Admissions
Federal: NH District Court
Vermont District Court
Court of Appeals First Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
State: New Hampshire
Accredited Mediation: NH and US District Court of NH
Memberships
Involvement
Professional Organizations:
National :
•Member, American and NH Bar Association
•Certified Trial Specialist, National Institute of Trail Advocacy
•fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers and Life fellow
•American Bar Foundation, Life fellow
•American Bar Association: Secretary, Member Board of Governors, Member House of Delegates
•President, National Conference of Bar Presidents
•President, National Conference of Bar Foundations
•Trustee, National Conference of State Courts
Regional :
•Trustee, New England Law Institute
•President, New England Bar Association
•fellow, New Hampshire Bar Foundation
State :
•President, NH Bar Association
•Co-Chair, NH Bar Foundation
•fellow, NH Bar Foundation
Other Organizations:
Regional :
•New England Council: Director
State :
•Trustee and Secretary, New Hampshire Business and Industry Association
•Commissioner, Mount Washington Commission
•President, Mount Washington Observatory
•Trustee, Nature Conservatory (NH)
•Trustee, Society for the Protection of NH Forests
•Trustee, NH Supreme Court Society
•President, NH Public Television
•Trustee, NH Public Radio
•Trustee, North Country Board, NH Charitable Foundation
•Trustee, Junior Achievement
City :
•President, United Way Board of Directors
•Chairman, United Way Campaign
•President, Manchester Chamber of Commerce
•Director, Amoskeag Industries Inc.
Bar Fellowship
of the American Bar Foundation.
• Chambers USA: A Guide to America's Leading Lawyers (Litigation)
• Boston University Law School "Silver Shingle".
• NH Bar Association President's Award for Distinguished Service.
• NH Bar Association President's Award for Special Service.
• New Hampshire Business Leader of the Year, 2002.
• NHBIA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2005.
• Woodward &, White's Best Lawyers in America®, (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation)
• 2006 - awarded The Charles Holmes Pettee Medal by the University of New Hampshire's Alumni Association
• AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Involvement
• President of The Mount Washington Observatory
• Member, Board of Directors of Amoskeag Industries, Inc.
• Member, Board of Trustees of NH Supreme Court Society
• Member, North Country Board, NH Charitable Foundation
• Chair, New Hampshire Bar Foundation