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2008 Kirby Award
Charles J. Keefe
Attorney Keefe was selected by a panel of judges from the District, Superior, Probate, Federal, and Supreme Courts to receive the New Hampshire Bar Foundation’s 2008 Robert E. Kirby Award. The award recognizes lawyers, age 35 and younger, who exhibit ‘great skill, civility, and good humor" in the practice of law.
“It is truly humbling to receive this honor in Bob Kirby’s name. It represents a standard of excellence as a lawyer and a person, and I am committed to spending my career trying to live up to it. I consider myself very fortunate to receive the award and be included in such a class of New Hampshire lawyers.”
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Robert E. Kirby Award
The Robert E. Kirby Award was established in 1996 to honor the memory of Bob Kirby, a young lawyer "of great skill,
civility and good humor" who died that year at the age of 35. Kirby was an attorney with the Concord law firm of
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell.
The purpose of the award is to honor Bob's memory and to remind all of us that decency, courtesy and perspective
neither inhibits nor defeats excellent advocacy. The Kirby Award recipient is an attorney 35 years old or younger
who demonstrates the traits of civility, courtesy, perspective and excellent advocacy.
Nominations for the Robert E. Kirby Award are traditionally solicited in the winter.
Requests for nominations are published in NH Bar News and under Events.
Robert E. Kirby Award Nomination Form
Kirby Award Recipients
| 2008 |
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Charles J. Keefe, Wilson, Bush, Durkin & Keefe, PC |
| 2007 |
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Joceline D. Champagne, NH Bar Association Pro Bono Referral Program |
| 2006 |
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Mary Ann Dempsey, Wiggin & Nourie, PA |
| 2005 |
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Mary E. Tenn, Tenn And Tenn, PA |
| 2004 |
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Kelly Ayotte, Attorney General |
| 2003 |
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Jennifer Parent, McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, PA |
| 2002 |
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John T. Pendleton, Gottesman & Hollis, PA |
| 2001 |
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Joseph N. Laplante, U.S. Attorneys Office |
| 1999 |
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James J. Tenn, Jr., Tenn And Tenn, PA |
| 1998 |
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Diane Murphy Quinlan, Diocese of Manchester, NH |
| 1997 |
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Mark E. Howard, U.S. Attorneys Office |
| 1996 |
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John P. Kacavas, Kacavas and Ramsdell, PLLC |
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