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6 New Hampshire Bar News (n.s.) 1 (1995-1996)

handle is hein.barjournals/nhbn0006 and id is 1 raw text is: INSIDE * Legal Services ......................................... 2 9 NI ILA Launches Anniail Campaign . 2 M Prsident.Elect's Perspective .................. 3 S M tirk Your Calendar .............................. 3 * IOLTA Grants Cosmuitee Nonintionss Sought .............................. 4 9 Effective Speaking CLE W ith Steven Stark ................................ 4 i Brce Felinly to be Int,illed as NI IBA President .................... 5 1995 Annual Meeting Registration Form ................... 5 ' Critical Need Exists for Pro PIkno Attorneys .......................... 6 * Quid Pro 1B mo Golf Tournament Raises $S8, ......................... 7 U Court TV Finds An Audience ............... 8 * N.1 1. Supreme Court Prposes Appeal Tribunals ................ I I * President's Perspective .................... 12 U C.E Calcridarand Progranis ........... 13-15 * CLE Registration Form ................... 16 13 Supreme Court Orders ................... 21 93 U.S. Banknptcy Court Notice ............. 25 * N. I1. District Court Orders ............. 25 NHBAoCLE INSERT Summer Video Replay Series Quid Pro Bono Golf Tournament Produces Winners NH Supreme Court Declines To Adopt Proposed Civil Rules THE NEW I IAMPSI IIRE Supreme Court, in a 4 - 1 decision of May 23rd, declined to adopt the proposed New Hampshire RulesofCivil Procedure. AssociateJustice W. StephenThayer, IlI was the lone dissenter. While there may be flaws in individual components of the existing system, it does not necessarily follow that the entire system is too flawed to be maintained, stated Chief Justice David A. Brock in the majority opinion. Perhaps the most compelling reason for declining to adopt the Proposed Rules may be stated colloquially: 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.' (See court order page 21.) The effort to produce modern rules of civil procedure began in 1981. A 1984 membership survey indicated that such niles ranked among the highest priorities for New Hampshire lawyers. Over its 13 year history, the project included input fiom hundredsofjudges, attorneys, courtclerks al. .1 legislators. Obviously, we are very disappointed,said NI-1BA Presi- dent Jack P. Crisp, Jr.. The work by the Special Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure was significant. Our thanks go out to the committee members for their dedicated effort. We believe we presented a quality product to improve practice in New Hampshire, said NHBA President-Elect Bruce W. Felmly. While we believe acomprehensive revision would serve the public, we understand and accept the position that the court has expressed. The court heard oral arguments for and against the Pro- posed Rules on March 15, 1995. Proponents included Felmly RULES Continued on page 3 NHBA Long Range Plan Presented by Richard Y. Uchida, Chair Long Range Plan Subcommittee Mandatory malpractice insurance? Bonding of attorneys? Earlier disclosure of professional conduct complaints Contrary to recent news reports, these are not issues that the Long Range Planning Committee of the New Hampshire Bar Association is endorsing. However, on May 18, 1995, the Board of Governors adopted a long range plan that recom- mends these issues and other be examined. The Long Range Plan is the fruition of two years of work. The plan outlines areas where the committee feels the Asso- ciation ought to be directing its resources, personnel and time over the coming five years. It also calls for continued review aad monitoring of progress. To be sure, some of the proposals are controversial and expensive. However, an explanation of the process that produced the plan should assure the member- ship that its goals and recommendations are rooted in widely- held concerns expressed by many New Hampshire attorneys. In 1993 at the direction of then incoming Bar President Susan B. Carbon and outgoing Bar President Patti Blanchette, the Long Range Planning Committee began work on the first LONG RANGE Continued on page 3 TIhe 2nd Anrmiud Quid Pm ro Gol Tuimimnuit ruoei r u.r $8 .00 for the NIBA Pro IBono Referr Syimn. The unrling foursoie inchded (I tor) atmmor.ysJim Hood, [lobI Jarun, I.,atv elnpy= Kei Fitgerld. In Memoriam Patricia McKee Wharton PATRICIA MCKEE WHARTON, 53, a prominent Exeterattoruey and former judge, died at her home in Nottingham on May 20, 1995. Born in Detroit, Michigan,shewas the daughterof William and Stella McKee of Aiken, South Carolina. She was educated at the University of Michigan where she received her B.A. in 1963, and the University of Puget Sound where she received herJuris Doctor in 1975. McKee Wharton had practiced law in the Seacoast since 1975; at that time she was the first and only woman practicing law in Rockingham County. She was named Exeter District Court Special Justice in 1979 and was swom-in at the same time as Special JusticeJean Burling. The two became the first and second female District Court Judges in New Hampshire. McKee Wharton served on the bench until 1984 and opened her own practice in Exeter in 1988. Attorney McKee Wharton was honored at the NIBA 1995 Mid-Winter Meeting as the recipient of the 7th annual Award for Outstanding Professionalism. She was the first woman and the firstsole practitioner to earn the award. Patt was agood friend, an excellent lawyer, and a person I admired greatly, said NHBA President Jack P. Crisp, Jr., who chose McKee Wharton as the award recipient. She provided her clients with thoughtful, com- petent service. Part had it all - knowledge, humor, dedication and talent. She will be greatly missed but we, the profession and the New Hampshire community, have all benefited frons the standard she has set. 'There isabighole left in the legal community in Rockingham County and in New Hampshire in her passing, said former NHBA President Patti Blanchette. She was on the one hand tenacious and on the other hand was very professional, had a wonderful sense of humor, and always kept her cases in perspec- tive. I feel a great personal loss because she was the kind of person whom, even though we had many cases against each other, you could always call on, for very practical advice and wisdom, Blanchette said. Attorney McKee Wharton contributed greatly to the profes- sion and to the legal needs of New Hampshire's citizens. She served on the Bar's Committee on Cooperation with the Courts MCKEE WHARTON Continued on page 5 C'L ~0 C :, 0 0 co C L) r o ;E Q)0 z

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