About the Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk
Allison S. Cartwright, Esq., is the Clerk for the County of Suffolk. Learn more about Clerk Cartwright.
The Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk is primarily responsible for the single justice caseload of the Supreme Judicial Court, administrative and disciplinary matters filed by the Board of Bar Overseers affecting members of the bar, and matters relating to Bar Admission and the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The office has three departments:
Supreme Judicial Court Single Justice Practice and Procedure
This department is responsible for the single justice caseload, or trial court docket, of the Supreme Judicial Court.
Bar Docket
This department is responsible for matters filed by the Board of Bar Overseers pertaining to attorney discipline and administrative matters affecting members of the Massachusetts bar. The bar docket's administrative matters may include the appointment of a commissioner in the event of an attorney's death or disappearance, transfer of an attorney to disability inactive status, and the enforcement of a subpoena in connection with investigative proceedings before the Board of Bar Overseers.
Attorney Services
The Attorney Services department receives and maintains petitions for admission to the Massachusetts bar, coordinates the formal admission ceremony of new attorneys, issues Certificates of Admission and Good Standing, processes applications for student practitioners and attorneys from foreign jurisdictions, applications for licensing of foreign legal consultants, attorney name changes, as well as provides certified copies of Petitions for Admission.
Announcement:
The Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Suffolk last year launched a webpage that, for the first time, makes final decisions in public single justice matters of the Supreme Judicial Court available online. Case decisions are currently available from 2019 to present. New information is posted daily in an effort to provide attorneys, self-represented litigants, the media, and the general public with easy access to up-to-date case decisions. Efforts are continuing to digitally prepare older cases to be added to this archive.
This resource can be found at www.sjcsinglejusticearchive.com.
Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk Resources
Contact us
Online
Phone
Hours: Weekdays (except holidays) 8:30 am - 4:30pm
Address
One Pemberton Square, Suite 1300
Boston, MA 02108-1707