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24 New Hampshire Bar News (n.s.) 1 (2013-2014)

handle is hein.barjournals/nhbn0024 and id is 1 raw text is: ...Supporting Members of the Legal Profession & Their Service to the Public and Justice System N E W H A M P S H I R E B A R A S S O C I A T I O N JUNE 21, 2013 An Official Publication of the New Hampshire Bar Association VOL. 24, NO. 1 Superior Court Jury Software to Launch in August By Kristen Senz out questionnaires collect them into Instead of spending hours at the court- and send them to at house poring over handwritten question- ment format (PDF). naires, attorneys . preparing for supe- For more on jury selection technology, ror court jury tri- including changes at the federal court -ils will soon find and handy smart phone applications, juror mformation i turn to page 38. in their email in- . boxes. concerns over priv The superior court expects to have its of the selected softv new electronic jury management system op- Technologies, result erational in August. Under the electronic system, after a pool of prospective jurors fills JURI online, jury clerks wifl one long electronic file tornevs in portable docu- Initially, judi- cial branch officials had hoped attorneys could access the files -nline 'sing indi- vidual passwords, but acy and the capabilities iare vendor, Courthouse ted in the use of PDFs, (continued on page 39 Court and Attorneys Brace for Child Support Changes By Kristen Senz ample, will pay 25.6 percent of net income for one child, versus 25 percent under The child support guidelines set to the existing guidelines. A person making take effect July 1 represent the most sig- $60,000 per year will pay at a rate of 22 nificant change to the formula for calculat- percent for one child, rather than the cur- ing child support in New Hampshire in 25 rent 25 percent. years. The primary philosophy behind the The new guidelines change the child changes, which are based on national re- support formula from a flat rate - 25 per- search, is that people with higher incomes cent of gross income for one child, 33 per- spend a lower percentage of their earnings cent for two, and so on - to a sliding scale on caring for their children, explains Kevin that divides the total financial responsibil- Landrv, chief staff attorney at the NH Di- ity between the two parties according to vision of Child Support Services. Another ,heir income levels. inderlying premise of the new guidelines Generally, people with very low in- is that a child should receive the same per- comes will pay a greater percentage of centage of total parental income, as if the net income for child support under the family was intact. new guidelines, while people with higher As you maKe more monev, the per- incomes will pay at lower rates. A person making tess than $15,000 per vear, for ex- GUIDELINES continued on page 32 NH Bar Announces 2013 Awards Jim Starr has worked as a court administrator in New Hampshire in both the state and federal judicial systems for more than 35 years. His knowledge, experience, professional- ism, and his pursuit of numerous initiatives to improve the courts and the quality of justice in New Hampshire led to his selection as recipient of the 2013 NH Bar Distinguished Ser- vice to the Profession Award. NHBA President Larry Vogelman was to present the award to Starr, Clerk of Court for the US District Court in Concord at the NHBA Annual Meeting luncheon on Friday, AWARDS continued on page 34 . tar --,,H :-DCIT, 2 President's thank you. Larry Vogelman expresses his thanks for the support he received during his term as Bar President. 4 Cloud backups. Rob How- ard inaugurates the Tech Talk column with an explana- tion of how small law offices can back up their data easily and safely. 6 Homeowner counselors. Attorneys Ufrom the Foreclosure Relief Project explain the role homeowner counselors play in foreclosure prevention efforts. In Memoriam - Elyse Alkalay, 41, passed away recently. An attorney at the NH Department ofJustice, a year ago she graduated from NHBA Leadership Acdemy. 1 O Bar Foundation event. Attendees, 1 Oaward recipients and the Bar Foun- dation all scored big at the baseball-themed event. Practice Area Sections Municipal & Government Law Pages 13- 17 Intellectual Property Law Pages 16-22 I 2 7Ethics CLEs! N H BA CLE offerrs Eth- 7ics & Social media (for lawyers in criminal law) on June 26, or 7th Annual Ethics CLE co-sponsored with the Ethics Committee on June 27. 3 Pro Bono Golf Turns 3020. Quid Pro Bono Golf event celebrates 20th an- niversary. New features make this event more fun than ever. Newcomers welcomed! 3 McCafferty nominated. US Magis- 3U8trate Landya McCafferty has been nominated to replace Judge Steven McAu- liffe on the US District Court bench. 41 At-a-Glance. Michael Kirwin summarizes May's slip opinions. y 7 Bar members subject to EY91 the Minimum Continuing Legal Education requirement can avoid hassles by completing (and reporting) credits by June 30. See page 5. A& WWI

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