Sabita Singh

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Sabita Singh is an Indian-American lawyer and Judge of the District Circuit Court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

On Oct. 25, 2006, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney nominated Singh to be Judge of the District Circuit Court. Her nomination was confirmed on November 15 by the eight-man Governor's Council. This makes her the first judge of South Asian descent in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Born in Bihar, Singh came to the US as a child with her family and was brought up in Pennsylvania. An alumna of Pennsylvania State University, where she got her Bachelor's Degree in the Administration of Justice, she received her law degree from the Boston University School of Law.

Sabita Singh is a Past President of the North American South Asian Bar Association ("NASABA"), an organization of attorneys in the U.S. and Canada who originate from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other nations on the Indian subcontinent.

Prior to her judicial appointment, she was a Special Counsel for Criminal Rights Enforcement in the Office of the U.S. Attorney in Boston. She was also an attorney specializing in white collar criminal defense and business regulation at Bingham McCutchen LLP, a 950-member law firm in Boston.

Among the high profile cases she covered was the Eddie Brien juvenile murder case out of Somerville (which was tried by the District Attorney and covered by Court TV), and the Louise Woodward baby murder case.

She has the legal profession in her blood; her grandfather was a senior lawyer in the Chapra district court.

She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.