Jack B. Middleton
President
Jack is the senior member of the firm's Litigation Department. He focuses his practice on arbitration and mediation, bringing his 50 years experience as a trial lawyer and 24 years of service as a New Hampshire District Court Judge to the table.
Department
Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Commercial litigation
- Personal injury litigation
Representative Clients & Work
- Verizon Communications.
- Dartmouth College.
- Velcro USA, Inc.
Professional & Association Memberships
Member, American and NH Bar Associations; certified civil trial specialist, National Institute of Trial Advocacy; fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; accredited mediator, NH and US District Courts; member, ABA and NHBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections; member, ABA's House of Delegates (served 1984-2005); former president of the New Hampshire Bar Association, the New England Bar Association, the National Conference of Bar Foundations, and the National Conference of Bar Presidents; and is a former chairman of the New Hampshire Bar Foundation. Jack is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Recognition
- Recognized in Chambers USA
- Boston University Law School "Silver Shingle".
- NH Bar Association President's Award for Distinguished Service.
- NH Bar Association President's Award for Special Service.
- New Hampshire Business Leader of the Year, 2002.
- NHBIA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2005.
- The Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation.
- 2006 - awarded The Charles Holmes Pettee Medal by the University of New Hampshire's Alumni Association
Community Involvement
- Member, Board of Trustees of Franklin Pierce Law Center.
- Member, Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy.
- Member, Board of Trustees of The Mount Washington Observatory.
- Member, Board of Directors of Amoskeag Industries, Inc.
- Member, Board of Trustees of NH Supreme Court Society
- Member, North Country Board, NH Charitable Foundation
Career
- McLane Law Firm: 1956-2007
- Boston University Law School JD, cum laude, 1956
- Lafayette College AB, 1950
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