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Portrait of Kathryn Hand

Hand, Kathryn

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

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position 2019
  • Years in Current Position 8
  • Years in State Service 21

Personal Information

Nothing on file.

Education & Career

  • Education
    • B.A., Literature and Language, Harvard University
    • J.D., Boston College Law School
  • Previous Employment
    • Associate, Esdaile, Barrett & Esdaile
    • Assistant District Attorney, Norfolk County District Attorney's Office
    • Associate Justice, Massachusetts District Court
    • Regional Administrative Justice, Trial Court
    • Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, Southern District
  • Organizations
    • Board of Editors, Massachusetts Law Review
    • member, Supreme Judicial Court Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure
    • Chair District Court Debt Collection Working Group
    • Commissioner, SJC Access to Justice Commission
    • Member, District Court Civil Proceedings Committee
    • New Judge Mentor, Trial Court Judicial Mentorship Program