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Portrait of Scott L. Kafker

Kafker, Scott L.

Associate JusticeSupreme Judicial Court
  • Agency Supreme Judicial Court
  • Division Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court
  • Title Associate Justice
  • Address John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square
    Boston, MA 2108
  • Phone 617-557-1000
  • Email scott.kafker@jud.state.ma.us

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position 2017
  • Years in Current Position 10

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth April, 1959

Education & Career

  • Education
    • Amherst College, 1981
    • University of Chicago Law School, 1985
  • Previous Employment
    • Associate, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, 1987-1991
    • Deputy chief legal counsel to Governor William F. Weld, 1991-1993
    • Chief legal counsel, Massachusetts Port Authority, 1993-2001
    • Justice, Appeals Court, 2001-2015
    • Chief Justice, Appeals Court, 2015-2017