Judge Geraldine Hines Nominated to Supreme Judicial Court

Governor Deval Patrick has nominated Justice Geraldine S. Hines to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. Judge Hines, a highly respect Associate Justice of the Appeals Court and former Superior Court judge, is slated to fill the vacancy to be created by the appointment of Justice Ralph D. Gants as Chief Justice of the SJC.

Judge Hines was appointed to the Appeals Court in 2013. Before then, she served as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court for 11 years, including two years as the Regional Administrative Judge for Civil Business in Suffolk County. (Judge Hines was also a long-time member of the Judges' Law Clerks Committee, guiding and mentoring many of the law clerks who assisted her.) Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Hines practiced law for 30 years in Boston, concentrating on criminal defense, civil rights litigation and social justice advocacy.

For more information, see the Governor's Press Release.