Mary T. Sullivan
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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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
