Francis X. Spina

Francis X. Spina (born November 13, 1946) is an Associate Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Biography

Justice Spina graduated from Amherst College and Boston College Law School. He worked for Western Massachusetts Legal Services and then as an Assistant City Solicitor in Pittsfield, Massachusetts from 1975 to 1977. From 1979 to 1983, he served as a Second Assistant District Attorney in Berkshire County. From 1983 to 1993, Justice Spina was a partner at Reder, Whalen, & Spina and then Katz, Lapointe and Spina. He was appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court in 1993. In 1997, he was appointed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court, where he served until his appointment to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1999 by Governor Paul Cellucci. Spina's term is set to expire in 2016 when he turns 70 years old.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ http://www.mass.gov/courts/sjc/justices/spina.html (accessed March 22, 2012)
↑ Frank Phillips, "Cellucci taps Cowin, Spina for SJC posts", Boston Globe Sep 3,1999

Legal offices
Preceded by Margaret H. Marshall	Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1999-present	Incumbent

Current statewide government officials of Massachusetts

U.S. Senators	Elizabeth Warren Ed Markey

U.S. House	List of Representatives from Massachusetts Massachusetts's congressional districts

State constitutional officers	Charlie Baker (Governor) Karyn Polito (Lieutenant Governor) William Galvin (Secretary of State) Maura Healey (Attorney General) Deb Goldberg (Treasurer) Suzanne Bump (Auditor)

State Senate leaders	Stan Rosenberg (President) Harriette L. Chandler (Majority Leader) Bruce E. Tarr (Minority Leader)

State House leaders	Robert DeLeo (Speaker) Ronald Mariano (Majority Leader) Bradley Jones (Minority Leader)

Supreme Judicial Court	Ralph Gants (Chief) Francis X. Spina Robert J. Cordy Margot Botsford Fernande R.V. Duffly Barbara Lenk Geraldine Hines

See also: Political party strength in Massachusetts

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 Gants

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 (1775–80)	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 Hines

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

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