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Deval Patrick is the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts. He was elected in 2006, and Judicial took office in 2007. He was re-elected in 2010, and left office in 2015. For a more extensive profile, visit Patrick's page here. Appointments Appointment process

In Massachusetts, the governor select a judge to fill a vacancy on a court. Before a judge can take office, she or he must be approved by the Governor's Council.[1] Appointed judges

The tables below list the governor's appointees to the courts across the state. These lists are updated automatically with new appointments. Supreme Judicial Court Governor Deval Patrick

Name Court Active Previous position Other Governors Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Associate justice, Massachusetts Roderick Ireland 1997-2014 Court Appeals Court Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Margot Botsford 2007-2017 Judge, Massachusetts Superior Courts Court Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Barbara Lenk 2011-2020 Judge, Massachusetts Appeals Court Court Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Fernande Duffly 2011-2016 Judge, Massachusetts Appeals Court Court Geraldine Massachusetts Supreme Judicial 2014-2017 Judge, Massachusetts Appeals Court S. Hines Court Massachusetts Supreme Judicial 2009 - Ralph Gants Judge, Massachusetts Superior Courts Court Present Appeals Court

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Name Court Active Previous position Diana Massachusetts 2013- Justice, Chelsea District Court L. Maldonado Appeals Court Present Peter W. Agnes Massachusetts 2011- Judge, Superior Court Judge Jr. Appeals Court Present Massachusetts 2010- Judd J. Carhart Superior Court Judge Appeals Court Present Massachusetts Geraldine 2014- Supreme Judicial Judge, Massachusetts Appeals Court S. Hines 2017 Court Massachusetts 2009- Sydney Hanlon District Court Judge Appeals Court present Massachusetts 2009- Chief, Environmental Protection Division of the James R. Milkey Appeals Court present Massachusetts Attorney General's Office Mary Massachusetts 2011- Partner, Segal, Roitman, L.L.P. Thomas Sullivan Appeals Court present Massachusetts 2014 - Amy Lyn Blake Judge, Essex Probate and Family Court Appeals Court Present Gregory Massachusetts 2014- Executive Director, Rappaport Center for Law and I. Massing Appeals Court present Public Service at Suffolk University Law School Superior Courts

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Name Court Active Previous position Massachusetts 2014- Rosalind H. Miller Judge, Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2010- Richard J. Carey Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2008 - Timothy Q. Feeley Assistant U.S. attorney Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2008 - Richard T. Tucker Partner, Bernstein, Burwick, Tucker & Stern Superior Court Present Kenneth Massachusetts 2016- Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Courts V. Desmond, Jr. Appeals Court Present Massachusetts 2012 - Shannon Frison Judge, Boston Municipal Court Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2014 - Robert N. Tochka Associate justice, Boston Municipal Court Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2011- Daniel M. Wrenn Attorney in private practice Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2011 - John S. Ferrara Attorney, Dalsey, Ferrara and Albano Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2016 - Kimberly S. Budd Supreme Judicial Massachusetts Superior Courts Present Court Massachusetts 2009 - Garry Inge Trial attorney Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2009 - Mitchell H. Kaplan Partner, Choate, Hall & Stewart Superior Court Present Janet Kenton- Massachusetts 2009- Of counsel, Boston Law Collaborative, LLC Walker Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2011 - Maynard Kirpalani Partner, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker Superior Court Present Edward Massachusetts 2011 - Partner, McDermott Will & Emery P. Leibensperger Superior Court Present Thomas Massachusetts 2009 - Corporation counsel, City of Fall River F. McGuire Jr. Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2011- David Ricciardone Associate justice, Massachusetts District Court Superior Court Present Christine Massachusetts 2008- Partner, Roach & Carpenter M. Roach Superior Court Present Raymond Massachusetts 2011 - Prosecutor, Bristol County District Attorney's Office P. Veary Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2010 - Douglas Wilkins Attorney in private practice Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2012 - James F. Lang Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2013 - Robert B. Gordon Partner, Ropes & Gray, LLP Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2013- Brian A. Davis Partner, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP Superior Court Present Angel Massachusetts 2013 - Associate judge, Brockton District Court Kelley Brown Superior Court Present Edward Massachusetts 2013 - Attorney, Egan, Flanagan & Cohen J. McDonough Jr. Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2012 - Heidi Brieger Prosecutor, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2011 - Renee P. Dupuis Chief, Criminal Bureau, Attorney General's Office Superior Court Present

