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Concord State and Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer
About Cathy J. Green
Practice Areas
- State and Federal Criminal Defense
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- Counsel
Qualifications
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
Education
- University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, New Hampshire, 1977
J.D. - Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: Political Science/Psychology
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
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
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
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Cathy J. Green
Included on the 2025 New England Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2024 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2023 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2022 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2009 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2008 New England Super Lawyers list
- 2007 New England Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Listed by Best Lawyers New England 2016 in the categories of Criminal Defense: White Collar practice
- Listed by Best Lawyers New England 2016 in the categories of Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Recognized by Best Lawyers Business Edition 2016 for Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Recognized by Best Lawyers Business Edition 2016 for Women in the Law: White Collar Crime
- Named by New Hampshire Magazine as Best Lawyer - Criminal Defense - Non-White Collar and White Collar , 2016
- Named one of 2015 Best Lawyers in New England Criminal Defense-Non-White Collar
- Named one of 2015 Best Lawyers in New England Criminal Defense-White Collar
- American College of Trial Lawyers, 1996 - 2015
- U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers Best Law Firms ranked Green & Utter P.A. Tier 1 in Criminal Defense Non-White Collar and Tier 1 in Criminal Defense White Collar Litigation, 2011 - 2015
- Named by New Hampshire Magazine as a Leading Criminal Defense Attorney in New, 2002 - 2014
- Named by New Hampshire Business Magazine as the Top Criminal Defense Lawyer in New Hampshire all three years they compiled the list (2002, 2010 and 2012)
- Super Lawyers Business Edition — Top New Hampshire Law Firm for Litigation, 2011 - Present
- American Bar Foundation Fellow, 2008 - Present
- New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Champion of Justice Award, 2007
- Named as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America (Lawdragon Magazine October 2005), 2005 - Present
- E. Donald Dufresne Award for Outstanding Professionalism - New Hampshire Bar Association , 2004
- Marilla Ricker Achievement Award - New Hampshire Women's Bar Association, 2001
- Selected as Fellow on the International Society of Barristers , - 2001
- Recognized as ‘Champion of Liberty” by National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (The Champion Magazine July 1991), - 1991
- Martindale Hubbell AAV rated
- Listed as Best Lawyers in America - Criminal Law for over 20 years
- New England Super Lawyer in Criminal Defense - White Collar (2011) (2014) (2017)
- Honored by the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association as one of the First One Hundred Women Admitted to the New Hampshire Bar Association
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Lead Criminal Defense Attorney, Super Lawyers
- Named as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in New England (2018) (one of three lawyers recognized in New Hampshire)
- U.S. News and World Report Best Lawyers as Best Law Firm rankings - Tier 1 Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar and White Collar Litigation (2011-2012)
- Listed in National DIrectory of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Office Information
Address
107 Storrs Street Concord, NH 03301
Phone
Websites
- http://www.shaheengordon.com/New-Hampshire-Legal-Blog.aspx (New Hampshire Legal Blog)
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