Samantha Elliott | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire | |
| Assumed office November 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Landya B. McCafferty |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire | |
| Assumed office December 21,2021 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Paul Barbadoro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) Orange,New Jersey,U.S. |
| Education | Colgate University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Samantha Dowd Elliott (born 1975) [1] is an American lawyer from New Hampshire serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
Elliott received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude ,from Colgate University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2006. [2]
From 2006 until 2021,Elliott was a partner and vice president at Gallagher,Callahan &Gartrell,P.C.,in Concord,New Hampshire. While at the law firm,she served as president from 2015 to 2020 and as a hiring partner from 2014 to 2019. [2]
She has been a member of New Hampshire Legal Assistance and the Legal Advice Referral Center. In June 2021,she became co-chair of the founding board of directors for 603 Legal Aid,an entity created by merging two other statewide legal aid groups. [2]
On September 30,2021,President Joe Biden nominated Elliott to serve as a federal district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. [2] Biden nominated Elliott to the seat vacated by Judge Paul Barbadoro,who assumed senior status on March 1,2021. [3] On November 3,2021,a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [4] On December 2,2021,her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote. [5] On December 14,2021,the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 59–40 vote. [6] On December 15,2021,she was confirmed by a 62–37 vote. [7] She received her judicial commission on December 21,2021. [8] She was sworn into office on December 22,2021. [9] She became chief judge on November 1,2025. [10]