Members of the Commission on Judicial Conduct

The Honorable Katherine A. Field was appointed to the Commission in 2018.  She was elected Chair of the Commission in October of 2022.  Judge Field previously served as Vice Chair of the Commission from December of 2020 through October of 2022. Judge Field was appointed First Justice of the Bristol County Probate and Family Court in 2015.  Judge Field has served as a judge in that court since her appointment as a judge in 2010.

Prior to her appointment as a judge, Judge Field was an attorney and shareholder at Gay, Gay & Field, P.C., where she worked for twenty-five years in the areas of divorce, paternity, adoption, and guardianship. Judge Field also served as a member of the Judicial Nominating Commission from 2003 to 2005. Judge Field is a graduate of Boston College Law School and has served as a panelist for MCLE and the Massachusetts Bar Association. She has also been active in the local, county, and state bar associations, including serving as the President (2001-2002), Vice President (2000-2001), Treasurer (1999-2000) and Secretary (1989-1991) of the Bristol County Bar Association.

Patricia Saint James, Esquire was appointed to the Commission in 2018.  Ms. Saint James was elected Vice Chair of the Commission in October of 2022.  Ms. Saint James is a Member of the Boston law firm of Tarlow, Breed, Hart and Rogers, where she concentrates her practice in all aspects of Domestic Relations law. 

Ms. Saint James is a past President of the Massachusetts Family and Probate American Inn of Court.  She is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory (its highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics), has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer since 2006 by Boston Magazine, was named one of the best lawyers in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe, one of the top women lawyers in the northeast by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and a Best Lawyer for Family Law Mediation by U.S. News. 

Ms. Saint James is a past Chair of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association.  In that capacity, she worked with the Bar and Judiciary to initiate the Lawyer for the Day Program in the Commonwealth’s Probate and Family Courts.   She served as a Board Member and Vice-President of the Arts and Business Council/Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and a past Member of the Boston Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Steering Committee. 

In furtherance of her public service, Ms. Saint James is a co-founder of the Let’s Give It Up Foundation, whose mission is to give people struggling with substance use disorders the tools and courage to express their voice by turning their struggles and pain into art and inspiration for others.  Participants work with expert musicians, artists, writers, producers, and partner organizations, in a creative and supportive community.  Partner organizations include the Massachusetts Drug Courts, the Massachusetts Organization for Recovery (MOAR), and Behavioral Health Innovators.

Ms. Saint James co-authored the chapter on valuation for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Divorce Law Practice manual and is often called upon to teach seminars in the areas of business valuation, taxation, jurisdiction and real estate, and to serve as a special master in complex business disputes.

Ms. Saint James obtained her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an Arthur Littleton Legal Writing Instructor.  She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree from Central Connecticut State University and summa cum laude with a Master’s Degree from the University of Connecticut. 

The Honorable Daniel M. Wrenn was appointed to the Commission in 2018. Judge Wrenn was appointed an Associate Justice of the Superior Court in 2011.

Prior to his appointment as a judge, from 1991 to 2011, Judge Wrenn was a partner at the Worcester law firm of Milton, Laurence and Dixon, LLP, where he practiced in the areas of Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Workers Compensation. Judge Wrenn also regularly provided arbitration and mediation services and was a Board of Bar Overseers Hearing Committee Member for District 4 (Worcester County) from 2006 to 2011.

Judge Wrenn is a graduate of Suffolk University School of Law and has been a featured speaker for MCLE and Worcester County Bar Association seminars. Judge Wrenn has also been active in county and state bar associations, including serving as a Member of the Executive Committee (2001-2005), the Bench and Bar Committee (2005-2011), and the Community Relations Committee (2004-2011) of the Worcester County Bar Association. Judge Wrenn also served as the Co-Chair of the Worcester County Bar Association’s Superior Court Committee (2008-2011) and as Co-Chair of its District Court Committee (1996-1998).

The Honorable Randy S. Chapman was appointed to the Commission in 2021.  Judge Chapman was appointed an Associate Justice of the District Court in 2017.  He is also an adjunct faculty member of New England Law Boston, teaching evidence and advocacy.  Judge Chapman has been appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court to serve on several committees, including the Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Court Management Advisory Board, and the SJC Task Force on Hiring in the Judicial Branch.

