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# Michael A. Klass

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

- Law clerk to retired Justice Alexander Sands III, Massachusetts Land Court
- He also held the role of the sole attorney on the New Hampshire Housing Appeals Board, a Supreme Court‐appointed panel hearing housing‐related land use appeals

### Education

- Vermont Law School — J.D. (2008)
- Watershed science degree at Colorado State University and a law degree at Vermont Law School in 2008.
- Colorado State University — B.S.

### Additional information

- Appointed by Governor Chris Sununu in 2023 to the newly created Land Use Review Docket in the New Hampshire Superior Court.
- Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court, appointed in 2023 to preside over the new Land Use Review Docket, a specialized docket for statewide land use appeals
- Principal Planner, New Hampshire Office of Strategic Initiatives; from 2017
- Clerk to Charles Sands III, Massachusetts Land Court; private practice, including Bernstein Shur.
- Two-year clerkship.
- Civil litigator, Private practice
- Land use, real estate and property disputes.
- Klass clerked for the Hon.
- Gubernatorial nomination with Executive Council confirmation
- He clerked for Judge Charles Sands III of the Massachusetts Land Court before practicing in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including at Bernstein Shur.
- He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
- Board member, New Hampshire Housing Appeals Board
- Before joining the bench, Klass practiced property and land use law in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
- He was a member of the litigation practice group at Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson in Manchester
- handling real estate litigation, land use matters, and title insurance defense

## 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)
- [New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association speaker biography: Michael A. Klass](https://nhlsa.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=15&ts=1660709803)
- [New Hampshire Judicial Branch: Land Use Review Docket announcement](https://www.courts.nh.gov/news-and-media/new-hampshire-superior-court-launches-newly-authorized-land-use-review-docket)
- [New Hampshire Judicial Branch](https://www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/superior-court/justices)
- [New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association speaker biography: Michael A. Klass](https://nhlsa.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=15&ts=1660709803)
- [New Hampshire Judicial Branch: Land Use Review Docket announcement](https://www.courts.nh.gov/news-and-media/new-hampshire-superior-court-launches-newly-authorized-land-use-review-docket)
- [New Hampshire Judicial Branch](https://www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/superior-court/justices)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [New Hampshire Judicial Branch Guidelines for Use of Cameras and Audio Equipment](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-769f82f4097759e4fc40cf05) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  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.