Background
Brock, David Allen was born on July 6, 1936 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Herbert and Margaret Brock.
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David Allen Brock
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Education
AB, Dartmouth College, 1958; Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1963; postgraduate, National Judicial College, 1977.
Career
Associate, Devine, Millimet, McDonough, Stahl & Branch, Manchester, N.H., 1963-1969;
United State Attorneys, State of N.H., 1969-1972;
partner, Perkins, Douglas & Brock, Concord, N.H., 1972-1974;
partner, Perkins & Brock, 1974-1976;
special counsel to governor and executive county N.H., 1974-1976;
legal counsel to governor N.H., 1976;
associate justice, N.H. Superior Court, 1976-1978;
associate justice, N.H. Supreme Court, 1978-1986;
chief justice, N.H. Supreme Court, since 1986. Chairman State of N.H. Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Advisory Commission, 1977-1979. Chairman district ct.reform subcommittee Governor's Common for Court System Improvement, 1974-1975.
Chairman N.H. Commission Court Accreditation, since 1986. Member Select Commision on Unified Court System, 1980-1984, chairman N.H. Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Conduct, 1981-1989, rules advising committee, 1985-1997. Member State N.H. Judicial Council, 1979-1987.
Member of national advisory board Leadership Institute for Judicial Education, 1989-1996, National Judicial College long range planning committee, 1990. Member Judicial Edition and Technology Assistance Consortium, 1989-1996. Chairman Interbranch Council on Substance Abuse and the Criminal Justice System, 1991-1997.
Board directors State JusticeInst., 1992-1998, vice-chairman, 1994-1995, co-chairman, 1995-1998. Board directors Conference Chief Justices, 1993-1994, vice president, 1996-1997, pres-elect 1997-1998, president, since 1998. Board directors National Center for State Court Justices, since 1996, chairman-elect, 1997-1998, chairman, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Manchester Cmty. Guidance Center, 1966-1972, president, 1969-1972. Chairman Manchester Republican Committee, 1967-1969.
Vice chairman N.H. Republican State Committee, 1968-1969. Republican candidate United States Senate, 1972. Delegate N.H. Constitutional Convention, 1974: member Governor's Common for Handicapped, 1978-1979.
Fellow American Bar Association (member education committee of appellate judges conference 1981-1998, appellate advocacy committee 1982-1984, faculty appellate judges' seminar program 1984-1990, delegate house of deals 1994-1996), N.H. Bar Association (chairman constitutional revision committee 1976-1977), N.H. Bar Foundation (honorary).
Connections
Married Sandra Ford, 1960. 6 children.
