Dan Lynch, Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Gorham as the next Chief Deputy Clerk. Although Karen will join the clerk’s office staff in April, she will formally succeed Tracy Uhrin as the Chief Deputy when Tracy assumes the role of Clerk of Court upon Dan Lynch’s retirement in March of 2025. For more information, please click here

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire would like to warn the public of a scam in which callers pose as Deputy U.S. Marshals or other government officials and claim that the victim is about to be arrested for not appearing for jury duty but can avoid arrest by paying a fine. If you receive a call like this, do not provide any information to the caller. You are encouraged to report the incident to the U.S. Marshals Service at (603) 225-1632. More information can be found here.

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is accepting applications for the position of Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. An application form may be obtained from the Court's website at https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/employment.

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is seeking applicants for a bankruptcy judge position in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire in Concord. The jurisdiction of a bankruptcy judge is specified in Title 28, United States Code, §§ 151-158, and explained in Title 11, United States Code, § 101, et seq. Attorneys are encouraged to apply, even if their experience is not specifically in bankruptcy law.

The court is considering proposed amendments to the Local Rules for adoption effective December 1, 2023. The court welcomes input about any of the proposed amendments from the public and bar.

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire will host an investiture ceremony for United States Magistrate Judge Talesha L. Saint-Marc at the Rudman Courthouse at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, 2023.  The ceremony will be followed by an outdoor reception.

The court will be hosting the 2023 Federal Practice Institute on Friday, September 29, 2023.  The event will begin with Attorney John F. Weaver speaking on the evolving legal challenges presented by artificial intelligence and the invasion and protection of privacy interests.  That will be followed by a session entitled “Observations from the Bench,” led by District Judge Elliott and Magistrate Judge Johnstone.  The afternoon will feature Attorneys Roberta D. Liebenberg and Stephanie A.

Members of the bar and the public are invited to submit comments for consideration by the Court of Appeals regarding the reappointment of Bankruptcy Judge Cabán to a new term of office for the District of Puerto Rico. For more information, please click here.

The Court is very pleased to announce that it has selected Talesha L. Saint-Marc, Esq., to fill the second full-time United States Magistrate Judge position in the District of New Hampshire. It is anticipated that she will begin her term in June. For more information on Attorney Saint-Marc’s appointment, please click here.

Effective December 1, 2022, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will be amended to add Supplemental Rules for Social Security review cases under 42 U.S.C § 405(g) (“Supplemental SSA Rules”). For more details on the new Supplemental SSA Rules, as well as the slight modifications to the district’s SSA local rule (LR 9.1) necessitated by the federal rule amendment, click here.

Effective December 1, 2022, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 will be amended to add the requirement that all parties and intervenors in diversity cases must file a disclosure statement naming, and identifying the citizenship of, “every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party or intervenor.” Additionally, Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1 will be amended to clarify that a nongovernmental corporate “intervenor” also must file a corporate disclosure statement.

The court is considering the attached proposed amendments to the Local Rules for adoption effective December 1, 2022. The court welcomes input about any of the proposed amendments from the public and bar.

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire will host an Ethics Forum at the Rudman Courthouse on Friday, October 21, 2022, from 9:00 to 10:00 am. The presenters for the forum will be Sara Greene, Disciplinary Counsel for the NH Supreme Court Attorney Discipline Office, and David Rothstein, NH State Public Defender and Former Chair of the Professional Conduct Committee.

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire will host a Federal Judge Open Forum at the Rudman Courthouse on Friday, September 30, 2022, from 9:00 to 10:30 am. The event, which will be moderated by Peter Callaghan and Debra Ford, will afford attendees the opportunity to participate in an interactive question and answer session with the federal judges.

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