Gilles Bissonnette
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Gilles Bissonnette | |
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| Legal Director of the ACLU of New Hampshire | |
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| Education | UCLA School of Law (JD) |
Gilles Bissonnette is an American lawyer currently serving as the Legal Director of the ACLU of New Hampshire.[1]
Education[edit]
Bissonnette earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master's degree in History at Washington University in St. Louis in 2003 and his Juris Doctor at the UCLA School of Law in 2007.[2]
Career[edit]
Bissonnette was an associate attorney for Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP from 2007 to 2008. He was a law clerk to Thomas M. Golden of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2012, he was an associate attorney at Todd & Weld LLP and then at Cooley LLP from 2012 to 2013.[2]
Bissonnette became the Legal Director of the ACLU of New Hampshire in 2013.[1]
Notable cases[edit]
In 2022, Bissonnette was part of the legal team for the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association, which are New Haphsire's two largest teachers’ unions. The lawsuit challnged a new state law called the “Right to Freedom From Discrimination in Public Workplaces and Education,”. The law prohibited the teaching in public schools that any person is superior to any other person, or that any person is inherently racist, sexist or would see others as inferior based on inherent characteristics.[3]
On January 17, 2023, a judge rejected a lawsuit against the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, to prevent the planned eviction of homeless people at an encampment. Bissonnette was part of the legal team that filed the lawsuit and argued "We do not believe that it is humane to evict these unhoused individuals with no plan to immediately house and relocate them in a sustainable way during the coldest month of year."[4][5]
In 2023, Bissonnette argued on behalf of the ACLU of New Hampshire at the New Hampshire Supreme Court in a right-to-know case. The case involved a public records request for materials about a state trooper, Haden Wilber, who was fired in 2021.[6] Black Lives Matter Manchester and the New Hampshire Union Leader have filed briefs supporting the ACLU.[7][6][8]
Personal life[edit]
Bissonnette is married to his wife, Reagan. He received the First Amendment Award from the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications in 2022.[9][10][11]
Awards and recognition[edit]
In 2022, Bissonnette received the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications’ First Amendment Award.[12][13][14]
In 2022, Bissonnette received the New Hampshire Bar Association Announces President’s & Public Sector Award.[15]
Selected publications[edit]
- "Fight Opioid Crisis, But Don't Give Up Civil Liberties", Concord Monitor (with Robert Peccola) (Apr. 28, 2016)
- "Bans on Ballot Selfies Violate the First Amendment—and Common Sense", The Daily Dot (May 11, 2016)
- "Racial Disparities in Policing and Real and Rising. New Hampshire Needs Criminal Justice Reform at All Levels". ACLU: Speak Freely (Aug. 30, 2016)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Staff | ACLU of New Hampshire". www.aclu-nh.org. January 4, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gilles Bissonnette | ACLU of New Hampshire". www.aclu-nh.org. December 9, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ↑ Drapcho, Adam (22 Sep 2023). "Plaintiffs in suit over state's anti-discrimination law hope to move case forward". Granite State News Collaborative. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ↑ "NH judge rejects lawsuit to stop planned eviction of homeless". wcax.com. Associated Press. January 17, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ↑ Hayward, Mark (13 Jan 2023). "ACLU sues Manchester to stop eviction of homeless 'tent city'". Yahoo. New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "N.H. Supreme Court hears arguments in case with major stakes for police transparency". Paul Cuno-Booth Granite State News. February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ↑ "NH high court hears police transparency case: Trooper fired after woman's cavity search". www.yahoo.com. February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ↑ Tracy, Paula (20 Jan 2023). "Right-to-know bills, including one to more easily recover legal fees, heard in committee". nashuatelegraph.com. The Nashua Telegraph. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ↑ Staff, Shawne K. Wickham Sunday News (October 20, 2022). "ACLU-NH's Bissonnette honored with First Amendment Award". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Our First Amendment Honor and Event". loebschool.org. Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ↑ "Union Leader Human Interest Gilles Bissonnette". September 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Gilles Bissonnette, legal director of ACLU NH, honored as First Amendment Award recipient". Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ↑ "Gilles Bissonnette, ACLU-NH's Legal Director, is this year's Nackey S. Loeb School First Amendment Award winner". September 28, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ↑ "Gilles Bissonette to be honored with Nackey Loeb First Amendment award". September 29, 2022.
- ↑ "New Hampshire Bar Association Announces 2022 President's & Public Sector Award Winners". nhbar.org. New Hampshire Bar Association. 6 Jan 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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