Dinner with Justice NadeauNew Lawyers Committee Event

Hon. Tina L. Nadeau recently retired from the NH Superior Court where she had served as chief justice since 2011, after serving as associate justice to the Superior Court since 1996. Prior to her appointment to the Superior Court, she was with the Criminal Justice Bureau of the Office of the Attorney General and was legal counsel to Governor Stephen Merrill. Justice Nadeau received her B.A. from the University of New Hampshire and her J.D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center. In 2013, Justice Nadeau received the Caroline Gross Fellowship Award to attend the Kennedy School of Government program on Executive Leadership; the 2013 Eric Cogswell Achievement award, recognizing commitment to addressing the over incarceration of offenders with mental illness; and, she was the 2013 recipient of the Marilla Ricker Award, presented by the NH Women’s Bar to women in leadership positions. In 2015 she received the Advocacy award from New Futures and the Wheelok-Nardi award from Greater Manchester Mental Health for her work advocating for those with mental health and substance abuse issues. In 2016 Justice Nadeau was awarded the Kathleen Taylor Legislator Award from the NH Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Association. In 2017 she received the Leadership Award from the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals. Justice Nadeau is currently a board member of the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals, and New Futures, a nonprofit organization that works to reduce substance abuse. In 2006, Justice Nadeau spearheaded the effort to open a drug court docket in Rockingham County Superior Court and presided as the drug court judge for four years. There is now a total of ten drug courts up and running in NH. She is also a faculty member of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. In June 2020 she was appointed as an inaugural member of the national Council on Criminal Justice and served as a member of the COVID-19 task force. 4/21