Michael Anthony Sullivan (born August 26, 1959) is an American politician, lawyer, and civil servant serving as the

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for

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. Sullivan also served two terms as

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Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most ...

Early life and education

Michael is a member of the Sullivan family of Cambridge. He is the third person in his family to be the mayor of Cambridge following his father and grandfather. He is a graduate of

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and

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Career

Sullivan served fourteen years as a member of the Cambridge City Council. During his tenure, Sullivan was also selected to serve as mayor. Sullivan previously worked as an

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in the Middlesex County District Court from 1986 to 1991 and Assistant Attorney General from 1991 to 1994. He also served as Of Counsel for Bellotti & Barretto, P.C. from 1996 to 2006 and as an Assistant Clerk Magistrate, pro term from 1985 to 1986.LinkedIn Profile
/ref> He is a former member of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee for Ward 10. He is the president of the M.A. Sullivan Trucking Company in Cambridge. He is a former member of the Saint Peter School Board and is now chair of the board. He resigned his post as Cambridge City Councillor, effective August 17, 2007 and was replaced by David Maher on September 5, 2007. Elected in 2006 to his first term, Sullivan ran unopposed and was elected to his second term in 2012 as Clerk of Courts of the Middlesex Superior Court. As Clerk Magistrate, he oversees the filing, procedure, and ultimate disposition of the approximately 5000 civil and 1800 criminal cases that commence each year in the Woburn and Lowell court locations. He manages the day-to-day operations of 17 full-time courtrooms and the duties of over 60 employees. He also presides over the arraignments and pretrial procedures of all criminal cases that have commenced in the grand jury of Middlesex County.

Personal life

He is married to Denise (née Morris). They have two sons.

References

External links

Appearance on WMBR's

' radio show November 5, 2003
Martindale-Hubbell Law Profile
Living people Boston College Law School alumni Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1959 births Boston College High School alumni Boston College alumni Massachusetts lawyers 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians {{Massachusetts-mayor-stub