Peter W Heed

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Keene, NH

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127 Washington St., Keene, NH 03431

About Peter W Heed

Practice Areas

Education

Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1975
Law Journal: International Law Journal, Editor, 1974 - 1975
Dartmouth College
A.B.
- Major: Government
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: Rufus Choate Scholar
- Honors: Colby Government Prize
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Classes and Seminars

Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention, Domestic Violence Program, Featured Speaker, 2010
New Hampshire Police Academy, Graduation and Keynote Speaker, 2003 - 2004
New Hampshire Corrections Department Academy, Graduation Featured Speaker, 2005
Presenter: "The Role of the Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice System," Criminal Justice
Instructor, Paralegal Studies, Keene State College, 1981 - 1984
Moderator, Town of Westmoreland and Westmoreland School Board, 1999 - 2002
Moderator, Town of Westmoreland and Westmoreland School Board, 2005 - 2010
Leadership Monadnock, Keene Chamber of Commerce, Featured Presenter, 2008 - 2012
New Hampshire School District SAU 29, "Keene Comes Alive," Featured Performer and Narrator, 2009 - 2012
Cheshire County Historical Society Annual Benefit & Auction, Master of Ceremonies, 2011 - 2012
National Junior Honor Society Induction, Keynote Speaker, Keene Middle School, 2012
Moderator, Town of Walpole Special Town Meeting, Re: Hooper Trust, 2011
Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary "Quest" Program, Featured Presenter on Civics and the Criminal Justice System, 2012
Moderator, Keene City Mayoral Debate, 2007
Featured Presenter, "Focus on Criminal Justice", Cheshire County Youth Rotary Interact Program, 2012

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

New Hampshire Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice
New Hampshire Association for Justice, 1981 - 1985 (Board of Governors)
National District Attorneys Association, 2010 - 2012 (New Hampshire Delegate and Board of Directors)
National District Attorneys Association, 2000 - 2003 (Member)
National District Attorneys Association, 2007 - 2011 (Member)
New Hampshire County Attorneys Association, 2008 - 2010 (President)
New Hampshire County Attorneys Association, 2000 - 2003 (Member)
New Hampshire County Attorneys Association, 2007 - 2013 (Member)
Rudman Center for Justice (Leadership)
UNH School of Law, 2011 - Present (Advisory Board)
National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School, 2004 - 2006 (Board of Advisors)
New Hampshire Supreme Court, Committee on Justice System Needs and Priorities, 2004
New Hampshire Judicial Council, 2003 - 2004
Senior Association of Attorneys General, 2004 - Present (Member)
Governor's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2003 - 2004 (Chairman)
New Hampshire Supreme Court, Citizens Commission on New Hampshire State Courts, 2005 - 2007
New Hampshire Legal Assistance, 2005 - 2009 (Board of Directors)
New Hampshire Special Olympics, Law Enforcement Steering Committee, 2008 - 2012
The National Trial Lawyers Association, 2013 - Present (Member)

Past Positions

Former New Hampshire Attorney General
Cheshire County Attorney-Chief Prosecutor and Lead Trial Counsel, 2000 - 2003
Cheshire County Attorney-Chief Prosecutor and Lead Trial Counsel, 2006 - 2012
35 years as trial attorney trying hundreds of cases to verdict
Criminal Justice Keene State College, Adjunct Professor
Franklin Pierce College, Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice Program, 2006 - 2009
New Hampshire Community Technical College, Criminal Justice Program, Adjunct Professor and Advisory Board, 2006 - 2014

Fraternities and Sororities

Published Works

"Overview of New Hampshire’s MTBE Litigation: One State's Solution to Widespread Goundwater Contamination", American Bar Association Section of Environmental Energy and Resources, March 11, 2004
"RSA 606:10 and the State's Right of Appeal: A Powerful Tool for Justice", New Hampshire Trooper Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2004
"Back to the Future: The Attorney General's Office, Then and Now", New Hampshire Bar Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2004
"Fallen Heroes", New Hampshire Trooper Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2003