David A. Mills
Hon. David A. Mills (ret.) was appointed to the Commission by Governor Deval Patrick in 2014. Judge Mills served as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court from 2001 to 2012. As an appellate justice, Judge Mills was the principal author of more than 100 published decisions. He is a former Middlesex County assistant district attorney and a former assistant attorney general, where he served as chief of the criminal appellate section. Commissioner Mills has more than 30 years of experience in private practice, and currently is Counsel at the law firm of Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster. He is also a member of the Danvers Board of Selectmen. Commissioner Mills is a graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School.
State Ethics Commission
The State Ethics Commission is an independent state agency that administers and enforces the provisions of the conflict of interest law and financial disclosure law.