Judge Chapman began his legal career in 1986 as an Assistant District Attorney with the Essex County District Attorney’s Office, serving as a District Court and Superior Court prosecutor and chief of the Motor Vehicle Homicide Unit.  He has also lectured around the country on topics including motor vehicle homicide and operating under the influence, for the National Highway Traffic Administration and the National District Attorney’s Association. 

Prior to his appointment as a judge, Judge Chapman worked in private practice and was president of the law firm of Chapman and Chapman, P.C. in Chelsea, Massachusetts.  Judge Chapman focused his private practice on criminal law and personal injury, representing criminal defendants in state and federal courts, as well as plaintiffs in personal injury matters.  Judge Chapman also previously worked as the legal editor for NBC Boston and New England Cable News, where he provided on-air commentary and provided technical support for reporters, anchors, and producers regarding numerous legal issues of public interest.  He also often provided analysis for other news outlets, including television, radio, and print media. 

Judge Chapman is a past president of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, which awarded him its Outstanding Service Award in 2009.  He also served for over two decades on the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Board of Editors. Judge Chapman graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts in 1983 and graduated cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in 1986.

Grace V.B. Garcia, Esquire was appointed to the Commission in 2023. Ms. Garcia is a Partner in the Boston office of Morrison Mahoney LLP, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of product liability, construction law (including personal injury), construction defect, OSHA, commercial litigation, employment litigation, premises liability, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) cases. Ms. Garcia has over twenty years of litigation experience, having represented parties at trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Superior Court, and the Massachusetts District Court. Ms. Garcia has also successfully argued before the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Ms. Garcia has been actively involved in both local and international legal organizations. She currently serves as the President of the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA). Before her election as President of the MBA in 2022, Ms. Garcia served in several leadership positions within the MBA, including Vice President (2020-2021); Treasurer (2019-2020); Secretary (2018-2019); Executive Management Board (2017-Present); and Volunteer Recognition Committee Chair (2009-Present). Ms. Garcia is also a Past President (2016-2017) of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association (MassDLA), and she served on MassDLA’s Board of Directors from 2010 to 2020. In 2022, Ms. Garcia was honored as the MassDLA Defense Lawyer of the Year. 

Ms. Garcia also currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of ALFA International (2022-Present), an international network of premier law firms throughout the world. She has also held several leadership roles with ALFA International, including serving on its Board of Directors (2015-2018), the ALFA International Construction Law Practice Group (Chair 2018-2022; Steering Committee Member 2010-present), the ALFA International Product Liability & Complex Tort Practice Group (Steering Committee Member 2013- present), and the ALFA International Women’s Initiative Practice Group (Chair 2014-2015; Steering Committee Member 2008-present). 

In 2020, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly selected Ms. Garcia for its “Circle of Excellence” after naming her as one of the “Top Women of the Law,” in 2013. Ms. Garcia has also been elected by her peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Personal Injury-Defendants (2023), Construction Law (2020-2023), Product Liability Litigation Defense (2020-2023), and Insurance Law (2019-2020).  Ms. Garcia has also achieved an AV Preeminent peer review rating by Martindale Hubble, the highest possible rating.

Ms. Garcia is a routine lecturer on the law and legal practice issues, including best discovery practices, risk transfer and indemnity issues, deposition techniques, and OSHA. Ms. Garcia was also a Legal Writing and Research Instructor for Boston University School of Law’s first year J.D. program from 2003 to 2006.

Ms. Garcia is a graduate of the University of Rochester (cum laude).  In 1998, Ms. Garcia received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, graduating cum laude.

Louis P. Aloise, Esquire was appointed to the Commission in 2023. Mr. Aloise is a Partner in the Worcester law firm of Aloise and Wilcox, P.C., where he has concentrated his practice in the areas of complex civil and criminal litigation in the Massachusetts District and Superior Courts, and in the Federal District Court, since 2002.

