Massachusetts Superior Courts

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The Massachusetts Superior Courts has exclusive jurisdiction over first degree murder cases and general jurisdiction in civil actions over $25,000, labor disputes, and all other crimes.

Judges

• Chief Justice: Barbara Rouse

John A. Agostini Carol S. Ball Thomas P. Billings Patrick F. Brady Raymond Brassard Heidi Brieger Angel Kelley Brown Kimberly S. Budd Richard J. Carey Richard J. Chin Thomas A. Connors Robert C. Cosgrove Dennis J. Curran Kenneth V. Desmond, Jr. Renee P. Dupuis Judith Fabricant

Elizabeth M. Fahey Timothy Q. Feeley John S. Ferrara Kenneth J. Fishman Daniel A. Ford Shannon Frison E. Susan Garsh Frank M. Gaziano Linda E. Giles Robert B. Gordon S. Jane Haggerty Sandra Lee Hamlin Charles J. Hely Bruce R. Henry Maureen B. Hogan Merita A. Hopkins

Garry Inge Bertha D. Josephson Robert J. Kane Mitchell H. Kaplan Janet Kenton-Walker C. Jeffrey Kinder Maynard Kirpalani Diane Kottmyer Peter B. Krupp James F. Lang Peter M. Lauriat Edward P. Leibensperger James R. Lemire Jeffery A. Locke David A. Lowy John T. Lu

D. Lloyd MacDonald Bonnie H. MacLeod Edward J. McDonough Jr. Christine McEvoy Thomas F. McGuire Jr. Frances McIntyre Cornelius J. Moriarty, II Richard T. Moses Thomas R. Murtagh Christopher J. Muse Gary A. Nickerson Tina S. Page David Ricciardone Christine M. Roach Robert C. Rufo Mary-Lou Rup

Kenneth Salinger Janet L. Sanders Constance M. Sweeney Paul E. Troy Richard T. Tucker Kathe M. Tuttman Robert Ullmann Raymond Veary Joseph M. Walker, III Richard E. Welch, III Howard J. Whitehead Douglas Wilkins Paul D. Wilson Daniel M. Wrenn

Former judges

Judd J. Carhart Paul A. Chernoff Richard F. Connon John P. Connor, Jr. Thomas E. Connolly John C. Cratsley Elizabeth B. Donovan Barbara A. Dortch-Okara

Francis R. Fecteau Ralph A. Gants Wendie I. Gershengorn Geraldine S. Hines Margaret R. Hinkle Nancy Staffier Holtz John S. McCann David McLaughlin

Stephen E. Neel Regina L. Quinlan Patrick J. Riley Herman J. Smith, Jr. Charles T. Spurlock Peter A. Velis

External links

• Massachusetts Superior Courts
• Trial Judge Directory