Judge Patricia B. Quigley: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Patricia B. Quigley is a judge for the New Hampshire Circuit Court. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Maggie Hassan in 2013.

Quigley has held an assignment in the 9th Circuit Court in Nashua, serving primarily in the Probate Division.

Prior to her appointment, she worked for five years as a staff attorney and court referee for the probate and district divisions of the New Hampshire Circuit Court (2008 to 2013).

Quigley received a bachelor’s degree from Brown University. She then completed a J.D. at Northeastern University School of Law in 1982. Quigley was admitted to practice in New Hampshire (1982), Massachusetts (1983), and the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire (1982).

She worked for twenty-five years in private practice in Manchester, where her practice included adoptions, guardianships, and probate matters.

Quigley was a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Ethics Committee and the Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Probate Law Section. Her other memberships include the Daniel Webster-Batchelder American Inn of Court.