CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch today applauded the Executive Council’s unanimous confirmation of his three New Hampshire Superior Court judge nominees.

Earlier this month, Gov. Lynch nominated Diane Nicolosi of Concord, a former prosecutor and current marital master, Brian Tucker of Hopkinton, a former deputy attorney general, and Kenneth Brown of Manchester, a respected litigator. The Judicial Selection Commission recommended all three candidates.

“Brian Tucker, Diane Nicolosi and Ken Brown will make great additions to the New Hampshire Superior Court System, and I am pleased the Executive Council voted unanimously to confirm the nominees,” Gov. Lynch said. “We have added three outstanding individuals to the Superior Court System. Their knowledge of the law, in addition to their commitment to justice, to fairness and to community will serve the people of New Hampshire well.”

Diane Nicolosi of Concord currently serves as a marital master in the Family Court Division of the New Hampshire Judicial System. She joined the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office in 1987, where she served in the Criminal Bureau, as well as the Transportation and Construction Bureau. Nicolosi was one of the prosecutors in the Pamela Smart murder trial.

Nicolosi started her own law firm in 1998. She was appointed a marital master in May 2006. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and she received her law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1986.

Tucker of Hopkinton began his legal career in the New Hampshire Department of Justice in 1979. Tucker served as chief of the Criminal Bureau and was appointed deputy attorney general in 1989. In 1990, he became an assistant U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire. For the last 14 years, he has been in private practice and is currently an attorney with Rath, Pignatelli & Young in Concord focusing on civil, criminal and administrative law.

Tucker received a bachelor’s degree from Boston College in 1976 and received his law degree from Duke University School of Law in 1979.

Kenneth Brown of Manchester is a founding member of the Manchester law firm of Abramson, Brown & Dugan. He has spent nearly 30 years in private practice, and is a former president of both the Manchester Bar Association and the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association. He served as a Bedford town councilor from 1983 through 1986 and is currently chairman of the New Hampshire Human Rights Commission.

Brown received his bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1975 and his law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1978.