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About Ricardo
Biography
Attorney and Executive Leader | Former Chief Prosecutor | Former Presidential Appointee U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee | Corporate Counsel, Litigation, Public Policy, Cultural Heritage Protection, International Affairs, Criminal Justice
Practice Areas
3
Practice Areas
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Connecticut for 11 years
State: Connecticut
Acquired: 2014
No misconduct found
Licensed in New Hampshire for 32 years
State: New Hampshire
Acquired: 1993
No misconduct found
Licensed in District of Columbia for 30 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1996
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Ricardo A. St. Hilaire
One Columbus Plaza, New Haven, CT, 06510
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"I endorse this lawyer. Mr. St. Hilaire is a highly experienced and well respected Criminal law practitioner in the legal community."
"Talented lawyer."
"I have followed Attorney St. Hilaire's career for at least 10 years, since he worked in the Belknap County Attorney's office through his tenure as Grafton County Attorney to the present. He knows his stuff, he is highly intelligent and energetic, and I have no doubt that he provides dedicated service to his clients. If you want a lawyer who will work very effectively and extremely hard on your behalf, you can't do any better than Rick St. Hilaire."
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Experience
Honors
2022
America's Most Honored Lawyer, American Registry
2020
America's Most Honored Lawyers 2020 - Top 5%, America's Most Honored
2019
Top 100 Legal Blogs Every Lawyer and Law Student Must Follow, Feedspot
2019
America's Most Honored Professionals 2019 - Top 10%, America's Most Honored
2018
America's Most Honored Professionals 2018, America's Most Honored
2015
Blawg 100, ABA Law Journal
2014
Top 25 DUI Attorneys in NH, National Advocacy for DUI Defense
2014
Blawg 100, ABA Law Journal
2014
Daniel Webster International Lawyer of the Year, NH Bar Association International Law Section
2013
Top 20 DUI Attorneys in NH, National Advocacy for DUI Defense
2013
Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Society of Legal Advocates
2011
Top International Law Blogs, Lexis/Nexis
2009
Governor's Proclamation, Governor, State of New Hampshire
2009
Award, Grafton County Drug Court
2009
Resolution of commendation, NH General Court
2009
Resolution of commendation, NH State Senate
2006
County Attorney of the Year, New Hampshire Associaton of Counties
2005
Forty Under Forty, Union Leader and NH Business and Industry Assocation
Work Experience
2024 - Present
Member, NH State Historical Resources Council
2023 - Present
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Knights of Columbus
2020 - 2022
Member, Cultural Property Advisory Committee - US State Department
2017 - 2023
Deputy General Counsel, Knights of Columbus
2014 - 2017
Associate General Counsel, Knights of Columbus
2013 - 2022
Executive Director, Red Arch Cultural Heritage Law & Policy Research
2010 - 2014
Attorney, Ricardo A. St. Hilaire, Attorney & Counselor at Law, PLLC
2009 - 2010
Partner, St. Hilaire & St. Hilaire, PLLC
2007 - 2014
Adjunct Professor, Plymouth State University Graduate School of Studies
2003 - 2009
County Attorney, Grafton County NH
1998 - 2002
Assistant County Attorney, Belknap County Attorney
1995 - 1998
Prosecutor, Plymouth Court Jurisdictional Association
1995 - 1995
Special Assistant Prosecutor, Concord City Prosecutor
Associations
2009 - Present
International Foundation for Cultural Property ProtectionCIPM
2009 - Present
NH Bar Association Section on International Law
2008 - Present
International Association of Prosecutors
1997 - Present
District of Columbia BarMember
1993 - Present
New Hampshire Bar AssociationMember
2011 - 2015
Archaeological Institute of AmericaCultural Heritage and Policy Committee
2011 - 2012
American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section, Art and Cultural Heirtage Law CommitteeMember
2011 - 2012
Arts, Culture & the LawCo-chair
2010 - 2012
NH Center for Nonprofits
2009 - 2012
International Council of Museums, Legal Issues in Conservation Working GroupChair
2007 - 2008
NH Governor's Crime CommissionProsecutor member
2007 - 2011
American Association of Museums
2007 - 2009
American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section, Art and Cultural Heirtage Law CommitteeVice-Chair
2007 - 2018
Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage PreservationSecretary, Director, Advocacy & Litigation Committee
1998 - 2002
Belknap County Domestic Violence Coordinating CouncilChairman
1996 - 2000
Knights of Columbus New Hampshire State CouncilAdvocate
1995 - 2009
National District Attorneys AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
State v. Anthony Begin
Guilty findings
State v. Rashkin
Conditional dismissal.
Education
2020
George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, Illicit Finance and Trade-Based Money Laundering Executive Program
Certificate
1993
Georgetown University Law Center
JD - Juris Doctor
1990
Columbia University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2012
IAP Annual Meeting
Global Antiquities Trafficking
2011
Arts, Culture, and the Law
You Want to Preserve What?
2009
N/A
International Council of Museums
Trafficking
N/A
Domestic Violence Protocols for Faith Communities
Domestic Violence
Publications
2022
PRESERVING ART AND CULTURE IN TIMES OF WAR
Cultural Property Protection in the Context of Counter-Terrorist Financing: An Emerging Legal Paradigm in the United States
2019
Art Newspaper
Gilded Coffin Gives Met a Golden Opportunity
2007
Strategies for Saving our Cultural Heritage
International Antiquities Trafficking: Theft By Another Name
N/A
Cultural Heritage Lawyer blog
Cultural Heritage Lawyer blog
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Answers
Q&A
What is the charge for possession of 10 Alprazolam (Xanax) pills in New Hampshire? Will I need a criminal defense attorney?
29 May 2014
Q&A
What does "filed without guilty finding" mean?
27 Mar 2014
Q&A
Is class b violation for Willful Concealment in NH considered criminal or non criminal?
18 Feb 2014