--- title: "Talesha Leah Saint-Marc | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/talesha-leah-saint-marc-new-hampshire-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Talesha Leah Saint-Marc U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire - State: New Hampshire - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Saint‐Marc was selected in February 2023 to fill the second full‐time U.S. Magistrate Judge position in the District of New Hampshire, with her term beginning in June 2023 - Law clerk, New Hampshire Superior Court - Law clerk to Justice Carol Ann Conboy, New Hampshire Supreme Court - In her own words, she pledged to “listen, to be fair, to be compassionate, and to afford all litigants equal justice under the law” - She clerked for the New Hampshire Superior Court and the New Hampshire Supreme Court under retired Justice Carol Ann Conboy - Talesha L. Saint‐Marc is a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Hampshire, making history as the first Black person to serve on the state’s federal bench - Superior Court Justice Gillian Abramson, a mentor, called her “a rock” and “no pushover” with “a steel hand beneath that velvet glove” ### Education - A New Hampshire native, Saint‐Marc earned her B.A. in Political Science from Franklin Pierce University (2006) and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law (2009). - Undergraduate degree — Franklin Pierce College — 2006 ### Additional information - Joined New Hampshire’s federal magistrate bench in 2023. - She was formally sworn in on October 12, 2023, at the Warren B. Rudman Courthouse in Concord, NH, in a ceremony attended by judges, legal professionals, family, and community leaders. - From 2012 to 2023, she practiced labor and employment law at Bernstein Shur - Bernstein Shur beginning in 2012. - Labor and employment attorney / shareholder, Bernstein Shur; from 2012 - She graduated from Franklin Pierce College in 2006 and Northeastern University School of Law in 2009. - State Superior and Supreme Court clerkships - focusing on issues such as the FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, and collective bargaining. - Before becoming a judge, she clerked in the state Superior and Supreme Courts and practiced labor and employment law at Bernstein Shur. - Her appointment marked a milestone in New Hampshire’s legal history, as she is the first Black person to sit on the state’s federal bench. ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=6) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=6) - [Administrative Office CJRA caseload report](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=6) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [New Hampshire Bar Association: Judge Talesha Saint-Marc investiture profile](https://www.nhbar.org/breaking-barriers-judge-talesha-saint-marcs-historic-investiture-ceremony/) - [Administrative Office CJRA caseload report](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=6) - [New Hampshire supplied research: district-roster](https://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/court-information) - [New Hampshire Bar Association: Judge Talesha Saint-Marc investiture profile](https://www.nhbar.org/breaking-barriers-judge-talesha-saint-marcs-historic-investiture-ceremony/) - [Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=6) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/talesha-leah-saint-marc-new-hampshire-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/talesha-leah-saint-marc-new-hampshire-us-magistrate", "name": "Talesha Leah Saint-Marc | KnowJudges", "description": "Talesha Leah Saint-Marc, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.