Joseph P. Nadeau (born 1936) was a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 2000 to 2005. [1]
Nadeau attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. [2]
In January 2000, Governor Jeanne Shaheen nominated Nadeau to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the retirement of Justice William Johnson. [2]
Nadeau retired from the court in 2005 to take an opportunity to assist Iraqi judges in setting up a new judiciary system for the country, following the toppling of the government of Saddam Hussein in the Iraq War. [3]