Anna Hantz Marconi | |
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Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court | |
Assumed office August 8, 2017 | |
Appointed by | Chris Sununu |
Preceded by | Carol Ann Conboy |
Personal details | |
Born | York,Pennsylvania,U.S. | February 12,1956
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of New Hampshire (BA) Illinois Institute of Technology (JD) |
Anna Barbara "Bobbie" Hantz Marconi (born February 12,1956) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Marconi was appointed to the court by Governor Chris Sununu in 2017.
Marconi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1977 from the University of New Hampshire and a Juris Doctor in 1992 from Chicago-Kent College of Law. [1] From 1982 until 1984,she served as executive director of the Republican State Committee of New Hampshire and worked on several political campaigns. [2]
Marconi served as a law clerk for Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices Caroline Glassman and Robert B. Clifford. In 2005,she became a member of the Judicial Selection Commission of New Hampshire. [3] Marconi was also a shareholder at Sheehan,Phinney,Bass &Green,P.A.,working mainly on civil litigation. [4]
On June 6,2017,Governor Chris Sununu announced Marconi as his nominee to New Hampshire Supreme Court,replacing retiring Justice Carol Ann Conboy. [5] [3] She was confirmed for the position by State Executive Council on June 21 and was sworn in on August 8. [6] [7]
Marconi and her husband Geno Marconi live in Stratham,New Hampshire. [8]
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