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Name Court Active Previous position Massachusetts 2013- Peter B. Krupp Partner, Lurie & Krupp, LLP Superior Court Present Assistant attorney general & appeals coordinator, Kenneth Massachusetts 2012- Government Bureau of the Massachusetts Attorney W. Salinger Superior Court Present General's office Massachusetts 2012 - Attorney, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Paul D. Wilson Superior Court Present Popeo Massachusetts 2013 - Robert Ullmann Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP Superior Court Present Laurence Massachusetts 2014- Associate justice, Cambridge District Court D. Pierce Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2012 - Mary K. Ames Attorney in private practice Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2015 - Mark D. Mason Judge, Massachusetts District Courts Superior Court Present Beverly Massachusetts 2014 - Associate justice, Massachusetts District Courts J. Cannone Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2014 - Thomas Drechsler Partner, Byrne & Drechsler Superior Court Present Gregg Massachusetts 2014 - Partner, Pasquale & White J. Pasquale Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2014 - Joshua I. Wall Chair, Massachusetts Parole Board Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2014 - Raffi N. Yessayan Attorney in private practice Superior Court Present Massachusetts 2014 - William F. Sullivan Partner, Sullivan and Sweeney, LLP Superior Court Present District Courts

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Name Court Active Previous position J. Edgartown District Court, 2015 - Associate justice, Orleans District Court Thomas Kirkman Massachusetts Present Franco Massachusetts District 2010 - J. Gobourne Courts Present Boston Municipal Courts, Debra Shopteese Massachusetts J. Massachusetts District 2011- Elizabeth Cremens Courts Present Southern Berkshire Michael District Court, J. McCarthy Massachusetts Worcester District Court, 2012 - Jennifer Ginsburg Attorney in private practice Massachusetts Present Uxbridge District Court, 2013- Gerald A. Lemire Clerk-magistrate, Uxbridge District Court Massachusetts Present Massachusetts District 2013 - Cesar A. Archilla Massachusetts Parole Board Courts Present Stoughton District Court, 2013 - Thomas L. Finigan Norfolk County District Attorney's Office Massachusetts Present Cynthia Taunton District Court, 2013 - Bristol County District Attorney's Office M. Brackett Massachusetts Present Fall River District Court, 2013 - John P. Stapleton Bristol County District Attorney's Office Massachusetts Present Massachusetts District 2013 - Attorney-in-charge, Committee for Public Julieann Hernon Courts Present Counsel Services Edmund Brockton District Court, 2013 - Partner, Mathers and Mathers C. Mathers Massachusetts Present Holyoke District Court, 2014- Matthew J. Shea Hampden County District Attorney's Office Massachusetts Present Northampton District 2014- Thomas H. Estes Attorney-in-charge, Public Defender Division Court, Massachusetts Present Clinton District Court, 2013 - Assistant clerk magistrate, Clinton District Dennis P. Sargent Massachusetts Present Court Marlborough District 2013 - Jennifer A. Stark Office of the Attorney General, Massachusetts Court, Massachusetts Present Christopher Fitchburg District Court, 2013 - Partner, LoConto & Madaio P. LoConto Massachusetts Present Massachusetts District 2011 - Chief, Forfeiture Unit, Plymouth County District Heather Bradley Courts Present Attorney's Office Orleans District Court, 2014 - Assistant district attorney, Cape and Islands Lisa F. Edmonds Massachusetts Present District Attorney’s Office Massachusetts District 2014 - Neil A. Hourihan Attorney in private practice Courts Present Massachusetts District 2014 - William O'Grady Associate city solicitor Courts Present Catherine Boston Municipal Courts, 2012 - Assistant federal public defender K. Byrne Massachusetts Present Lowell District Court, 10/1/2014- Michael A. Patten Massachusetts Present Massachusetts District 2015 - Paul H. Smyth Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office Courts Present Lynn Massachusetts District 2014 - Administrative judge, Department of Industrial C. Brendemuehl Courts Present Accidents

Massachusetts District 2014 - Chief, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Holly Broadbent Courts Present Unit, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office

