Lawyers e-Journal
Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012
News from the courts
Massachusetts Court System FY 2011 Annual Report released; Carey reappointed chief justice of the Probate & Family Court
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Massachusetts Court System FY 2011
Annual Report released
Click
here to view the submitted Annual Report on the State of the
Massachusetts Court System for Fiscal Year 2011.
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Carey reappointed chief justice of
the Probate & Family Court
Trial Court Chief Justice Robert A. Mulligan has
announced the reappointment of Chief Justice Paula M. Carey of the
Probate and Family Court to a second five-year term in accordance
with G.L. c211B, §5. Carey's new five-year term will commence on
Sept. 27, 2012.
Carey was appointed as a judge in the Probate and Family Court in
2001. In 2004 the Massachusetts Judges Conference presented her
with a Judicial Excellence Award and in 2006, she received the
Daniel J. Toomey Judicial Excellence Award from the Massachusetts
Bar Association. Other awards include the Distinguished Jurist
Award from the Mass. Association of Women Lawyers (2009), Boston
Bar Association Citation of Excellence (2011), Middlesex Bar
Association Distinguished Jurist Award (2011) and the Haskell
Freedman Award of the Mass. Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
(2011).
The Probate and Family Court Department is comprised of 14
divisions with 51 authorized judicial positions across the
commonwealth. The Massachusetts Trial Court includes seven court
departments with 380 judges who deliver justice to thousands of
people daily in 101 courthouses across the state.
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