A New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice was found guilty of soliciting special treatment for her husband in a criminal grand jury investigation from the then-governor, NH Attorney General John Formella announced Tuesday.

“Justice Hantz Marconi was an Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court when she arranged for a private meeting with the Governor and then sought to obtain special treatment regarding an active criminal investigation involving her husband,” said Formella. “That conduct was unlawful and unethical, and it undermines confidence in our criminal justice system.”

Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi entered a plea of no contest and was found guilty in Merrimack County Superior Court on one count of Criminal Solicitation of Misuse of Position, a class B misdemeanor, the AG said.

In June 2024, Hantz Marconi arranged for a meeting with Gov. Chris Sununu to discuss a “personal matter,” the AG’s release stated. During the meeting, she brought up the ongoing criminal grand jury investigation into her husband, Geno Marconi, the director of the Division of Ports and Harbors at the Pease Development Authority.

Though the nature of the grand jury investigation has not been publicly revealed, Geno Marconi is facing felony charges of witness tampering and falsifying evidence, along with four misdemeanor charges. He has entered a not guilty plea to the pending charges in Rockingham County Superior Court.

Justice Hantz Marconi reportedly discussed the effect of the investigation on her “personally and as a member of the Supreme Court,” the AG said. She also told Sununu there was no “merit to the criminal investigation, it “needed to wrap up quickly,” and it was preventing her from sitting on important cases.

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The associate justice will pay a fine of $1,200 as ordered by her plea agreement.

Justice Hantz Marconi has reportedly been on administrative leave since July 2024.

“This outcome reinforces a core principle of our justice system: no one is above the law – not even a Justice of the Supreme Court,” Formella said.