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# Linda S. Dalianis

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, 2000-present
- Her judicial career included service as a marital master, Superior Court judge and chief justice, and eighteen years on the Supreme Court before retiring in 2018.
- Linda Stewart Dalianis was the first woman to serve on the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the first woman to hold the position of Chief Justice there, from 2010 until her retirement in 2018
- In December 2010, Governor John Lynch nominated her as Chief Justice, a role she held until April 1, 2018, when she retired at the mandatory age of 70 under the New Hampshire Constitution
- Appointed by Governor Jeanne Shaheen in 2000, Dalianis joined the New Hampshire Supreme Court as its first woman justice
- Retired New Hampshire Supreme Court chief justice and the first woman to hold that position

### Education

- Dalianis was raised in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and attended Villa Augustina School before earning her B.A. from Northeastern University in 1970 and her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1974

### Additional information

- Attorney, Private practice, Nashua, New Hampshire; 1974-1979
- English degree at Northeastern in 1970 and a Suffolk law degree in 1974.
- Born October 1, 1948.
- Private practice before becoming a marital master and then judge.
- She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nashua Bar Association and the Marilla Ricker Award from the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association

## 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/5076/linda-s-dalianis/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5076/linda-s-dalianis/)
- [Supreme Court of New Hampshire current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5076/linda-s-dalianis/)
- [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/5076/linda-s-dalianis/)
- [Linda Dalianis - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Linda_Dalianis)
- [Wikidata: Linda S. Dalianis](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6551939)
- [Wikipedia biography: Linda Dalianis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Dalianis)
- [New Hampshire supplied research: dalianis-suffolk](https://www.suffolk.edu/news-features/news/2018/07/13/16/01/2018-commencement-speakers-are-steeped-in-service)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5076/linda-s-dalianis/)
- [Linda Dalianis - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Linda_Dalianis)
- [Wikidata: Linda S. Dalianis](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6551939)
- [Wikipedia biography: Linda Dalianis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Dalianis)

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