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12 N.H. L. Wkly. 1 (1985-1986)

handle is hein.barjournals/nhlw0012 and id is 1 raw text is: @IafiP shreLa wWe ely-+o Vot 12, No. 1, Page I L. Jonathan Ross Installed as 1985-86 President of New Hampshire Bar Association L. Jonathan Ross of the Wiggin and Nourie law firm in Manchester was installed as president of the New Hampshire Bar Associ. ation on June 22 at the close of the Bar's 1985 Annual Meeting in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. Immediate Past President Walter L. Mitchell, of Nighswander, Martin, Kidder and Mitchell, Laconia, presented Ross with the traditional gavel at a dinner recognizing outgoing president Mitchell for his past year's service and honoring the incoming president, new officers and board members. A 1967 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, Ross has long been active in Bar Association affairs. He chaired the Bar's Finance Committee from 1984-85 and served as chair of the Committee on Cooperation with the Department of Labor from 1982-84. He has also been a member of the Bar's Legislation Committee and the Committee on Cooperation With the Courts. Prior to Ross's election as vice-president in 1983, he served five years on the Bar's board of governors. Ross served as the Bar's presi- dent-electafrpi ,J.,I8_L85 _until his recent Ross page 2 Robert Gross Recipient of Bar Asseeiatori President's Award for Distinguished Service In recognition of his service to the state's legal profession and his outstanding leadership in the delivery of legal services to the poor, New Hampshire Legal Assistance Executive Director Robert D. Gross, Goffstown, was awadedtheNew Hampshire Bar Association President's Award for Distinguished Service at the Bar's Annual Meeting, June 21, at the Balsams. Also taking this opportunity to honor - Gross, the New Hampshire House and Senate commended him for his efforts on behalf of New Hampshire's disadvantaged citizens in a joint House/Senate Resolution. Donna P. Sytek, Chair of the House Judiciary Commit- tee, and Richard E. Boyer, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, presented Gross with page 2 N.H. Supreme Court Associate Justice Charles G. Douglas, III, Resigns Over Pay Charles G. Douglas, III, announced his resignation from the New Hampshire Supreme Court on June 25, citing lack of adequate judicial pay as the primary reason for his decision. The complete text of Judge Douglas's resignation letter follows. It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve my state as a trial judge and appellate judge for over a decade. It is, however, time to move back into the private practice of law. I am resigning effective August 16 and will become a full partner in the firm of McSwiney, Jones and Semple, in Concord, which will now be called MeSwiney, Jones, Semple and Douglas. Three of us were at Boston University School of Law at the same time, and I look forward to practicing with such a distinguished group of attorneys. I will, of course, miss my colleagues and the staff at the Supreme Court. I will be returning to,a profession that Douglas 27 7 1 ,hdyu'I, 1.985 L. Jonathan Ross Gross In observance of Independence Day, the New Hampshire Bar Center will be closed July 4. INSIDE Courts Corner 3 - Judge King's State of the Judiciary * Legislative Summary 6 Trial Advocacy CLE Information 7 U.S. District Court Opinion Summary 8 Supreme Court Opinion Summaries 9 page 2

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