| Title |
Associate
Justice |
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| Office
Mailing Address |
Superior Court Administrative Office
Suffolk County Courthouse, 13th Floor
Three Pemberton Square
Boston, MA 02108 |
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Secretary/Clerk
Telephone Number |
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| Date
of Birth/Place of Birth |
Memphis,
Tennessee |
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| Year
of Appointment/Governor |
1989
to Present - Justice of the Superior Court
1998 to 2003 - Chief Justice for Administration and Management
1984 - original appointment by Governor Michael Dukakis |
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| Prior
Judicial Offices (Dates): |
1989
to Present - Justice of the Superior Court
1995 to 1996 - Regional Administrative Justice for Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Superior Court
1984 to 1989 - Justice of the Boston Municipal Court |
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| Prior
Public Service |
See
Professional Employment |
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| Prior
Professional Employment |
1996
to Present - Adjunct Professor of Law, Boston University Law
School
1981 to 1984 - Associate General Counsel of the Massachusetts
Port Authority
1978 to 1981 - Assistant General Counsel of the Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority |
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| Education |
1971
to 1974 - Juris Doctor, Boston College Law School Chestnut Hill,
Massachusetts now Newton, Massachusetts
1967 to 1971 - Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts |
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| Civic
Activities |
*
Member of the Board of Directors of The Boston Foundation, a
nationally acclaimed community foundation serving the greater
Boston area, having assets in excess of $500 million.
* Member of the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal Divinity
School, serving on its committees on trusteeship, and faculty
and education. |
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Professional
Organization
Memberships |
*
Member of the Conference of State Court Administrators * Member
of the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference
* A founder of the Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys
* Past President of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association. |
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| Publications |
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Judicial
Branch Committees
and Activities |
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Chair of the Committee for the Administration of Interpreters
of the Trial Court
* Co-Chair of the Committee on Judicial Performance Evaluation
* Co-chair of the Judicial Conference Subcommittee on Legislation
* Member of the Judicial Education Policy Board |
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