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Portrait of Joseph K. Ditkoff

Ditkoff, Joseph K.

Associate JusticeAppeals Court
  • Agency Appeals Court
  • Division Justices of the Appeals Court
  • Title Associate Justice
  • Address John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square, Room 1200
    Boston, MA 2108
  • Phone 617-725-8085

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position April 2017
  • Years in Current Position 10
  • Years in State Service 28

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth Bronxville, New York

Education & Career

  • Education
    • BA, Yale College
    • J.D., Harvard University School of Law
  • Previous Employment
    • Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • Litigation Chairman and Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr
    • Assistant District Attorney, Deputy Legal Counsel, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office
    • General Counsel of the District Court, Administrative Office of the District Court
  • Organizations
    • Chairman, Tory Party Debating Society, Yale College
    • Managing Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy Supreme Judicial Court Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure, editor, Massachusetts Law Review
    • instructor, Massachusetts Continuing Education Programs
    • elected representative to his town meeting
    • headed his neighborhood association
    • vice president of his synagogue.