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NH chief justice under review over $50K payout

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The New Hampshire Department of Justice is reviewing Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald and the personnel moves that netted his former assistant a $50,000 payout.

NHPR’s Todd Bookman broke the story last month that Dianne Martin was laid off from her job as the administrative director at the judicial branch in April, and then hired two days later by the Supreme Court as the general counsel to the Office of Bar Admissions. During her brief unemployment, Martin cashed out her accrued employment benefits, including unused vacation and sick time, valued at more than $50,000.


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