2026

By Tom Jarvis Jack Middleton, a towering figure in New Hampshire’s legal community whose career encompassed trial practice, judicial service, Bar leadership, and mentorship, died September 8. He was 97. Middleton was the Granite State’s oldest practicing

By Tom Jarvis Gordon J. MacDonald resigned as chief justice and as a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court on September 15 after admitting that his handling of a Judicial Branch personnel matter violated three provisions

By Megan Koerber House Bill 1267 became law after the New Hampshire Legislature overwhelmingly voted to override a veto by Governor Kelly Ayotte. The measure requires school districts and charter schools to establish policies prohibiting the questioning

By Tom Jarvis Judge Joseph Laplante of the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire will receive the 2026 Frank Rowe Kenison Award at the New Hampshire Bar Foundation’s Annual Dinner on Wednesday, October 21,

By Tom Jarvis The New Hampshire Bar Association will bring attorneys, judges, educators, and other members of the legal community together on November 6 at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law for “Counsel

By Tom Jarvis In a historic jury verdict, William Kelly became the first person in New Hampshire to be convicted under the state’s 2018 fetal homicide law. A Carroll County Superior Court jury convicted Kelly, 40, on