Mr. Aloise was previously a Partner with the law firm of Shumway, Giguere, Fox, Aloise, and Wilcox, P.C., from 1987 to 2002. There, he concentrated his work in the areas of personal injury and criminal defense. In 1993, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appointed Mr. Aloise to the first of two three-year terms as a member of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS). In November of 1997, he was elected Chair of CPCS, becoming the second Worcester-based lawyer ever to head that agency.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Aloise served as an Assistant District Attorney and Chief Trial Counsel for the Office of the Worcester County District Attorney from 1978 to 1987. During that time, he was responsible for the prosecution of major felony cases, including Homicide, Sex Offenses, Robbery, White-Collar Crime, and Organized Crime.

While engaged in both public and private practice, Mr. Aloise has also taught legal courses at several well-respected educational institutions. He was an Adjunct Professor at Worcester State College, teaching Business Law and Corporate Law, from 1977 to 1978; an Adjunct Professor of Law at Anna Maria College, teaching Search and Seizure Law and “Contemporary Legal Issues,” from 1997 to 1999; and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Western New England School of Law, teaching Forensic Evidence, from 2008 to 2017. 

Mr. Aloise enjoys an AV-Preeminent peer review rating by Martindale Hubble, the highest possible rating. He has been named as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer nine times since 2006, and he was named Massachusetts Lawyer of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in 2002.

Mr. Aloise is a graduate, magna cum laude, of Villanova University and of Boston College Law School.

Mr. Bruce Herring was appointed to the Commission in 2021.  Mr. Herring currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Financial Accounting Foundation; an independent, private-sector, not-for-profit organization responsible for the oversight, administration, financing, and appointment of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Government Accounting Standards Board.

Mr. Herring previously worked at Fidelity Investments, with a successful career that spanned more than three decades.  Mr. Herring retired as President of Strategic Advisers for Fidelity in 2018.  As President of Strategic Advisers, Mr. Herring oversaw a team of 300 professionals focused on retail and workplace managed account solutions, wealth planning and personal trust offerings, and guidance and planning methodologies. 

Previously, Mr. Herring served as Chief Investment Officer for the Global Asset Allocation division that managed Fidelity’s multi-asset class fund and managed account offerings.  Before serving as CIO, he was Group Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity’s Equity division where he managed international and domestic funds and portfolio management teams. He also oversaw investment offices in London and Hong Kong.

Earlier in his career with Fidelity, Mr. Herring was a portfolio manager running sector-based, regional non-U.S., and U.S. equity portfolios for fifteen years.  He also directed research in Tokyo and the U.S.

Mr. Herring has served for thirteen years as a Trustee for his alma mater, Babson College. In that role, he chaired Babson’s Affordability Task Force, its Investment Committee, and its Presidential Search Committee.

Mr. Herring also currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Babson College Board, as a member of Babson’s Executive Committee, and as Chair of its Investment Committee.

For the past ten years, Mr. Herring has also been the Board Chair for RAW Art Works, a nonprofit that supports underserved youth on Boston’s north shore. He also is a member of the Olin College board of trustees and chairs their Investment Committee. 

Mr. Herring graduated from Babson College with a B.S. in Finance and Investment in 1987. He is also a CFA charter holder.

Dr. David B. Krieger was appointed to the Commission in 2023. Dr. Krieger has practiced internal medicine since 1992 within an affiliation of medical groups first known as Harvard Community Health Plan and currently, Atrius Health. This affiliation has fostered collaboration and high-quality standards using a shared medical record. Over his career, Dr. Krieger dedicated fifteen years to primary care practice before transitioning to the Clinical Coverage Department at Atrius Health in 2007.

Beyond his clinical commitments, Dr. Krieger serves as a co-director of the Interviewing and Communication Skills component of the Practice of Medicine course at Harvard Medical School. This course is a cornerstone for all first-year Harvard medical and dental students. Additionally, Dr. Krieger contributes his expertise to the Board of Registration in Medicine and, since 2010, he has served as one of four public members on the twelve-person Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

While excelling in his professional roles, Dr. Krieger is equally passionate about personal pursuits. In 2013, he embraced running and has since completed an impressive ten marathons. Furthermore, for the past two decades, Dr. Krieger has contributed to his community, leading a weekly study group at Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley. His commitment to community extends beyond his professional life, as both he and his wife, Susan Musinsky, actively participate in various community initiatives.

Dr. Krieger received his A.B. at Cornell University in 1983 and his M.D. from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo in 1987.