Robert Cordy
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Robert J. Cordy is a justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Cordy was appointed in February of 2001 by a Republican governor. His term expires in 2019, when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70.[1][2]
Biography
Justice Cordy was born on May 18, 1949 in Manchester, Connecticut. He received his A.B. degree in 1971 from Dartmouth College and his J.D. degree in 1974 from Harvard Law School. He was a lecturer at Harvard Law School from 1987 to 1996. He is now married and has four children.[1]
Legal career
Justice Cordy began his legal career in 1974 when he joined the Massachusetts Defenders Committee as a defense attorney. In 1978, he joined Department of Revenue where he worked as the Special Assistant Attorney General until 1979. He then worked as an Associate General Council at the State Ethics Commission until 1982, when he became a federal prosecutor. He became Chief of the Public Corruption Unit while in the office of prosecutor. He then joined the private practice of law, working as a partner in the law firm Burns & Levinson from 1987 to 1991. From 1991 to 1993, he was Chief Legal Counsel to Gov. Weld. He joined the law firm McDermott, Will & Emery in 1993. He was the managing partner of this firm when he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2001.[1]
Notable opinions
Cordy was one of three justices to dissent in the Goodridge v. Department of Public Health case, which legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.[3] [4]
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