Associate Justice R. Marc Kantrowitz
R. Marc Kantrowitz, Associate Justice, is one of the most highly published judges in the Commonwealth, having written books on Massachusetts criminal law, motor vehicle tort law, juvenile law, evidence, and mental health, as well as numerous law-related articles. From 1979 to 1985 he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, prosecuting cases in the District and Superior Courts. From 1985 to 1995 he managed his own practice in Boston, concentrating in civil and criminal litigation. In total, he tried scores of Superior Court jury trials, including ten for first degree murder. In 1995 Governor William Weld appointed him as an associate justice of the Juvenile Court, where he served for six years. Governor Paul Cellucci named Justice Kantrowitz to the Appeals Court; he took the oath of office on February 5, 2001. He has served on several SJC committees, most notably as a member of the Model Murder-Manslaughter Jury Instructions Committee; as a member and acting chair of the Bishop-Fuller Committee, established to develop protocol concerning the rights of criminal defendants to review the psychiatric records of complainants who sought psychiatric care; and, currently, as chair of the Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law, established to assemble the current law in one easily usable document. He has also taught at various local institutions; he now teaches criminal trial advocacy at Northeastern University School of Law. From 1972 to 1985, Justice Kantrowitz served in the United States Army Reserves, leaving as a Captain in the Quartermaster Corps. He earned a B.A., cum laude, from Ohio University in 1972, where he majored in history; an M.A. in political science from Ohio University in 1974; and a J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1978, where he served on its Law Review and Moot Court.