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Michael F. Edgerton

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Michael F. Edgerton
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Prior offices:
Massachusetts Juvenile Courts
Education
Bachelor's
St. Michael's College, 1966
Law
Suffolk University Law School, 1973
Graduate
Suffolk University Law School, 1977


Michael F. Edgerton is a former chief justice for the juvenile courts in Massachusetts.[1] He was appointed to the bench in 1994 by former Governor William F. Weld.[1] Edgerton retired from the court on July 30, 2014, when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.[2]

Education

Edgerton earned an undergraduate degree from St. Michael's College in 1966. He was awarded a J.D. in 1973 and a LL.M. in 1977 from the Suffolk University Law School.[1]

Career

  • 2009-2014: Chief justice, Massachusetts Juvenile Courts
  • 1996-2009: Associate justice, Essex County Juvenile Court
  • 1982-1996: General counsel/Legal department manager, Trial Court
  • 1979-1982: Legal counsel, Trial Court
  • 1976-1978: Executive secretary, Chief justice of the Probate Courts
  • 1973-1976: Attorney in private practice [1]

Awards and associations

  • 1983-1996: Member, Board of Directors, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
  • 1991-1993: Chairman, Board of Directors, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
  • 1989-1991: Vice chairman, Board of Directors, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
  • 1983-1989: Treasurer, Board of Directors, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Boston Bar Association
  • Essex County Bar Association
  • Fellow and Life member, Massachusetts Bar Foundation, Inc.
  • Massachusetts Judges Conference[1]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 www.mass.gov, "About Us, Judges, Honorable Michael F. Edgerton," accessed November 25, 2013
  2. ↑ www.mass.gov, "The Administration, Judicial Vacancies, Future Mandatory Retirements," accessed November 25, 2013

Massachusetts courts

Federal courts:

First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Massachusetts • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Massachusetts

State courts:

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court • Massachusetts Appeals Court • Massachusetts Superior Courts • Massachusetts District Courts • Massachusetts Housing Courts • Massachusetts Juvenile Courts • Massachusetts Land Courts • Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts • Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts

State resources:

Courts in Massachusetts • Massachusetts judicial elections • Judicial selection in Massachusetts

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