CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT A. MULLIGAN
APPOINTS NEW GENERAL COUNSEL
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE TRIAL COURT
Chief
Justice for Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan
today announced the appointment of Attorney Daniel P. Sullivan
as General Counsel for the Administrative Office of the
Trial Court. A West Roxbury resident, Mr. Sullivan will
begin his new position on July 5, 2006.
As
General Counsel, Mr. Sullivan will direct and supervise
the work of the Legal Department and provide legal advice
to Chief Justice Mulligan, department heads, and court
officials.
Chief
Justice Mulligan said, “I am very pleased that Dan
Sullivan will be joining our team. Dan is an excellent
lawyer with solid experience both in litigation and legislative
matters. I know he will be a superb General Counsel for
the Trial Court.”
Mr.
Sullivan brings a breadth of legal and legislative experience
to his new position. He previously served as the General
Counsel for the Massachusetts Senate Ways and Means Committee
for five years. From 1994 to 2001, he was a partner at
the Boston law firm of Murphy, Michaels & Sullivan, LLP.,
where he managed and tried a broad array of complex civil
litigation in federal and state courts. Prior to that,
he worked for Day, Berry & Howard in Boston and the New
York City firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Mr. Sullivan
holds a J.D. degree with high honors from Rutgers University
School of Law where he was a Saul Tischler Scholar, and
a B.A. from Harvard University.
Mr.
Sullivan said, “I am delighted to have the opportunity
to serve the Trial Court under Chief Justice Mulligan’s
leadership. I hope to represent the Court with the integrity
and conscientiousness that have become its hallmarks.”
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