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The Massachusetts Appeals Court is the intermediate appellate court of Massachusetts. [1] It was created in 1972 [ 2 ] as a court of general appellate jurisdiction . [ 3 ] The court is located at the John Adams Courthouse at Pemberton Square in Boston , [ 4 ] the same building which houses the Supreme Judicial Court and the Social Law Library .
Pages in category "Judges of the Massachusetts Appeals Court" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is the court of last resort.An appeal from a conviction of first degree murder goes directly to the Supreme Judicial Court. The Supreme Judicial Court can also elect to bypass review by the Appeals Court and hear a case on "direct appellate review."
Gabrielle R. Wolohojian (born December 16, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. [1] She previously served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
Phillip Rapoza (b. 1950) is a retired American judge.He was chief justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court until his retirement in 2015. He was appointed to this court in 1998 and became the Chief Justice in 2006.
Federal courts located in Massachusetts United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (headquartered in Boston , having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico)
In 2001, Kafker was appointed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He was appointed chief justice of that court on July 22, 2015. During his time on the appeals court, Kafker wrote close to 1,000 decisions. [4] Kafker being sworn-in to the Supreme Judicial Court by Governor Charlie Baker
On Oct. 25, 2006, the then Republican Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney nominated Singh to be Judge of the Concord District Court. Her nomination was confirmed on November 15 by the eight-man Governor's Council. She was succeeded by Tejal R. Mehta in February 2018. [6]