Julie Introcaso
Julie A. Introcaso (born 1964) is a former judge of the New Hampshire Circuit Court. She was arrested on February 11, 2021, on two felony charges of falsifying physical evidence, two misdemeanor charges of tampering with public records, and a misdemeanor charge of unsworn falsification. She resigned her position as a judge on February 16, 2021. Early life and career. Julie Introcaso received her bachelor's degree from Bard College at Simon's Rock in 1985. She received her law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1988. After graduating from law school, Introcaso served as a  public defender, and later entered private practice. In May 1998, she was one of the five founding members of the New Hampshire Women's Bar Association. From 2000 through 2011, she was deputy clerk of the Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, New Hampshire. In June 2011, she became Disciplinary Counsel for the New Hampshire Supreme Court's Attorney Discipline Office (ADO). New Hampshire Circuit Court judge. Julie Introcaso was nominated on August 8, 2012, by New Hampshire Governor John Lynch to serve on the state's Circuit Court. She was confirmed on August 22, 2012, by the state's  Executive Council. Conflict of interest. Between 2013 and 2018, Julie Introcaso appointed Attorney Kathleen Sternenberg, with whom Introcaso maintained a "long-standing close friendship", as Guardian ad Litem in at least eight different family law cases. In October 2020, the New Hampshire Judicial Conduct Committee announced it was bringing forward a disciplinary matter against Introcaso for failing to recuse herself, and alleged that Introcaso committed judicial misconduct. Investigation and arrest. In October 2020, the Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General opened a criminal investigation into Introcaso's conduct, and alleged that Introcaso altered court paperwork with white out while  she was being investigated by the New Hampshire Judicial Conduct Committee. On February 11, 2021, Introcaso was arrested as a consequence of the criminal investigation. She was also ordered by the New Hampshire Supreme Court to pay $74,900 to cover the cost of an investigation into her conduct. Resignation. On February 16, 2021, Introcaso resigned her position as a New Hampshire Circuit Court judge. She also entered into a Stipulation and Agreement with the New Hampshire Judicial Conduct Committee that she had violated a number of provisions of the New Hampshire Code of Judicial Conduct. Criminal charges. Introcaso has  been charged with two class B felony counts of falsifying physical evidence (NH Rev Stat § 641:6), two class A misdemeanor counts of tampering with public records or information (NH Rev Stat § 641:7), and one class A misdemeanor count of unsworn falsification (NH Rev Stat § 641:3). On March 17, 2021, the New Hampshire Supreme Court received a filing from the New Hampshire Supreme Court's Attorney Discipline Office (ADO) which included copies of the criminal complaints. On March 24, 2021, Introcaso was immediately suspended from the practice of law in New Hampshire on a temporary basis pending further order of the  New Hampshire Supreme Court. On November 15, 2021, Introcaso pled guilty to two counts of tampering with public records and one count of submitting false statements. She received a suspended 12 month jail sentence and 100 hours of community service. In his ruling, Judge Charles Temple noted that Introcaso's crimes "eviscerated" the public trust in family courts and the legal system generally.