As part of its Convocation Lecture Series, the ϲ welcomes New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice John T. Broderick Jr. on Monday, Feb. 22, at 11:45 a.m. in Hendricks Chapel. His lecture, “Justice at Risk: Will the Profession Step Up,” is open to the public.
Broderick was sworn in by Gov. Craig Benson during a ceremony at the Supreme Court in 2004. He was appointed an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 1995 by Gov. Stephen E. Merrill after many years as a private practitioner in Manchester.
He served as president of the New Hampshire Bar Association from 1990-91. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is a past president of the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association. In 1993, President Clinton appointed Broderick to the board of directors of the national Legal Services Corp.
Prior to taking a seat on the Supreme Court, Broderick had practiced with the law firm of Devine Millimet Stahl & Branch in Manchester and later opened his own firm. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Virginia Law School.
For more information about this lecture, contact Sheila Welch at (315) 443.5019.
