How do judges of the New Hampshire Supreme Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

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Gary E. Hicks

Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court

Gary E. Hicks is a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, serving since 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Tenure: Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	New Hampshire Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Boston University

Judicial Record

In our data, Hicks authored 330 published opinions for the court (2006–2019), plus 8 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: Plourde Sand & Gravel Co. v. JGI Eastern, Inc. (51 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 183 of these were attributed to Hicks by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2007	Plourde Sand & Gravel Co. v. JGI Eastern, Inc.	917 A.2d 1250	51
2006	Lacasse v. Spaulding Youth Center	910 A.2d 1262	50
2009	Clapp v. Goffstown School District	977 A.2d 1021	47
2014	In the Matter of Susan Spenard and David Spenard†	167 N.H. 1	37
2011	George v. Al Hoyt & Sons, Inc.	27 A.3d 697	36
2009	Goudreault v. Kleeman	965 A.2d 1040	36
2017	Fat Bullies Farm, LLC v. Lori Devenport & a.†	164 A.3d 990	32
2007	Poland v. Twomey	937 A.2d 934	32
2009	Walker v. Walker	972 A.2d 1083	30
2009	Garand v. Town of Exeter	977 A.2d 540	29
2011	In Re Miller	20 A.3d 854	27
2007	In Re Juvenile 2006-674	931 A.2d 585	27
2012	In re Henry†	163 N.H. 175	26
2009	State v. Hynes	978 A.2d 264	26
2007	In Re Peirano	930 A.2d 1165	26

Showing the 15 most-cited of 343 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the New Hampshire Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is Gary E. Hicks on?: Gary E. Hicks is a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

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20 years on the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).