Linda Stewart Dalianis (born October 1, 1948) is the former 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
Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two block ...
in
Boston where she received her
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree. Prior to attending Suffolk Law, she graduated from
Villa Augustina School in 1966 and
Northeastern University
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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.
[Shira Schoenberg]
"Dalianis sworn in as chief justice"
, ''Concord Monitor'', December 16, 2010.
In November 2017, Dalianis announced she would retire from the court effective April 1, 2018, due to the mandatory retirement age of 70 years under the
New Hampshire Constitution.
See also
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List of female state supreme court justices Female state supreme court justices
First female justices
Below is a list of the names of the first woman to sit on the highest court of their respective states in the United States.
The first state with a female justice was Ohio; Florence E. ...
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List of first women lawyers and judges in New Hampshire
References
1948 births
21st-century American judges
Chief Justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
Living people
Northeastern University alumni
Suffolk University Law School alumni
Women chief justices of state supreme courts in the United States
21st-century American women judges
American people of Greek descent
20th-century American women judges
20th-century American judges
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