Saturday, March 16, 2024 | 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM | 250 Dockser Hall
Keynote Speaker
THE HONORABLE TALESHA L. SAINT-MARC ’09
U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
The Honorable Talesha L. Saint-Marc is a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the District of New Hampshire and the first Black person to sit on the federal bench in New Hampshire. A lifelong New Hampshire resident, Judge Saint-Marc completed her undergraduate studies at Franklin Pierce College, summa cum laude, and received her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 2009. Upon graduation, Judge Saint-Marc served as a law clerk in the New Hampshire Superior Court for two years, followed by one year in the New Hampshire Supreme Court. She then went on to specialize in labor and employment law with Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson.
Judge Saint-Marc was recognized in Chambers USA for Labor & Employment Law and was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star each year between 2018 to 2022 and a Super Lawyer in 2023. She was also named to the New Hampshire Union Leader’s 40 Under Forty class in 2019, and in 2021, she was listed among New Hampshire’s 200 most influential business leaders by the New Hampshire Business Review.
Judge Saint-Marc has been an active and engaged member of the New Hampshire Bar Association and is the immediate past chair of both the Labor and Employment Section and the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee. She also chaired the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Leadership Academy. Additionally, she previously served on the board of directors for the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association. Her community service endeavors are numerous and varied, including serving on the board of directors for New Hampshire Legal Assistance, as vice president of the Rivier University board of trustees, president of the board of directors for the Circle Program, and was a volunteer for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Nashua.
Mar 16, 2024
9:30 am to 2:00 pm