney General Cheshire County Attorney Peter W. Heed was confirmed as attorney general by a 4-1 vote of the Executive Council on Feb. 19. The confirmation of Heed ended Gov. Craig Benson's weeks-long search for a new attorney general to replace former AG Phil McLaughlin. At press time, Heed had not yet taken office, but was expected to do so sometime in early March. Heed, 52, of Westmoreland, is a Pennsylvania native. He earned his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and his law degree from Cornell University. He was admitted to the NH Bar in 1975 and prosecuted homicide cases in the Attorney General's Office in the late 1970s. He then went into private practice until his successful bid for the Cheshire County attorney post in 2000 and 2002. Heed will face the challenging task of tackling some 650 civil cases leftover from the previous administration. "I know the challenge is going to be big, but I'm ready for it," Heed said in comments to the Concord Monitor. Benson said that he chose Heed because of his "enthusiasm and passion." The sole vote against Heed's confirmation came from Executive Councilor David Wheeler, R-Milford, who said he supported another finalist for the AG job, Bryan Gould. The NH Superior Court will appoint an individual to fill the Cheshire County attorney position being left vacant by Heed's appointment. Heed has recommended Assistant County Attorney William M. Albrecht for the job. More about Heed and his appointment as attorney general will appear in a future issue of Bar News. Thurgood Marshall Commemorative Stamp Presented to NH Bar Thurgood Marshall, a famed civil rights lawyer and the first African-American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, is featured on the latest stamp in the U.S. Postal Service's Black Heritage series. The district manager for the U.S. Postal Service, James Adams, presented the stamp to the NH Bar Association in the ceremonial courtroom of the Warren D. Rudman U.S. Courthouse in Concord on Feb. 12. NHBA President Marty Van Oot and U.S. District Court - District of NH Judge Steven J. McAuliffe accepted the stamp on behalf of the Bar. Marshall served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991. "The postal service is proud to honor Thurgood Marshall's life and historic accomplishments... Through the issuance of the Thurgood Marshall stamp, we have created a lasting tribute to one of the pioneers of civil rights and social equality in our country," said Postmaster General John E. Potter in a press release. Also in the press release, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist described Marshall as a "worthy and well liked colleague" and said that the issuance of the Thurgood Marshall commemorative stamp "is a fitting tribute to a man who left an indelible mark upon the law of this country." After graduating first in his law school class in 1933, Marshall opened a private practice in Baltimore before joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) legal office. He was promoted to chief counsel for the NAACP in 1938. He became the first director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., in 1940 and held that position for 21 years. In 1954, his legal team prevailed in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education that struck down segregation in public schools. He again made history in 1967 when, under the Johnson administration, he was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall died in 1993 at the age of 84.
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