Desmond Jr., Kenneth V.
Associate JusticeAppeals Court
- Agency Appeals Court
- Division Justices of the Appeals Court
- Title Associate Justice
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Address
John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square, Room 1200
Boston, Ma 2108 - Phone 617-725-8085
Official Record
- Year Started Current Position August 2016
- Years in Current Position 11
- Years in State Service 37
Personal Information
- Place of Birth Boston
Education & Career
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Education
- Tufts University
- J.D., Boston College School of Law
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Previous Employment
- Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office
- Deputy Chief Legal Counsel, Middlesex County Sheriff's Department
- Associate Justice, Boston Municipal Court
- Presiding Justice, Dorchester Drug Court
- Associate Justice, Superior Court
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Organizations
- Vice Chair, Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Board on Probation
- member, Supreme Judicial Court Committees on Judicial Performance and Studying Judicial Conduct
- Massachusetts Trial Court Cross-Departmental Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Reporting
- Trustee, Flaschner Judicial Institute
- Vice President, Massachusetts Black Judges Conference
- board member, Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
- hearing member, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
- involved in Legal Education in Flaschner Judicial Institute, National Business Institute Judicial Forum, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
- traveled to China to teach and promote the Rule of Law.