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Honorable Mark S. Coven


Title Associate Justice, District Court
Appellate Division, Northern District
   
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Secretary/Clerk
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Date of Birth/Place of Birth 01/20/51  Brookline, MA
   
Year of Appointment/Governor  
   
Prior Judicial Offices (Dates):
   
Prior Public Service Deputy Attorney General
Assistant Secretary, Executive Office of Human Services
   
Prior Professional Employment Office of the Attorney General 1987 - 1989
Executive Office of Human Services 1983 - 1987
Greater Boston Legal Services 1980 - 1983
   
Education Boston University School of Law, J.D. 1975
Union College, B.A. 1972
   
Civic Activities Board of Overseers, Heller School of Social Welfare, Brandeis University;
Board of Directors, Urban Medical Group;
Board of Directors, Technical Assistance Collaborative
   
Professional Organization
Memberships
Massachusetts Judges Conference
Board of Directors
   
Publications Suffolk University Law Review, Volume XXX, No. 4, Welfare Reform, Contempt and Child Support Enforcement (1998);

Public Employment and the First Amendment, 12 Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review 559 (1977);

Equal Protection, Social Welfare Litigation, the Burger Court, 51 Notre Dame Law Review 873 (1976);

Altering State Welfare Programs Through the Administrative Waiver Process, 17 New England Law Rev. 1175 (1982);

Lawyers Cooperative Guide, Mass. Civil Practice: Appeals;

Appeals from Civil Trials in the District Court (1997);

MCLE, Rules of Appellate Procedure for the District Courts, Massachusetts Appellate Procedure (1994).
   
Judicial Branch Committees
and Activities
Chair, District Court Jurisdictional Lines Committee
Supreme Judicial Court Educational Advisory Board
District Court Educational Committee
   
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