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# Carol Ann Conboy

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of New Hampshire
- State: New Hampshire
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 2009-present
- American jurist, former teacher, and Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court — 2009–2017
- In 2009, Governor John H. Lynch appointed her as Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
- Attorney / partner, McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton; 1980-1992
- 1978–1979: Clerk for Chief Judge Shane Devine, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
- After college, she served in the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1971, attending Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas, and serving as a First Lieutenant stationed in Boston during the Vietnam War era
- Officer, U.S. Air Force; attorney and partner at McLane
- Retired New Hampshire Supreme Court justice
- English teacher, Merrimack Valley High School / Southside Junior High School

### Education

- undergraduate degree — University of Connecticut

### Additional information

- Practiced at McLane before serving on the Superior Court and then the Supreme Court, where she was sworn in in July 2009 and retired in 2017
- 1992–2009: Judge on the New Hampshire Superior Court, serving as Supervisory Justice for Merrimack County and chairing the New Hampshire Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics and the Superior Court Sentence Review Board
- J.D. — Franklin Pierce Law Center — 1978
- Carol Ann Conboy, born Carol Ann Knott in Norwalk, Connecticut, obtained a B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1969 (Phi Beta Kappa)
- Born July 10, 1947
- She then taught English at Merrimack Valley High School (Penacook, NH) and Southside Junior High School (Manchester, NH)

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/5075/carol-ann-conboy/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5075/carol-ann-conboy/)
- [Supreme Court of New Hampshire current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5075/carol-ann-conboy/)
- [New Hampshire Judicial Branch Guidelines for Use of Cameras and Audio Equipment](https://www.courts.nh.gov/media/guidelines-use-cameras-and-audio-equipment)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5075/carol-ann-conboy/)
- [Carol Conboy - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Carol_Conboy)
- [Wikidata: Carol Ann Conboy](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16878467)
- [U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire opinion discussing Carol Ann Conboy's clerkship](https://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/Opinions/12/12NH158.pdf)
- [Wikipedia biography: Carol Ann Conboy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ann_Conboy)
- [New Hampshire supplied research: conboy-nhwba](https://www.nhwba.org/Honor-Your-SHero)
- [New Hampshire supplied research: conboy-firm](https://www.mclane.com/news/former-mclane-partner-sworn-in-at-the-new-hampshire-supreme-court/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5075/carol-ann-conboy/)
- [Carol Conboy - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Carol_Conboy)
- [Wikidata: Carol Ann Conboy](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16878467)
- [U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire opinion discussing Carol Ann Conboy's clerkship](https://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/Opinions/12/12NH158.pdf)
- [Wikipedia biography: Carol Ann Conboy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ann_Conboy)

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