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Allison S. Cartwright, Esq., was sworn in January 1 as Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Courtroom for the County of Suffolk by SJC Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd, in a ceremony that happened within the Nice Corridor of the John Adams Courthouse in Boston.
Lawyer Allison S. Cartwright is sworn in by SJC Chief
Justice Kimberly S. Budd.
Lawyer Cartwright was elected in November 2024 by the voters of Suffolk County to turn out to be the SJC Clerk for the County of Suffolk, and fills the place being vacated by Maura Sweeney Doyle, Esq. Clerk Doyle was appointed to the place in 1996, and was subsequently elected in 1998, serving for 28 years earlier than retiring on December 21, 2024. Lawyer Cartwright is the second lady and first black individual to carry this place since its inception in 1693.
“For almost three many years, we’ve been lucky to have Maura Doyle serving on this place, and she or he has achieved so with professionalism, ardour, and dedication,” mentioned Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd. “In the present day, we’re equally lucky to have Allison Cartwright moving into this position. As an skilled lawyer and supervisor, she is effectively ready to guide the county clerk’s workplace, and my colleagues and I sit up for working along with her.”
The SJC Clerk for the County of Suffolk is accountable for the administration of the Courtroom’s single justice caseload, which is comprised of petitions searching for evaluation of decrease courtroom rulings underneath the SJC’s basic superintendency energy and varied guidelines of courtroom; bail evaluation; appeals from State registration boards and companies; all issues regarding Bar Admission and the follow of regulation within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and administrative disciplinary issues filed by the Board of Bar Overseers affecting members of the bar.
“I’m excited and honored to have the privilege of serving as the following Clerk of the SJC for the County of Suffolk,” mentioned Lawyer Cartwright. “My group and I acknowledge the vital position the Clerk’s Workplace has to make sure that our state’s highest courtroom maintains its independence and delivers justice in a way that’s truthful, equitable, and accessible to the individuals of Massachusetts.”
Retired Supreme Judicial Courtroom Chief Justice Roderick L. Eire served as Grasp of Ceremonies. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by Lawyer Cartwright’s son, Jonathan S. Cartwright. Mr. Meyer Chambers, the Director of the Archdiocese of Boston Black Catholic Choir, led a musical rendition of America the Lovely (arr. by Ray Charles). Audio system included Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and State Sen. Lydia M. Edwards. Rev. Rahsaan Corridor, Esq., Affiliate Minister of St. Paul AME Church in Cambridge, delivered the Benediction.
Lawyer Cartwright started her profession on the Committee for Public Counsel Companies (CPCS), as a trial legal professional, working within the Roxbury workplace for 4 years. She then labored for the Metropolis of Boston as Assistant Company Counsel, earlier than opening Cartwright & Coleman, a civil and felony litigation regulation agency, from 1997 to 2001. In 2001, she opened Cartwright Legislation Workplace. Throughout that point, she additionally mentored attorneys for the Suffolk Attorneys for Justice, Inc; from 2011 to 2019, she labored because the group’s Supervising Lawyer. In 2019, she returned to CPCS as Lawyer-In-Cost after which Managing Director of the Central Area, the place she managed workplaces in in Suffolk and Norfolk Counties.
Lawyer Cartwright is a graduate of College of Michigan, Michigan State College and Boston Faculty Legislation College.
