Current Office: Chief Justice
First Elected: 09/02/1997
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Gender: Male
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Birthplace: Springfield, MA
Home City: MA
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Profession

Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2010-present Faculty Member, Appellate Judges Seminar, New York University Law School, 2001-present Adjunct Faculty Member, School of Law, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 1978-present Senior Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2008-2010 Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1997-2010 Author, Juvenile Law Volume, Thomson/West Publishing's Massachusetts Practice Series, 2006 Associate Justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1990-1997 Judge, Juvenile Court, 1977-1990 Chairman, State Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds, 1977 Assistant Secretary, Chief Legal Counsel, Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration and Finance, 1975-1977 Associate, Burnham, Stern and Shapiro in 1975 Part-Time Legal Counsel, Roxbury District Court Clinic, 1974-77 Part-Time Hearing Officer, Massachusetts Civil Service Commission, 1973-1975 Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1972 Chief Attorney, Deputy/Executive Director, Roxbury Defenders Committee, 1971-1973 Staff Attorney, Harvard Center for Law and Education, 1970 Attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services, New York City, 1969 Associate Justice, Boston Juvenile Court Associate Justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court

Education

PhD, Northeastern University, Law, Policy and Society Program, 1998 LLM, Harvard Law School, 1975 JD, Columbia University Law School, 1969 BA, Lincoln University, 1966