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Richard E. Galway

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Richard E. Galway
Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
In office
February 13, 2004 – February 1, 2009
Appointed byGovernor Craig Benson
Personal details
Born (1944-01-21) January 21, 1944 (age 80)
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.

Richard Edward Galway Jr.[1] (born January 21, 1944) is a former Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. He was sworn in on February 13, 2004.[2] He retired as of February 1, 2009.[3]

Galway attended Bishop Bradley High School in Manchester, New Hampshire. After graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire in 1966,[4] Galway spent a year in England at the University of Leeds as a Fulbright Scholar, continuing his studies in political science.[4] He then attended Boston University Law School, earning his J.D. in 1970.[4] He was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar Association that year.

Prior to becoming a New Hampshire Supreme Court justice, Richard Galway was a trial lawyer at the Manchester law firm Devine Millimet for 25 years.[4] He is considered a leading expert in workers' compensation law and has written two books and many articles on the subject.[4] He became a New Hampshire Superior Court Associate Justice on February 3, 1995,[5] and continued in that role until he was sworn into the NH Supreme Court.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Mary Susan Stein bride of Richard E. Galway Jr". The Boston Globe. July 26, 1970.
  2. ^ a b Landrigan, Kevin (February 14, 2004). "New Supreme Court justice sworn in". The Nashua Telegraph. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Supreme Court Justice Richard Galway to retire". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Richard E. Galway to Join Superior Court Bench". New Hampshire Bar News. February 1, 1995. pp. 1–2.
  5. ^ "Richard E. Galway Sworn-In". New Hampshire Bar News. February 15, 1995. p. 5.