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Name Court Active Previous position Massachusetts District 2014 - First assistant district attorney, Norfolk County Jeanmarie Carroll Courts Present District Attorney’s office Massachusetts District 2014 - Paula J. Clifford Courts Present Massachusetts District 2014 - David E. Frank Courts Present Massachusetts District 2014 - Michael A. Vitali Courts Present January William Massachusetts District 2014 - A. Fitzpatrick Courts Present Juvenile Court

Name Court Active Previous position Middlesex Juvenile 2009 - Associate professor, Suffolk University Law School’s Kenneth King Court, Massachusetts Present Juvenile Justice Center Hampden Juvenile 2009- Assistant regional counsel, Department of Social Lois M. Eaton Court, Massachusetts Present Services an Franklin/Hampshire 2011- Judith J. Phillips Juvenile Court, Solo practitioner Present Massachusetts Suffolk Juvenile Court, 2011- Peter M. Coyne Magistrate, Suffolk County Juvenile Court Massachusetts Present Garrett Suffolk Juvenile Court, 2011- Attorney in private practice J. McManus Massachusetts Present Anthony Worcester Juvenile 2011 - Worcester assistant district attorney J. Marotta Court, Massachusetts Present Joan Berkshire Juvenile 2010- Prosecutor, Berkshire District Attorney's Office M. McMenemy Court, Massachusetts Present Middlesex Juvenile 2013- Deputy director, Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Gloria Y. Tan Court, Massachusetts Present Law School Dana Plymouth Juvenile 2009- Deputy chief, Major Crimes Unit, U.S. Attorney’s M. Gershengorn Court, Massachusetts Present Office Deborah A. Worcester Juvenile 2009 - Attorney in solo practice S. Capuano Court, Massachusetts Present Siobhan Plymouth Juvenile 2014 - Supervisor, Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office E. Foley Court, Massachusetts Present Bristol Juvenile Court, 2008 - Lawrence Moniz Partner, O’Boy and Moniz Massachusetts Present Helen Suffolk Juvenile Court, 2014- Attorney in private practice Brown Bryant Massachusetts Present Director of legal training, Plymouth County District Mary Barnstable Juvenile 2012 - Attorney’s office and the Community based Juvenile O'Sullivan Smith Court, Massachusetts Present Justice Program Probate and Family Court

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Name Court Active Previous position Barnstable Probate and Family 2008 - Arthur C. Ryley Attorney in private practice Court, Massachusetts Present Hampden Probate and Family 2007- Circuit judge, Massachusetts Probate and Anne Geoffrion Court, Massachusetts 2017 Family Courts Linda Hampshire Probate and Family 2008 - Partner, Burres, Fidnick & Booth S. Fidnick Court, Massachusetts Present Leilah Worcester Probate and Family 2009 - Associate justice, Middlesex Probate and A. Keamy Court, Massachusetts Present Family Court George Nantucket Probate and Family 2010 - Attorney in solo practice F. Phelan Court, Massachusetts Present Suffolk Probate and Family 2008 - Joan Armstrong Partner, Murtha Cullina LLP Court, Massachusetts Present Megan Suffolk Probate and Family 2012- Attorney, MetroWest Legal Services H. Christopher Court, Massachusetts Present Patrick Plymouth Probate and Family 4/2012- Attorney in solo practice W. Stanton Court, Massachusetts Present Kathryn Worcester Probate and Family 2014 - Attorney in private practice M. Bailey Court, Massachusetts Present David Franklin Probate and Family 2014 - Judicial case manager, Hampshire Probate J. Dacyczyn Court, Massachusetts Present and Family Court Geoffrey Hampden Probate and Family 2014 - Attorney in solo practice R. German Court, Massachusetts Present Suffolk Probate and Family 2014- Abbe L. Ross Attorney in solo practice Court, Massachusetts Present Frances Essex Probate and Family Court, 2014 - Partner, Rubin and Rudman, LLP M. Giordano Massachusetts Present Richard Berkshire Probate and Family 2008 - Partner, Simons, Smith & Gerrard A. Simons Court, Massachusetts Present Jennifer Norfolk Probate and Family 2012 - Attorney, Middlesex Probate and Family M. Ulwick Court, Massachusetts Present Court Administrative Office Bristol Probate and Family Court, 2013 - Peter Smola Attorney in private practice Massachusetts Present Edward Plymouth Probate and Family 2009 - Attorney in solo practice G. Boyle, III Court, Massachusetts Present Patricia Middlesex Probate and Family 2011 - Founding partner, Gorman & Greenberg A. Gorman Court, Massachusetts Present Richard Bristol Probate and Family Court, 2012 - Executive director, South Coastal Counties J. McMahon Massachusetts Present Legal Services, Inc. Beth Franklin Probate and Family 2012 - Assistant judicial case manager, Hampshire A. Crawford Court, Massachusetts Present Probate and Family Court Jeffrey Middlesex Probate and Family 2010 - Attorney in private practice A. Abber Court, Massachusetts Present Kevin Suffolk Probate and Family 2013 - Attorney in private practice R. Connelly Court, Massachusetts Present Essex Probate and Family Court, 2013 - Brian J. Dunn Attorney in solo practice Massachusetts Present Theresa Essex Probate and Family Court, 2012 - Attorney, Theresa A. Bisenius, Attorney at A. Bisenius Massachusetts Present Law Susan Norfolk Probate and Family 2013 - Partner, Volterra, Goldberg & Jacobs L. Jacobs Court, Massachusetts Present Hampden Probate and Family 2010 - Barbara Hyland Attorney in private practice Court, Massachusetts Present Katherine Bristol Probate and Family Court, 2010 - Attorney, Gay, Gay & Field A. Field Massachusetts Present

