THE ED MOSCA BLOG

I am an attorney in private practice in Manchester, New Hampshire.  

At one time, I was a prolific writer of op-eds regarding law, policy and politics.  My op-eds appeared fairly regularly in the Manchester Union Leader, Concord Monitor, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Keene Sentinel, Laconia Citizen, Nashua Telegraph and New Hampshire Business Review.  I currently prefer blogging for a number of reasons.  For example, it is much more convenient — I don’t have to worry about a minimum or maximum word count.  It allows me to “publish” whatever I think is interesting and timely, as opposed to what strikes the fancy of some editorialist.  And I don’t have to pull any punches.

I was Chairman of the Manchester Republican Committee in 2002, which just so happens to be the last time that Republicans were a majority of the state reps.

My legal practice is best described as eclectic.  The mainstay of my practice involves appeals, commercial collections, and domestic relations, but I have and am handling a wide variety of  other matters, such as wage claims, administrative driver’s license suspensions, representation before the Board of Mental Health Practice, and probate matters.  I successfully defended a challenge to Ralph Nader’s name appearing on the 2004 presidential ballot before the state’s Ballot Law Commission, and was on the prevailing side of litigation in the supreme court involving redistricting.

I am the author of New Hampshire’s Claremont Case and the Separation of Powers, 4 Pierce L. Rev. 411 (2006) and The Original Understanding of the New Hampshire Constitution’s Education Clause, 6 Pierce Law Review 209 (2007).  Significant appeals I have been involved in include the permitting of a large groundwater withdrawal permit, the interpretation of landowner liability law, and education funding.

I like to hike, bike, lift and read historical fiction.  I’m a big fan of the Celtics, Red Sox and MMA.