Court Management Advisory Board

"CMAB"

About the Committee

The Massachusetts Legislature formed the Court Management Advisory Board (CMAB) to assist the justices of the supreme judicial court, the chief justice of the trial court, and the court administrator on all matters of judicial reform.  Per Mass. General Laws Chapter 211B, Section 6A, the CMAB is comprised of ten members appointed according to categories of experience, including business administration, civil law, criminal law, and information technology, in addition to the attorney general or designee, and the executive director or the Massachusetts office of victim assistance.   Appointed members serve for a term of three years and for a maximum of two terms.  The committee was created following the recommendation of the Monan Committee in 2003.

Committee Members

Mark D. Smith, Esq., Chair
Partner, Laredo & Smith, LLP

Edward S. Cheng, Esq.
Partner, Sherin & Lodgen LLP

Michele Courton Brown
Vice President of Business Development, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Hon. Judith Fabricant (ret.)
Retired Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court

William Gribbons
Professor and Founder of the User Experience Center at Bentley University

Ziyad Hopkins, Esq.
Staff Attorney, Youth Advocacy Department, Roxbury Office, Committee for Public Counsel Services

Liam Lowney, Ex Officio
Executive Director, Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance

Michael P. Milligan
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, University of Massachusetts

Lon F. Povich, Esq.
Counsel, Anderson Kreiger

Dan Rivera, Esq.
President and CEO, Massachusetts Development

Anne Sterman, Ex Officio
Designee of Attorney General, Chief of the Trial Division, Office of the Attorney General

Lisa Wilson, Esq.
Partner, Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie, P.C.

Reports and Related Documents

Court Management Advisory Board reports and related documents

Last updated:	January 18, 2024