Supreme Judicial Court Appoints Members To Advisory Committee on
Massachusetts Evidence Law
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court today announced the appointments of seventeen members to the newly established Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law. Appeals Court Justice R. Marc Kantrowitz was named as chair.
The Court created the Advisory Committee to prepare a Guide to the Massachusetts law of evidence at the request of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. The Advisory Committee’s mandate is to compile existing Massachusetts evidence law into an easy-to-use document, organized similarly to the Federal Rules of Evidence. The Guide to Evidence in Massachusetts is expected to be completed within a year.
Superior Court Judge Peter W. Agnes, Jr. and Superior Court Judge David A. Lowy will serve as Assistant Editors, and Appeals Court Assistant Clerk Joseph Stanton will provide staff assistance to the Advisory Committee. The other members are as follows:
| Professor Michael Avery, Suffolk University Law School |
| Professor Mark Brodin, Boston College Law School |
| Judge James W. Coffey, Boston Municipal Court |
| Professor Kevin Connelly, Southern New England School
of Law |
| Judge Patricia G. Curtin, Acting First Justice,
Dedham District Court |
| Judge Michael F. Edgerton, Essex Juvenile Court |
| Assistant Attorney General Steven
L. Hoffman, Business & Labor
Protection Bureau |
| Timothy Maguire, Esq., Greenberg Taurig LLP |
| Tracy A. Miner, Esq., Mintz Levin
Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo,
P.C. |
| Elizabeth N. Mulvey, Esq., Crowe & Mulvey,
LLP |
| Martin F. Murphy, Esq., Foley Hoag, LLP |
| Judge Geoffrey G. Packard, Malden District Court |
| Katherine A. Robertson, Esq., Bulkley,
Richardson & Gelinas,
LLP |
| Judge Catherine P. Sabaitis, First Justice, Plymouth
Probate and Family Court |
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