Linda S. Dalianis
Linda S. Dalianis (born 1948) is the current Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on that court.
Background
Linda Stewart Dalianis is a 1974 graduate of Suffolk University Law School in Boston where she received her Juris Doctor degree. Prior to attending Suffolk Law, she graduated from Villa Augustina School in 1966 and Northeastern University in 1970. After graduation from Suffolk, Dalianis worked in private practice in Nashua until 1979 when she became marital master of the Superior Court. Dalianis became the first woman appointed to the New Hampshire Superior Court in 1980, the first female chief justice of the Superior Court in 2000 and then the first female Supreme Court justice also in 2000. In December 2010 Dalianis was elevated to Chief Justice.[1]
References
- ↑ Shira Schoenberg, "Dalianis sworn in as chief justice", Concord Monitor, December 16, 2010.
See also
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