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New Hampshire Committee on Judicial Conduct
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The New Hampshire Committee on Judicial Conduct is a judicial disciplinary agency in New Hampshire.[1]
Organization
The committee is made up of 11 members: Three active or retired judges (one from the superior courts, one from the district court and one from the probate court), an active or retired clerk of court, one lawyer and six members of the public. The judges and clerk are appointed by the state supreme court. The lawyer is appointed by the president of the New Hampshire Bar Association. The members of the public are appointed by the president of the New Hampshire Bar Association, the supreme court, the governor (who appoints two), the president of the senate and the speaker of the house. Terms are for three years. All members have corresponding alternates.[2]
Governing laws
- The Supreme Court Rules 38, 39, and 40.[3]
Contact information
Committee on Judicial Conduct[4]
132 Chapel Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: (603) 427-9295
Email: rmittelholzer@nhjcc.com
See also
External links
- New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Judicial Conduct Committee"
- Concord Monitor, "Who's judging New Hampshire's judges?" August 26, 2012
- New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "The Supreme Court Rules 38"
- New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "The Supreme Court Rules 39"
- New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "The Supreme Court Rules 40"
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Judicial Conduct Committee"
- ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch Judicial Conduct Committee, "Overview"
- ↑ New Hampshire Judicial Branch, "Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of New Hampshire: Administrative Rules 35 to 39: Rule 39. Committee on Judicial Conduct.," accessed May 9, 2015
- ↑ American Judicature Society's Center for Judicial Ethics, "State Judicial Conduct Organizations"
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Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Hampshire • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Hampshire
State courts:
New Hampshire Supreme Court • New Hampshire Superior Courts • New Hampshire Circuit Courts • New Hampshire Probate Courts • New Hampshire District Court • New Hampshire Family Division
State resources:
Courts in New Hampshire • New Hampshire judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Hampshire
