Gary E. Hicks
New Hampshire Supreme Court
The Honorable Gary E. Hicks was sworn in as the 104th Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court on January 31, 2006 after serving for four years on the Superior Court, the state's major trial court. Before becoming a judge, Justice Hicks was a commercial litigator for 23 years with Wiggin & Nourie, then one of New Hampshire's largest law firms. During that time, he also maintained an active mediation and arbitration practice.
Justice Hicks, now the senior associate justice of the Supreme Court, chairs the American Inns of Court Leadership Council. He was nominated to the position by Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Leadership Council is comprised of former trustees of the American Inns of Court who remain actively engaged with the American Inns of Court and its mission to foster excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility and legal skills. As Chair of the Leadership Council, Justice Hicks will serves as ex officio on the American Inns of Court Board of Trustees and as one of the seven members of the Executive Committee. In 2015, he was named a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation for his exemplary dedication to the profession and for his support of the ideals and objectives of the American Bar Association and he received the Manchester Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award.
He is also a past chairman of the New Hampshire Judicial Council and a former member of the New Hampshire Bar Association Ethics Committee. He is a former chairperson of the board of the New Hampshire Institute of Art which awarded him an honorary Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2000. He is a current member of the Advisory Board of the St. Paul's School Advance Studies Program in Concord, New Hampshire.
Justice Hicks graduated from Bucknell University with a degree in mathematics and from Boston University School of Law where he was managing editor of the Law Review.
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- New Hampshire Supreme Court
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- New Hampshire Superior Court
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- Wiggin & Nourie
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- Also maintained an active mediation and arbitration practice.
- Bucknell University
- B.A. | Mathematics
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- Boston University School of Law
- J.D. | Law
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- Life Fellow
- American Bar Foundation
- Distinguished Service Award
- Manchester Bar Association
- Philip S.Hollman Gender Equality Award
- Bar's Gender Equality Committee
- President's Award
- New Hampshire Bar
- Advisory Board
- St. Paul's School Advance Studies Program in Concord, New Hampshire
- Inns of Court Nominations Committee
- Chairperson
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- American Inns of Court
- Board of Trustees
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- Daniel Webster Inn of Court
- President
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- New Hampshire Discovery Practice
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
- Oath ceremony
- New Hampshire Supreme Court
