CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch today swore in Carol Ann Conboy as the newest Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The Executive Council unanimously confirmed Gov. Lynch’s nomination of Conboy last month.

Judge Conboy, of Bow, has served as an Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court since 1992 and is currently the Supervisory Justice of the Merrimack County Superior Court.

“It was a pleasure to swear in Associate Justice Carol Ann Conboy. She will make an excellent addition to the New Hampshire Supreme Court and where I am certain she will continue to serve the people of New Hampshire well,” Gov. Lynch said. “Throughout her career she has distinguished herself through her judicial temperament and in-depth knowledge of the law. I am pleased that Carol Ann Conboy will now bring her expertise, knowledge and skills to the Supreme Court.”

Gov. Lynch selected Judge Conboy from candidates recommended by the Judicial Selection Commission. She now becomes only the second woman appointed to the state Supreme Court.

Judge Conboy has also served as Chair of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, and Chair of the New Hampshire Superior Court Sentence Review Board. In addition to her judicial duties, Judge Conboy serves as a member of the Franklin Pierce Law Center Board of Trustees.

She began her legal career in 1978 when she served as law clerk to Judge Shane Devine of the Federal District Court in Concord. In 1979, Conboy joined McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton in Manchester, and worked as a trial attorney with a concentration in employment law at the firm until her appointment to the Superior Court. Prior to her admittance to the bar, she was an English teacher at Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook and Southside Junior High School in Manchester.

Judge Conboy also served as a lieutenant in the Air Force, and was honorably discharged in 1971. She is a 1969 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Connecticut, and received her law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1978.