New Hampshire Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald resigns after ethics violation

By: Charlotte Matherly and Sruthi Gopalakrishnan

Outlets: Concord Monitor

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 712

Last Updated: 2 days, 23 hours ago


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Gordon MacDonald, the chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, resigned on Tuesday after a panel found he violated the state’s ethics code. He has been on unexplained medical leave since July.

MacDonald exercised favoritism and bypassed merit-based hiring practices, according to a Supreme Court order, by giving a longtime ally, Dianne Martin, a new role in an unconventional way.

Martin, who in recent years held the top administrative job at …

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