Serge Georges Jr. (born April 1970) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the court of last resort, highest court in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Although the claim is disputed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the SJC claims the di ...

. He previously served as a judge of the Boston Municipal Court from 2013 to 2020.

Education

Georges earned his

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

from

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

in 1992 and his

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

from the

Suffolk University Law School Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two block ...

in 1996. Was roommates with fellow judge Dan Cavarello at Boston College.

Legal and academic career

Georges was a partner at Barron & Stadfeld, P.C., the Managing Director for Major, Lindsey & Africa, LLC, and an associate at both Todd & Weld and Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster. He then went on to open his own solo practice. He has been an

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at Suffolk University Law School since 1999, where he teaches courses in Professional Responsibility, Evidence and Trial Advocacy. He also teaches trial advocacy at the

University of Massachusetts School of Law The University of Massachusetts School of Law (UMass Law) is a public law school in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The only public law school in Massachusetts, it is the successor to Southern New England School of Law, a private law school that don ...

State judicial career

Boston Municipal Court service

He was nominated by Governor

Deval Patrick Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, author, and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney, who ...

to the Boston Municipal Court in 2013. He presided over the Dorchester Drug Court from 2014 to 2018.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

On November 17, 2020, Governor Charlie Baker nominated Georges to be an associate justice of the

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Although the claim is disputed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the SJC claims the distinction of being the oldest continuously functi ...

to fill the vacancy left by

Kimberly S. Budd Kimberly S. Budd (born October 23, 1966) is the chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and former justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Early life, education and legal career Kimberly S. Budd was born on October 23,19 ...

who was elevated to be chief justice. On December 9, 2020, he was unanimously confirmed by the

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. He was sworn into office on December 16, 2020.

References

External links

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Supreme Judicial Court Oral Argument Archive
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