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Mitchell Sikora
Mitchell J. Sikora, Jr. was an associate justice on the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the intermediate appellate court for the state of Massachusetts. He was nominated to the court by former Governor Mitt Romney and took office on December 27, 2006.[1] He retired from the bench in August 2014.[2]
Education
Justice Sikora earned his A.B. degree from Harvard College in 1966 and his J.D. degree from the Boston College Law School in 1969. In 1972, he completed his LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General Corps for many years.[1]
Career
From 1969 to 1971, Justice Sikora served as a law clerk to justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court. He joined the law firm Burns and Levinson in 1972. He then became an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1982. During this time, he served as chief of the Administrative Law Division and chief of litigation of the government bureau. After this, he joined the law firm Ferriter, Scobbo, Sikora, Caruso & Rodophele with a focus on administrative law and business disputes. He became a judge in 1996, when he was appointed to the Superior Court by Governor William F. Weld. Ten years later, he was appointed to the Court of Appeals.[1]
Justice Sikora has taught at the Boston College Law School, the Boston University School of Law, and the New England School of Law. He served as an associate editor of the Massachusetts Law Quarterly from 1972 to 1978, and has also drafted and graded questions for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners. He has published numerous law-related articles.[1]
Awards and associations
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, Suffolk Inn of Court [1]
See also
External links
- Massachusetts Appeals Court, "Justices of the Massachusetts Appeals Court"
- Massachusetts Appeals Court, "Massachusetts Appeals Court website"
Footnotes
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
