| Title |
First Justice |
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| Office
Mailing Address |
Salem District Court
65 Washington St.
Salem, MA 01970 |
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Secretary/Clerk
Telephone Number |
978-744-1167 |
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| Date
of Birth/Place of Birth |
1951
- Winthrop, MA |
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| Year
of Appointment/Governor |
1992 - Governor William Weld |
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| Prior
Judicial Offices (Dates): |
Associate
Justice, Ipswich District Court - 1992
Presiding Justice, Ipswich District Court - 1997
Acting Presiding Justice, Salem District Court - 1998
Regional Administrative Justice, Region II - 1998 |
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| Prior
Public Service |
Assistant
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare
Assistant District Attorney - Essex County
Town Manager, Town of Saugus, MA |
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| Prior
Professional Employment |
Private
Law Practice, 1983 - 1992
Adjunct Professor of Law, Massachusetts School of Law |
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| Education |
A.B.
With Honors, Suffolk University 1972
J.D. With Honors, SUffolk University Law School 1976 |
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| Civic
Activities |
Trustee,
Massachusetts Bar Foundation |
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Professional
Organization
Memberships |
Massachusetts
Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association |
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| Publications |
Massachusetts
School of Law, Law Review: Vol. 4, No. 2, 1997 "District
Court Criminal Caseflow Management - What Practitioners
Need to Know"
Massachusetts School of Law, Reformer Magazine, Fall 2004 Crawford
v. Washington, the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause |
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Judicial
Branch Committees
and Activities |
Regional
Administrative Justice, Region II
Chair, Committee on Caseflow Management
Vice Chair, Committee on Impaired Driving
Chair, Drug Court Policy Working Group |
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