The Massachusetts Judicial Branch

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Former Justices of the Appeals Court


(Justices are listed in the order in which they joined the Appeals Court)

Allan M. Hale, Chief Justice (1972-1984)

David A. Rose, Associate Justice (1972-1976); Recall Justice (1978-1985)

Edmund V. Keville, Associate Justice (1972-1979)

Reuben Goodman, Associate Justice (1972-1982)

Donald R. Grant, Associate Justice (1972-1988)

Christopher J. Armstrong, Associate Justice (1972-2000); Chief Justice (2000-2006); Recall Justice (2006-2008)

John M. Greaney, Associate Justice (1978-1984); Chief Justice (1984-1989)

Charlotte Anne Perretta, Associate Justice (1978-2009)

Raya S. Dreben, Associate Justice (1979-1997); Recall Justice (1997-2011) 

Rudolph Kass, Associate Justice (1979-2000); Recall Justice (2000-2003)

Joseph R. Nolan, Associate Justice (1980-1981)

R. Ammi Cutter, Recall Justice (1980-1990)

Kent B. Smith, Associate Justice (1981-1997); Recall Justice (1997-2012)

Joseph P. Warner, Associate Justice (1982-1989); Chief Justice (1989-2000)

Benjamin Kaplan, Recall Justice (1983-1991, 1993-2005)

Edith W. Fine, Associate Justice (1984-1995)

Francis J. Quirico, Recall Justice (1986-1987)

George Jacobs, Associate Justice (1989-2003)

Gerald Gillerman, Associate Justice (1990-1994); Recall Justice (1994-2002)

Elizabeth A. Porada, Associate Justice (1990-2003); Recall Justice (2003-2004)

Roderick L. Ireland, Associate Justice (1990-1997)

Mel L. Greenberg, Associate Justice (1990-2007)

Kenneth Laurence, Associate Justice (1990-2007)

J. Harold Flannery, Associate Justice (1995-1998)

Barbara A. Lenk, Associate Justice (1995-2011) 

Francis X. Spina, Associate Justice (1997-1999)

Susan S. Beck, Associate Justice (1997-2006)

Andre A. Gelinas, Associate Justice (1999-2008)

Fernande R.V. Duffly, Associate Justice (2000-2011)

John H. Mason, Associate Justice (2001-2004)

William I. Cowin, Associate Justice (2001-2008) 

Gordon L. Doerfer, Associate Justice (2001-2007)

James F. McHugh, III, Associate Justice (2001-2012)

David A. Mills, Associate Justice (2001-2012)