Judith Cowin

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Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin (born April 29, 1942) is a retired justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.^[1] She was born in Boston.^[2]

Cowin received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. She began her legal career in 1971 as assistant legal counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. The following year, she became legal counsel for the Office of the Chief Justice of the District Court Department. From 1979 to 1991, she worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Norfolk County, and in 1980 she was a clinical field supervisor at Harvard Law School. She was appointed to the Superior Court in 1991. Governor Paul Cellucci appointed her to the Supreme Judicial Court in 1999 in 1991.^[3] Cardinal Bernard Law criticized her nomination.

She announced that she would retire from the court in April 2011.^[3] Barbara Lenk was nominated to succeed her and won confirmation on May 4, 2011.

Cowin is married to retired Appeals Court Justice William I. Cowin. They have three grown children.

Notes

↑ "Massachusetts State Courts: Justice Judith A. Cowin". Retrieved April 5, 2011.
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↑ 3.0 3.1 Boston Globe: Jonathan Salzman, "For Patrick, another SJC opening," February 1, 2011, accessed April 5, 2011

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Preceded by Charles Fried	Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1999-2011	Succeeded by Barbara Lenk

v t e Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Chief justices (1692–present)	Stoughton Winthrop Addington Winthrop Samuel Sewall Lynde, Sr. Dudley Stephen Sewall T. Hutchinson Lynde, Jr. Oliver Adams Cushing Sargent Dana Parsons Sewall Parker Shaw Bigelow Chapman Gray Morton W. Field Holmes Knowlton Rugg F. Field Qua R. Wilkins Tauro Hennessey Liacos H. Wilkins Marshall Ireland

Provincial period Associate justices (1692–1775)	Danforth Richards Samuel Sewall Winthrop Cooke Walley Saffin Hathorne Leverett Curwin Lynde, Sr. Thomas Davenport Quincy Dudley J. Cushing, Sr. Remington Saltonstall Graves Stephen Sewall Hubbard Lynde, Jr. J. Cushing, Jr. Russell Oliver Trowbridge F. Hutchinson Ropes W. Cushing Brown

Revolutionary period Associate justices (1775–1780)	Sargent Reed Paine Warren Foster Sullivan D. Sewall

Commonwealth period Associate justices (1780–present)	Sumner Dana N. Cushing Paine Dawes Bradbury Sewall Strong Thatcher Sedgwick Parker Jackson D. Dewey Putnam Wilde C. Dewey Lincoln M. Morton, Sr. Hubbard Fletcher Forbes Metcalf Bigelow C. Cushing Merrick Thomas Hoar Chapman Gray Colt Foster Ames Wells M. Morton, Jr. Devens Endicott Lord Soule W. Allen Devens W. Field C. Allen Colburn Holmes Gardner Knowlton J. Morton Barker Lathrop Hammond Loring Braley Sheldon Rugg Decourcy Crosby Pierce Carroll Jenney Wait Sanderson F. Field Donahue Lummus Qua Cox Dolan Ronan Spalding R. Wilkins Williams Counihan Whittemore Cutter Kirk Spiegel Reardon Quirico Braucher Hennessey Kaplan H. Wilkins Liacos Abrams Lynch Nolan O'Connor Greaney Fried Marshall Ireland Cowin Spina Sosman Cordy Botsford Gants Duffly Lenk

Italics indicate individuals who were offered seats on the court, but refused

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Name	Judith A. Cowin
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Short description	American judge
Date of birth	April 29, 1942
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