CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT A. MULLIGAN
APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF
PLANNING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE TRIAL COURT
Chief
Justice for Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan
today announced the appointment of Attorney Pamela M. Dashiell
of Boston as the Director of Planning and Policy Development
for the Administrative Office of the Trial Court. Ms. Dashiell
will begin her new position on July 10, 2006.
As
Director of Planning and Policy Development, Ms. Dashiell
is responsible for the development of new plans and initiatives
to improve the management and operations of the Trial Court
and for gathering and analyzing data to support existing
initiatives.
Chief
Justice Mulligan said, “I am very pleased that Pam
Dashiell will be joining my management team. Ms. Dashiell
has an extraordinary breadth of experience on a variety
of legal and policy issues. I know that she will bring
her vision and expertise to the many projects which are
vital to the improvement of the management and performance
of the Trial Court.”
Ms.
Dashiell has more than twenty-five years experience in
the practice of law. Since 1999, she has served as General
Counsel to the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, where she represented and advised the Attorney
General and his staff on diverse legal and policy issues.
Prior to that, she was an Assistant Attorney General in
the Public Protection Bureau from 1997 to 1999. Ms. Dashiell
has also served as General Counsel to the Executive Office
of Elder Affairs for three years. She has extensive experience
drafting, reviewing, and interpreting state and federal
contracts, legislation, and regulations, and working with
public and private sector agencies. Ms. Dashiell also has
worked in municipal government and has practiced law with
a high technology company.
A
native of Chicago, Ms. Dashiell is a graduate of Simmons
College and Northwestern University School of Law and is
licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and Illinois.
She is a member of the American Bar Association, Boston
Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and Massachusetts
Black Women Attorneys Association. Active on various boards
and commissions, including the Boston Human Rights Commission,
Ms. Dashiell is currently Vice President of the Codman
Square Health Center in Boston. In 1994, she was a recipient
of the Boston YMCA Black Achievers Award. Ms. Dashiell
and her husband reside in Boston and have two adult children.
Ms.
Dashiell said, “Working with the Trial Court is a
unique opportunity for me, and I look forward to joining
Chief Justice Mulligan and his staff.”
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