Six Judges Confirmed

The following is a press release from the Office of the Governor, published August 22, 2012.  These judges will be sitting in the state circuit courts, which include Family Divisions.  Why is this important?  More available judges means that cases heard in the Family Division may be heard more quickly. 

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Executive Council Confirms Six For the Circuit Court

CONCORD – The Executive Council this morning confirmed Governor John Lynch's six nominees to serve on the state's circuit courts.

The six confirmed today are current judges Paul Moore of Bedford, Mark Weaver of Greenland, Lawrence MacLeod of Lebanon, marital master Jennifer Lemire of Stratham, and Julie Introcaso of Manchester. Susan Carbon of Chichester was confirmed as a part-time circuit court judge.

"I am confident that Paul Moore, Mark Weaver, Jennifer Lemire, Lawrence MacLeod, Julie Introcaso and Susan Carbon will be outstanding circuit court judges. All of them have distinguished themselves as leaders in the judicial and legal communities and bring with them extensive courtroom experience," Governor Lynch said. "Their commitment to justice and high ethical standards will help strengthen our strong circuit court system."The independent Judicial Selection Commission recommended all of the nominees.

Paul Moore has been a special justice in what is now the 9th Circuit Court in Milford since 2002, and has served as a justice in the Family Division in Derry, now the 10th Circuit Court, since 2008.  Moore operated a private practice focused on family law prior until 2008, when he began devoting more time to the courts. Moore has been extremely active in his community, co-founding MooreMart, a non-profit volunteer organization devoted to providing supplies and care packages to the men and women of the military serving overseas.  Moore received his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1988. He received his bachelor's of science from Saint Anselm College in 1980.

Mark Weaver has been a special justice in Seabrook, now the 10th Circuit Court, since 2005. He has also been an attorney with Ford & Weaver, P.A., in Portsmouth since 1991.

Weaver was previously a litigator with Sheehan, Phinney, Bass and Green in Manchester. He is very involved in his community, having served as a former chairman of the Greenland Board of Selectmen.  Weaver received his law degree from Boston College Law School in 1984, and his bachelor's from Bates College in 1980.

Lawrence MacLeod has served as a per diem justice in the district, family and probate divisions of the court system since 2002, serving primarily in what is now the 2nd Circuit Court in Lebanon. MacLeod was an attorney with Baker & Hayes in Lebanon for 10 years, before opening his own law practice in Lebanon in 2001.  MacLeod received his law degree from the University of Maine School of Law in 1991, and received his bachelor's degree from Tufts University in 1982. He has also completed post-graduate course work at Harvard University, the London School of Economics and Cambridge University in England.

Jennifer Lemire has been a marital master in the Manchester court, now the 9th Circuit Court, since 2010. Prior to serving on the court, she was in private practice for nearly 15 years, most recently as a shareholder at Wiggin & Nourie in Portsmouth.  Lemire is very involved in her community, having served on the board of the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce and Exeter Area Charitable Foundation, among other organizations. She received her law degree from Suffolk University in 1995, and her bachelor's from the University of New Hampshire in 1992.

Julie Introcaso currently serves as disciplinary counsel in the New Hampshire Supreme Court's Attorney Discipline Office. Prior to being named disciplinary counsel, she served as deputy clerk of the Rockingham County Superior Court from 2000 to 2011.  After graduating from law school, Introcaso also served as a public defender, and later entered private practice, before joining state service. Introcaso is a former chair of the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice and is involved in the Manchester community. She received her law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1988, and her bachelor's from Simon's Rock of Bard College in 1985.

Susan Carbon is being nominated to serve as a special justice to the circuit court. She is the former director of the Office on Violence Against Women in the U.S. Department of Justice and a former New Hampshire judge. She was appointed to the former New Hampshire district court system in 1990, and later was appointed as supervisory judge of the then-pilot Grafton County Family Division program in 1996. She continued to sit as a Family Division judge until 2010, when she was appointed by the president to serve as director of the Office on Violence Against Women.  Carbon was an attorney with Wescott, Millham and Dyer in Laconia prior to being appointed to the Family Division. She has served on the Pittsfield School Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment, and the Lakes Region YMCA Board of Directors. Carbon received her law degree from DePaul University School of Law in 1980, and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1974.