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Mary T. Sullivan

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Mary Thomas Sullivan
Prior offices:
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Years in office: 2011 - 2023
Successor: Robert E. Toone (Nonpartisan)
Education
Bachelor's
University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1975
Law
Northeastern University School of Law, 1971


Mary Thomas Sullivan was an associate justice on the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the intermediate appellate court for the state of Massachusetts. She was appointed to this position by Governor Deval Patrick and joined the court on December 9, 2011.[1]

Sullivan retired from the judiciary on August 16, 2023. [2]

Education

Sullivan earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1975. She then worked as an assistant director of girls' services in the Department of Youth Services before attending law school. She earned her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1981.[1]

Career

After law school, Sullivan served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Shane Devine of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire from 1981 to 1983. She then joined the law firm of Segal, Roitman, L.L.P. as an associate. She became a partner in 1991. She remained with the firm until her appointment to the Massachusetts Appeals Court in 2011.[1]

Awards and associations

  • Former chair, Labor and Employment law Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Former co-chair, Labor and Employment Section of the Boston Bar Association
  • Former member, Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
  • Former member, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Apprenticeship Counsel
  • Former trustee, Public Library of Brookline[1]

See also

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