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15 New Hampshire Bar News (n.s.) 1 (2004-2005)

handle is hein.barjournals/nhbn0015 and id is 1 raw text is: NEW HAMPS IRE Supwr en Anir iu tulrrsi4 t'e Newc fsl-ire or- It~ ww~w.nhbar.org VOL I NO. i J UN L 4. Z)4 Proessionalism Honorees Larger-than-Usual Group of Admittees Sworn In Maher, Green to By Anita S. Becker and Dan Wise R eceive Aw ards at ustceRichardE. Galway, representingrhe NI Supreme A nnu l M e tingCourt, told a group of newly admitted Bar members that A nnual M eeting they should view themselves as unre than simply yet dors of legal services. Ile advs ed them to uphold the New PROBATE COURT ADMINISTRATIVE Judge John R. Hampshire Bar's traditions of volunteerism, professionalw Maher and criminal defense actorney Cathy J. Green are ism, and collegialiry. The mantel has been passed I you. among several outstanding Bar members who will receive At a May 24 special session of the court, that mantel awards at the 2004NHBA Annual MeetingtobeheldJune was passed on to 119 new admittees- t82 of which ire 24-27 at the Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel in New Castle. members of other Bars admitted on imotion. Typically, the Maher will receive the Justice William A, Grimes Award spring swearing in is the smallest of the year, hut this grIup for Judicial Ptrofessionalsii white Green, whi practices with inct!uded a large ltitnber of ittorneys who had applied siice Green & Utter in Manchester, is the recipient of the E, the admission on motion process was approvcd in March l)onald Dufresne Award for Outstanding Professionalisin. 2003. The process requires much paperwork to gather and Also receving President's Awards at this meeting will CLE requirements to meet, and thren the applicants are in a r with past protocol, new Bar metrners wc pecna ly con- be: Edward ). Adamsky, President's Award for Outstand- vetted by the Supreme Court's Committee on Character gamulaed in a receitag liiie by ue sti's Supreme Cour)Iuies. iug Service to lie Profession; Michael W. Holmes, & Fitness. (A fillow up article will appear in the next President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Public; issue of Bar News providing demographics on the newest school graduates who passed the NH exam could add and Katherine B. Stearns, Vickie M. Bunnell Award for group of admittees.) 100 more lawyers to the Bar, which misw exceed 4,000 Community Set ice, The number ofadmittees in 2004 will likely be umuch members on active status. larger than last year, when only 134 new attorneys were In addition to Galway, welcoming remarks were made idrnaitted (124 viagilar bar aidtitissti andl 0 otn adsi-s- by James Gleason, president-elect of tre NH Bar Asso- c rion apage 1549 sion on motion). If past trends hold, the admission cetr ensonry this fall -which inclicide miy tI _ yLe's law ADMJTTEES continued on page 6 lust Aromd the Corner Time to Make Your Annual Meeting Plans THE NHBA'S ANNUAL MEETING, being held at the Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel & Spa in New Castle, lune 24-27, should prove to he a relaxing, informative, and fun way to earn continuing education credits, network with your colleagues, pi a y golf, horror outrstanding legal professionals, and enjoy fine food and quality enterrainen. Inside the Special Sectioi i in this issue of Bar News is: Anual Meeting Overview Annual Meeting Activities and Meetings 50-Year Members and Judges Honored Schedule at a Glance Annial Meeting Award Recipiets Annual Meeting Registration Form Annual Meeting CLE Schedule Page 15 Page 16 Page 16 Page 17 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Judge Flynn Remembered as Gracious Pioneer, Dedicated Community Servant By Deborah A. Fauver, Esq. EVERY ONCE IN awhile, a member of the legal community reades beyond the borders of our issal proessioial sphere and offers the general public a compassionate and compel- ling example of what it means to be a lawyer. She left such a deep mark on the com- munity at large- it's hard to believe that one person could do that much. - Supreme Court Justice Linda S. Daltanis Such a person was Judge Margaret Quill Flynn, the twenty-eighth womarn to be admitted to rte NH Bar Assii ciat iotn. She practiced law for 14 years in Massachusetts and for 28 years in New Hampshire before set ing six years as a Superior Court judge. Along the way she sers ed actively on dozens of community boards and raised n'o daughters, who are each now professional wonmen ltetiselves. Mandatory retirement at age 70 left Flynn wistfully re- garding the legal books and binders that filled her house, she would have preferred ti- keep working. To pick, p the slack, as slie pu it then, she took college courses, and ea gerly accepted special assign mntus from rie court. Most recently, at age SO, [I[yrt sir oisrhe fixe-tmettibr panel specially -ippoitred to hear the case brought by r e sit tng Stipeme Coutirt) ustiecs HIon Margaret Quill Fisni to recover legal fees and costs incurred during i course of their impeachment proceed- logs. Other mereis of that panel report that Flii was very much in the thick of the debate The litany (if firsts on her resume suggests that she FLYNN continued on page 22 June 4, 2004 Periodical Postage Paid at Concord NH 03301 FOR ADC 140 Kristen Richards 12323 William S. Hein & Company 1285 Main Street Buffalo NY 14209-1911 l,,,hhIh h ill dial llh ..d . to Ill ll,,o hl id 4 Conscence or Policeman? The 1 1 No Dues or Fees Increase. NC Bar As ociation past president I I NI-IBA members will soon be considers whetier lawyers should he in the receiving their mailing of dues, Supreme business of policing their client's conduct. Court fees, and the NH MCLIE ooklet and will find there have been no changes to the 1 ( Foundation Awards IOLTA bottom line. 10 (frants. The NHBIF Ias av arded more than $1.3 million to organizations ' Making the Payoff Pitch. Blake providing or facilitating .rccess to the civil I 1 , Sutton explains how the job of justice systern for the poor and for law- defense attorneys in mediation is like that related public education. of a baseball pitcher. ews

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