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Education Patrick received his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from Harvard University. He spent his post-graduate year working on a United Nations youth training project in Darfur.[2] After graduation in 1982, Patrick clerked for a Federal Appeals Judge in the First Circuit Court of Appeals based in Boston.[3] Career 2006-present: Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2002-2006: Vice President and Corporate Secretary, The Coca-Cola Company 2001: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company 1999-2001: Vice President and General Counsel, Texaco 1997-1999: Attorney, Day, Berry & Howard' 1994-1997: Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights 1990-: Partner, Hill & Barlow 1986-1990: Attorney, Hill & Barlow[4]ref name="Deval" /> Recent news

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This excerpt is reprinted here with the permission of the 2016 edition of the Almanac of American Politics and is up to date as of the publication date of that edition. All text is reproduced verbatim, though links have been added by Ballotpedia staff. To read the full chapter on Massachusetts, click here. Massachusetts, an affluent, highly educated state at the top of its economic game, is one of the nation's bluest states, but it defies pigeonholing. The Bay State voted for Hillary Clinton by a 27- point margin – yet many of the same voters remained perfectly happy with their Republican governor, Charlie Baker, giving him one of the highest approval ratings in the country. The Puritan leader John Winthrop wrote that Massachusetts would be a city upon a hill -- an example to the entire world. For 150 years, New England was partial to learning, but the Puritans' austere creed was also insular and hostile to outsiders, sending merchants and fishing boats out to sea but keeping the world at bay. After the American Revolution, the wars between royal Britain and revolutionary and Napoleonic France allowed New England ship owners to cross enemy lines to become the world's leading merchants. They made vast profits and invested the money in textile mills, then railroads, then coal mines and ...(read more)

Presidential voting pattern Demographic data for Massachusetts See also: Presidential voting trends in Massachusetts Massachusetts U.S. Total population: 6,784,240 316,515,021 Massachusetts voted Democrat in all five presidential Land area (sq mi): 7,800 3,531,905 elections between 2000 and 2016. Gender Female: 51.5% 50.8% More Massachusetts coverage on Ballotpedia Race and ethnicity Elections in Massachusetts White: 79.6% 73.6% United States congressional delegations from Black/African American: 7.1% 12.6% Massachusetts Asian: 6% 5.1% Public policy in Massachusetts Native American: 0.2% 0.8% Influencers in Massachusetts Massachusetts fact checks Pacific Islander: 0% 0.2% More... Two or more: 2.9% 3% Hispanic/Latino: 10.6% 17.1% Education High school graduation rate: 89.8% 86.7% College graduation rate: 40.5% 29.8% Income Median household income: $68,563 $53,889

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Persons below poverty level: 13.1% 11.3% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010- 2015)