“They Thought I Didn’t Belong in Court — But When the Judge Saw Me, My Parents Finally Realized Their Mistake”

with a prosecutor’s tenacity. By thirty-eight, I was appointed to the Superior Court—one of the youngest judges in Massachusetts history. By forty-two, I’d been elevated to the Appeals Court. And at fifty-six, I received the appointment that felt like coming home: a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the same court where Grandpa had continue reading …