Melissa Beth Countway (born 1970 or 1971)^[1] is an American lawyer who is serving as an associate justice of theNew Hampshire Supreme Court.

Countway earned aBachelor of Science in 1993 and aMaster of Education in 1994, both from theUniversity of New Hampshire,^[2] and aJuris Doctor from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in 2002, while serving on theNorth Carolina Law Review.^[3]

From 2002 to 2003, she was a law clerk for the New Hampshire Supreme Court. From 2003 to 2004, she was an associate with Orr & Reno, P.A. From 2006 to 2011, she was a managing member of Alton Law Offices, PLLC, and from 2010 to 2011 she was also a police prosecutor at the Alton Police Department. From 2011 to 2017, she was theBelknap County Attorney. From August 2017 to January 2024 she served as a judge on theNew Hampshire Circuit Court.^[3]

On November 8, 2023, GovernorChris Sununu nominated Countway to serve as an associate justice of theNew Hampshire Supreme Court to the seat left vacant by the retirement of JusticeGary Hicks on November 30, 2023.^[3] On November 29, a hearing was held on her nomination. During her hearing, she assured the council she was not ajudicial activist and declined to answer questions aboutreproductive rights.^[1] On December 20, 2023, her nomination was confirmed by theExecutive Council of New Hampshire by a 4–1 vote.^[1] She was sworn in on January 2, 2024.^[4]

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