Organization
The court is made up of a chief justice and four associate justices. Currently the members of the court are Chief Justice Linda S. Dalianis, Associate Justice James E. Duggan, Associate Justice Gary Hicks, Associate Justice Carol Ann Conboy, and Associate Justice Robert Lynn.
On October 6, 2005, Senior Associate Justice Nadeau hand delivered his resignation letter to Governor John Lynch, announcing his retirement from the court effective December 31, 2005, which the governor and council accepted. Governor Lynch nominated State Superior Court Judge Gary Hicks to fill the vacancy and was confirmed January 26, 2006. In 2010, then-Chief Justice John T. Broderick, Jr. announced his retirement, to become Dean of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the state's only law school. In December 2010, Linda S. Dalianis was nominated by Governor Lynch and confirmed by the Executive Council as the Court's current Chief Justice.
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