--- title: "Amy Messer | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-messer-nh-trial" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Amy Messer New Hampshire Superior Court · Superior Court Justice ## Profile - Court: New Hampshire Superior Court - State: New Hampshire - Role: Superior Court Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Amy B. Messer is an associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court, appointed in 2016 by Governor Maggie Hassan, and currently serves in the Hillsborough County–North division - Current position: Associate Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court ### Education - Undergraduate degree — University of Vermont - Law degree — Northeastern University School of Law ### Additional information - In September 2022, Judge Messer ruled in a Manchester school district case that parental rights are “not absolute” and that a district policy requiring staff to respect a student’s chosen gender identity without parental consent did not infringe on parental rights. - Executive Director, Disability Rights Center-NH; 2015-2017 - Selected in 2015 and left for judicial service. - Attorney / Legal Director, Disability Rights Center-NH; 1999-2015 - She is a 2014 recipient of the Frank Rowe Kenison Award from the New Hampshire Bar Foundation - Joined in 1999 and later served as Legal Director. - Legal director and executive director, Disability Rights Center–New Hampshire; joined in 1999. - She joined that organization in 1999 and worked on disability rights litigation, including the statewide mental health services settlement. - Gubernatorial nomination with Executive Council confirmation - Assigned to Courtroom 1 in the Hillsborough Superior Court – North and handles various civil and administrative matters - Court listings: She appears in the official NH Judicial Branch list of active Superior Court justices - Amy Messer served as legal director and then executive director of Disability Rights Center–New Hampshire before her judicial career. - She has also served on boards such as the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire and the Legislative Commission on Deafness and Hearing Loss ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### electronic devices and media Scope: statewide New Hampshire's published statewide guidance requires presiding-judge approval before still or video equipment may be used in a courtroom, and the presiding judge retains discretion over recording devices. Evidence excerpt: The form must be approved by the presiding judge before that individual or organization will be permitted to use still or video equipment in the courtroom. [New Hampshire Judicial Branch Guidelines for Use of Cameras and Audio Equipment](https://www.courts.nh.gov/media/guidelines-use-cameras-and-audio-equipment) Source checked: 2026-07-27 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/superior-court/justices) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/superior-court/justices) - [New Hampshire Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/superior-court/justices) - [New Hampshire Judicial Branch Guidelines for Use of Cameras and Audio Equipment](https://www.courts.nh.gov/media/guidelines-use-cameras-and-audio-equipment) - [Disability Rights Center-NH: Amy Messer chosen as next Executive Director](https://drcnh.org/press-releases/amy-messer-chosen-as-disability-rights-center-nhs-next-executive-director/) - [New Hampshire Judicial Branch](https://www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/superior-court/justices) - [Disability Rights Center-NH: Amy Messer chosen as next Executive Director](https://drcnh.org/press-releases/amy-messer-chosen-as-disability-rights-center-nhs-next-executive-director/) - [New Hampshire Judicial Branch](https://www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/superior-court/justices) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-messer-nh-trial", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-messer-nh-trial", "name": "Amy Messer | KnowJudges", "description": "Amy Messer, New Hampshire Superior Court. 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Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.courts.nh.gov/media/guidelines-use-cameras-and-audio-equipment). Collected 2026-07-27.