Supreme Judicial Court Justice Greaney to Join Suffolk Law School
Will serve as Director of Macaronis
Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy
BOSTON -- Justice John M.
Greaney of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will
join the Suffolk University Law School faculty and serve
as director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and
Appellate Advocacy.
Greaney’s appointment,
effective Dec. 1, 2008, was announced by Suffolk University
President David J. Sargent and Board Chairman Nicholas
Macaronis, a distinguished alumnus and prominent Lowell
attorney for whom the institute is named.
“Justice Greaney brings a wealth of experience at every level of the judiciary,
for which he has won the admiration of people both within and outside of the
legal profession,” said President Sargent. “Our students will benefit
from his tutelage, and he brings inspired ideas to the Macaronis Institute.”
The Macaronis Institute,
founded in 1999, offers highly specialized programs to
practicing attorneys and law students.
“I am honored by my
appointment to Suffolk University Law School, which has
a tradition of excellence that I will endeavor to serve
and enhance,” said Greaney. “The Macaronis
Institute, through its civil litigation concentration,
trains law students to provide essential services in
areas of practice that are vital to the maintenance of
our system of justice. In addition to teaching, I will
work assiduously to add to the wide range of services,
courses and programs that the Institute conducts, so
that it will continue its status as a respected center
for trial and appellate advocacy and related legal studies.’’
As a justice on the highest
appellate court in Massachusetts, Greaney authored numerous
significant opinions on issues ranging from complex corporate
litigation in the Demoulas case to separation of powers
and inherent judicial authority in the First Justice case and same-sex marriage in the Goodridge case.
Greaney served in the military
and engaged in private practice before joining the judiciary
in 1974, as the presiding judge of the Hampden County
Housing Court. He later served as a justice the Massachusetts
Superior Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He
was chief justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
before his appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court.
Greaney has taught law at
Western New England College Law School and Westfield
State College; lectured and written extensively for continuing
legal and judicial education programs; edited books on
the law of Deceptive and Unfair Practices and Appellate
Practice and Procedure; and co-authored books on Civil
Jury Instructions and Summary Judgment.
Greaney received his B.A.
with honors in 1960 from the College of the Holy Cross,
and his J.D. in 1963 from New York University School
of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden scholar and chairperson
of the Annual Survey of American Law. He has
received the Robert B. MacKay and Public Service
Awards from N.Y.U. School of Law, the Haskell
Cohn Distinguished Judicial Service Award from the
Boston Bar Association, Western New England College's Presidential
Medallion, and the Massachusetts Judges Conference President's
Award for Judicial Excellence.
“Justice Greaney brings
inspired ideas, broad experience and a special brand
of wisdom to Suffolk Law School,” said Macaronis. “We
look forward to seeing this highly regarded jurist steer
the Macaronis Institute as it continues to offer valuable
learning experiences to attorneys and students.”
Suffolk University Law School,
in the heart of Boston, enrolls more than 1,600 students
in its day and evening divisions. Its curriculum includes
specialty concentrations, joint-degree programs and an
LL.M. in global technology. A wide range of clinical
programs, internships and moot court competitions provide
students with practical skills. Suffolk University, comprised
of the Law School, College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer
Business School, celebrated its Centennial in 2006.
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