CONCORD - The Executive Council today confirmed Gov. John Lynch’s four nominees to serve on the New Hampshire Superior Court.

In August, Gov. Lynch nominated Hillsborough County Attorney Marguerite Wageling of Manchester, Richard McNamara of Bedford, David Garfunkel of Canterbury, and Jacalyn Colburn of Concord to serve on the Superior Court.

McNamara will become the first judge for the state’s new business court.

“Marguerite Wageling, Richard McNamara, David Garfunkel and Jacalyn Colburn will make excellent additions to the New Hampshire Superior Court System, and I am pleased the Executive Council voted unanimously to confirm the nominees,” Gov. Lynch said. “These four outstanding individuals will bring their knowledge of the law, their commitment to justice and fairness to the Superior Court System. I am confident they will serve the people of New Hampshire well.”

The Judicial Selection Commission recommended for nomination all four candidates.

Wageling, 52, currently serves as Hillsborough County Attorney. She was first elected county attorney in a special election in 2004, and has been re-elected twice. Prior to her election as county attorney, Wageling served as state assistant attorney general as the lead attorney in the administrative prosecution unit. She has also served as an assistant attorney in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties.

She graduated from Trinity College in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and she received her law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1984.

McNamara, 59, is a partner in the Wiggin & Nourie law firm in Manchester. In his 30 years as a respected litigator, McNamara has handled most of the varieties of civil litigation that come before New Hampshire courts. He is the immediate past president of the New Hampshire Bar Association. Prior to entering private practice, McNamara served as state assistant attorney general in the criminal bureau.

McNamara received his bachelor’s degree from Boston College in 1972 and his law degree from Boston College Law School in 1975.

Colburn, 48, is the director of legal services for the New Hampshire Public Defender’s Office, where she is responsible for the supervision of approximately 120 attorneys. She is also an adjunct professor at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord. Colburn has spent her entire legal career in the public defender’s office.

She received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of New Hampshire and her law degree from Franklin Pierce law Center in 1996.

Garfunkel, 63, is an attorney with Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell in Concord, where he has been a litigator for the last 20 years. His diverse practice has included criminal defense and commercial litigation.

In 1979, Garfunkel began his career in New Hampshire when he was named director of the Public Defender Program of New Hampshire Legal Assistance. He served as the first executive director of the New Hampshire Public Defender office when it began an independent organization. At the time of Garfunkel’s departure in 1989, the public defender’s office had grown to 40 attorneys serving all 10 New Hampshire counties.

Garfunkel received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1971. Immediately after law school, Garfunkel became a staff attorney in the Defender Association of Philadelphia.