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Chief Justice For Administration And Management Appoints Honorable Lynda M. Connolly As New Chief Justice Of The District Court Department

 In announcing the appointment of Chief Justice Connolly, Chief Justice Mulligan said, “Judge Connolly is a highly intelligent, experienced judge with an extraordinary capacity for work.  As chairperson of the Budget Advisory Committee, she is a proven leader and is greatly respected and admired by judges, lawyers, and all who work in the court system. I am certain that in the tradition of the District Court Department she will continue to advance the tremendous achievements of her predecessor, Chief Justice Samuel E. Zoll.”

 Judge Connolly was appointed as First Justice of the Dedham District Court by Chief Justice Zoll in 2003. Prior to that, she was designated as Acting First Justice of the Charlestown District Court (now a division of the Boston Municipal Court) for almost two years.  She was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Marlborough District Court by Governor William F. Weld in 1997.  Prior to her appointment as a judge, Judge Connolly served as General Counsel at Gallagher & Gallagher, P.C. and practiced in litigation, and insurance regulatory and employment law areas. From 1991 to 1997, she also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General to assist the Attorney General’s office with its civil trial backlog.  From 1980 to 1989, she practiced as a sole practitioner in Boston in the areas of probate and corporate law.  She also was associated for two years with the firm of Connolly & Johnson where she focused on litigation, care and protection matters and custody and adoption proceedings.  She began her legal career in 1975, serving as a special prosecutor in the Major Violator’s Division of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

  Between 1981 and 2002, Judge Connolly also served as an adjunct associate professor at Bentley College, adjunct professor at New England School of Law and Suffolk University Law School, and as a guest lecturer at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.  She continues to serve on the faculty for educational programs sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Judicial Institute, and the District Court.  She is a member of the District Court Committee on Continuing Education and of the Committee on Chaper 123 Commitments

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