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Attorney General Gordon MacDonald in attendance at the Executive Council meeting Wednesday. Photo/Paula Tracy
CONCORD, NH – Governor Chris Sununu on Wednesday announced that he will nominate Attorney General Gordon MacDonald to serve as the next Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The nomination will be made January 7, at the first Executive Council Meeting of 2021. If confirmed, AG MacDonald will succeed Chief Justice Bob Lynn, who retired on August 23rd, 2019 and take over leadership of the Judicial Branch from Senior Associate Justice Gary Hicks, who has lead the branch admirably for the last year and a half.
CONCORD â Gov. Chris Sununu announced Wednesday he will nominate Attorney General Gordon MacDonald to serve as the next chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
The nomination will be made today at the first Executive Council Meeting of 2021. If confirmed, AG MacDonald will succeed Chief Justice Bob Lynn, who retired Aug. 23, 2019, and take over leadership of the Judicial Branch from Senior Associate Justice Gary Hicks, who has led the branch for the past year and a half.
âGordon has served this state with distinction as Attorney General for the last four years, and I am honored to nominate him to lead our stateâs highest court,â said Sununu.