Supreme Court

Associate Justice Richard E. Galway

Richard E. Galway, who served for nine years as a member of the Superior Court, was nominated to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in January 2004 by Gov. Craig Benson, following the retirement of Chief Justice David A. Brock. After his confirmation by the Executive Council, Justice Galway was sworn in on February 13, 2004 in a brief ceremony at the State House in the Senate chamber, which was the first home of the Supreme Court.

Before he was named to the trial court in 1995 by then Gov. Stephen E. Merrill, Justice Galway had a long career at the Manchester law firm of Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA. where he specialized in workers' compensation law. He is the author of two books on workers' compensation law in New Hampshire and he served as the president of the New Hampshire Bar Association from 1981 to 1982.

A Manchester native, Justice Galway is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire (1966) and was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Leeds, England. He graduated from Boston University Law School in 1970.

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