Elliott Berry

Stalwart Advocate for the Disadvantaged: During his nearly half-century legal-aid career at New Hampshire Legal Assistance, Berry championed the rights of thousands and thousands of Granite Staters in need. Areas of Positive Impact: Housing, including codifying the need for good cause for evictions and challenging zoning restrictions that precluded development of housing for low- and moderate-income families; and the state prison system, resulting in incarcerated people’s greater access to educational and rehabilitative programs and mental health care. His Tool Chest: “A lot of common sense, civility, humility, a sense of humor, and an unwavering belief in equal justice under the law, no exceptions.” What Now?: “Travel, spend more time with my grandchildren, tutor refugee kids, teach a course on modern Chinese history for retirees, try to improve my Mandarin, and continue lobbying on issues that have a major impact on low-income families.”