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Bar Foundation Awards
The New Hampshire Bar Foundation recognizes the contributions of members of the legal community towards ensuring access to legal justice in New Hampshire with the following awards.
Frank Rowe Kenison Award Recipients
2021 |
Steven B. Scudder |
2020 |
Hon. Norman H. Stahl, US Court of Appeals for First Circuit Court |
2019 |
Hon. Jeffrey R. Howard, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
2018 |
Hon. Joseph P. Nadeau, retired |
2017 |
Professor John Garvey, UNH School of Law |
2016 |
Hon. Paul Barbadoro, US District Court |
2015 |
Chief Justice Linda Stewart Dalianis, NH Supreme Court |
2014 |
Hon. Kenneth R. McHugh, NH Superior Court (retired) |
2014 |
Amy Beth Messer, Disabilities Rights Center |
2013 |
Claire Ebel, NH Civil Liberities Union (retired) |
2012 |
David L. Nixon, Nixon, Vogelman, Barry, Slawsky & Simoneau P.A. (deceased) |
2011 |
Dean John T. Broderick, Jr., UNH School of Law |
2010 |
Howard J. Zibel, NH Supreme Court |
2009 |
Jacalyn A. Colburn, NH Public Defender Richard Guerriero, NH Public Defender |
2008 |
Hon. Francis J. Frasier, Hampton District Court |
2007 |
Frederic K. Upton, Upton & Hatfield, LLP (deceased) |
2006 |
Elliott Berry, NH Legal Assistance |
2005 |
Nina C. Gardner, NH Judicial Council |
2004 |
Jack B. Middleton, McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton |
2003 |
Ronald K. Lospennato, Disabilities Rights Center |
2002 |
Hon. James E. Duggan, NH Supreme Court |
2001 |
Marcia Sink, Court Appointed Special Advocates |
2000 |
Hon. Susan B. Carbon, Family Courts |
1999 |
John E. Tobin, NH Legal Assistance |
1998 |
Hon. Edwin W. Kelly, District Courts |
Robert E. Kirby Award Recipients
2021 |
Megan C. Carrier, Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Henry R. Klementowicz, American Civil Liberties Union of NH |
2020 |
Caroline K. Leonard, Gallagher Callahan & Gartrell PC |
2019 |
Sandra L. Cabrera, Waystack Frizzell |
2018 |
Nicholas E. Abramsom, Abramsom, Brown & Dugan |
2017 |
Rory Parnell, Parnell Michels & McKay PLLC |
2016 |
Anthony Galdieri, Nixon Peabody |
2015 |
Jonathan Eck, Devine Millimet |
2014 |
Julian B. Jefferson, NH Public Defender |
2013 |
Daniel J. Feltes, NH Legal Assistance |
2012 |
Michael S. Lewis, NH Attorney General’s Office |
2011 |
Holly B. Haines, Abramson Brown & Dugan |
2010 |
Sarah E. Mattson, New Hampshire Legal Assistance |
2009 |
Jaye L. Rancourt, Brennan, Caron, Lenehan, & Iacopino |
2008 |
Charles J. Keefe, Wilson, Bush, Durkin & Keefe |
2007 |
Joceline D. Champagne, NH Pro Bono Referral Program |
2006 |
Mary Ann Dempsey, Wiggin & Nourie |
2005 |
Mary E. Tenn, Tenn And Tenn |
2004 |
Kelly Ayotte, Attorney General |
2003 |
Jennifer Parent, McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton |
2002 |
John T. Pendleton, Gottesman & Hollis |
2001 |
Joseph N. Laplante, U.S. Attorney’s Office |
1999 |
James J. Tenn, Jr., Tenn And Tenn |
1998 |
Diane Murphy Quinlan, Diocese of Manchester, NH |
1997 |
Mark E. Howard, U.S. Attorney’s Office |
1996 |
John P. Kacavas, Kacavas and Ramsdell |
The Nixon-Zachos Award was created to honor the memory of David Nixon and Kimon Zachos, two New Hampshire attorneys who were leaders in the law and in their community. Both were active members of the New Hampshire Bar Foundation and the Bar Association. They were preeminent lawyers, but some of their most important contributions were to their communities generally. Through their work, they emphasized the important role of lawyers – including shaping the law, serving in the state legislature and working to ensure that we remain a society in which all stand equal before the law.
*Only Fellows of the NH Bar Foundation may submit nominations for this award*
Nixon-Zachos Award Recipients
2021 |
Rodney Dyer, retired |
2019 |
Anthony A. McManus, retired |
2018 |
David H. Bradley, Stebbins Bradley, PA |
2017 |
Claudia C. Damon, retired |
2016 |
Jack B. Middleton, McLane Middleton PC |

Kimon Zachos 1930 – 2014

David Nixon 1932 – 2014