Cathy J. Green - Concord, NH

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, New Hampshire, 1977
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
    B.A.
    Honors: Cum Laude
    Major: Political Science/Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Counsel

Past Positions

• Staff Attorney, Hillsborough County Public Defender Office, 1977‑1980
• Schapira & Green, P.A. ‑ Partner in General Practice Law Firm, 1980‑1985
• Law Offices of Cathy J. Green - Practice limited to Criminal Defense, State & Federal Courts, 1985-1996
• Green & Utter, P.A. - Partner in Criminal Defense Law Firm, 1997-2018

Classes and Seminars

• New Hampshire Bar Association
  
• New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  
• Federal Court for the District of New Hampshire
  
• First Circuit Court of Appeals

Pro Bono Activities

• University of New Hampshire School of Law Board of Trustees- Trustee, 2003 - 2014
• University of New Hampshire School of Law Board of Trustees- Chair, 2011 - 2014
• New Hampshire Public Defender Board- President, 2009 - Present
• New Hampshire Public Defender Board- Member, 1992 - 2009
• New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers- President, 1989 - 2001
• New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers- Board Member , 2001 - 2011
• Commission on State Courts- Commissioner, 2005 - 2006
• Task Force on the State of the Legal Profession,Appointed by New Hampshire Supreme Court, Member, 2005 - 2007
• Federal Court Advisory Council, 2003 - 2012
• First Circuit Federal Defender Selection Committee, 2005
• Magistrate Selection Committee — District of New Hampshire, 2014
• University System of New Hampshire, Board of Trustees, 2017 - 2020

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire, 1977
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1977
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1990

Other Affiliations

• New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1989 - 2001 (President)
• New Hampshire Criminal Rules Committee, 1985 - Present (Member)
• New Hampshire Public Defenders Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, 1996 - Present (Fellow)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1977 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Foundation, 2010 - Present (Fellow)
• Interbranch Criminal & Juvenile Justice Council, 2008 - Present (Member)
• New Hampshire Woman's Bar Association, 2007 - Present (Member)
• New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2005 - 2008 (President)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, 2002 - 2004 (Chair of NH State Committee)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, 2004 - 2010 (Member Emil Gumpert Award Committee)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, 2000 - 2002 (Member State Committee)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, 2010 - 2015 (Member State Committee)
• Federal Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2003 - 2012
• Advisor, American Law Institute Project on Principles of the Law, Student Sexual Misconduct: Procedural Frameworks for Colleges and Universities, 2016 - Present
• InterBranch Criminal and Juvenile Justice Council, NHACDL Appointee, Member, Executive Committee
• InterBranch Criminal and Juvenile Justice Council (Co-Chair Alternatives to Incarceration Task Force)
• Commission on State Courts, Commissioner Appointed by New Hampshire Supreme Court
• Commission on State Courts, Sentencing Committee Co-Chair, 2005 - 2006
• Manchester Bar Association (Member)
• New Hampshire Bar Association
• New Hampshire Women's Bar Association (Member)
• Criminal Justice Act Panel Member, United States District Court, District of New Hampshire