Richard E. Samdperil - Exeter, NH

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1990
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Senior Commencement Speaker, Class of 1990
    Major: Independent Scholar Program

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

• Partner

Past Positions

• Public Defender's Manchester Office, Managing Attorney, 1999 - 2000
• Appellate Defender Program, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, Attorney, 2000 - 2002
• New Hampshire Public Defender Program, Trial Attorney, 1999 - 2000

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Faculty Member, Criminal Law, Saint Anselm College, Criminal Justice Department, August 20, 2007 - May 30, 2008
  
• Adjunct Faculty Member, Criminal Law, University of New Hampshire School of Law, 2012 - 2013
  
• New Hampshire's New Marijuana Laws, UNH Law School, New Hampshire Public Defender Program, May 11, 2018
  
• Co-Chair, Ethics for Public Sector Lawyers, New Hampshire Bar Association, June 22, 2016
  
• Chair, Public Sector Ethics: Ethics Is Not A Game, New Hampshire Bar Association, June 24, 2015
  
• DWI Litigation: Keeping Pace with a Rapidly Changing Landscape, Recent Case of Interest to DWI Litigators, New Hampshire Bar Association, May 15, 2014
  
• Superior Court Civil Practice: New Rules & Far More, Voir Dire Techniques for Civil Practice, New Hampshire Bar Association, September 25, 2013
  
• Sentencing Law and Practice From All Perspectives, New Hampshire Bar Association, November 9, 2012
  
• Anatomy of a Criminal Jury Trial, New Hampshire Bar Association, November 5, 2010
  
• Challenging Fingerprint Evidence, New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, May 21, 2010
  
• The Big Read: NH Reads To Kill a Mockingbird, The Role of the Defense Attorney in the Criminal Justice System, Weeks Public Library, March 24, 2010
  
• Panelist, Discussion of National Academy of Science Report, International Association for Identification, New England Division, November 1, 2009

Pro Bono Activities

• University of New Hampshire School of Law, Criminal Practice Clinic, Interim Director
• Seacoast Science Center, Board of Directors, Past Chair
• Seacoast Science Center, Board of Directors, Member

Published Works

Articles

• Contributing Author, A Practical Guide to Evidence in New Hampshire, MCLE-New England, 1st Edition, 2010 and 2012
  Contributing Author - An authoritative and practical evidence manual for NH litigators by 14 of the state's most noted trial lawyers.
• Contributing Author, Utilizing Forensic Science in Criminal Cases, Aspatore (Thomson Reuters), October, 2012
  

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire, 1995
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2011

Other Affiliations

• New Hampshire Bar Association
• Rockingham County Bar Association (past president)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• New Hampshire Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, 2013 - 2016 (Co-Chair)
• New Hampshire Bar Association, Committee on Professionalism (Past Member)
• NHBA, Ethics Committee (Present Member)