W. Stephen Thayer III

W. Stephen Thayer III was a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1986 to 2000.

He was the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from 1981 to 1984.[1]

In 2000, he resigned from the New Hampshire Supreme Court amid a controversy involving claims that he attempted to influence a decision of the court regarding his bitterly contested divorce from his wife Judith, former chairwoman of the New Hampshire State Board of Education.[2]

In 2003, he was appointed by the Bush administration to participate in an effort to establish more comprehensive screening process for airline passengers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ History of the New Hampshire Federal Courts (1991), p. 91.
  2. ↑ "A New Hampshire Divorce Brings Low Its High Court". The New York Times. 7 April 2000.
  3. ↑ "Disgraced judge picked for homeland post". 28 July 2004.
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