Robert J. Cordy

Robert J. Cordy (born May 18, 1949)^[1] is an Associate Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Biography

Justice Cordy graduated from Dartmouth College in 1971 and Harvard Law School in 1974. After graduation, Justice Cordy served as a defense attorney on the Massachusetts Defenders Committee. From 1978 to 1979, he served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Revenue, and then in 1979 he became an Associate General Council on the State Ethics Commission. In 1982, Justice Cordy was appointed a federal prosecutor and eventually became Chief of the Public Corruption Unit. From 1987 to 1991, he was a partner at Burns & Levinson. From 1991 to 1993, he served as Chief Legal Counsel to Governor William Weld. In 1993, Justice Cordy became a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery in 1993, working there until his appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court in 2001.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Robert J. Cordy". NNDB. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
↑ "AT THE STATEHOUSE - Former Weld counsel named to SJC" Dec 13, 2000 Providence Journal
↑ http://www.mass.gov/courts/court-info/sjc/about/sjc-justices/justice-robert-j-cordy.html (accessed May 10, 2014)

Legal offices
Preceded by Ruth Abrams	Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 2001–present	Incumbent

Current statewide government officials of Massachusetts

U.S. Senators	Elizabeth Warren Ed Markey

U.S. House	U.S. Representatives, districts

State government	Charlie Baker, Governor Karyn Polito, Lieutenant Governor William Galvin, Secretary of State Maura Healey, Attorney General Deb Goldberg, Treasurer Suzanne Bump, Auditor

State Senate	Stan Rosenberg, President Harriette Chandler, Majority Leader Bruce Tarr, Minority Leader

State House	Robert DeLeo, Speaker Ronald Mariano, Majority Leader Bradley Jones, Minority Leader

Supreme Judicial Court	Ralph Gants, Chief Justice Francis Spina Robert Cordy Margot Botsford Fernande Duffly Barbara Lenk Geraldine Hines, Associate Justices

See also: Political party strength in Massachusetts

Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Chief justices (1692–present)	Stoughton Winthrop Addington Winthrop Samuel Sewall Lynde Sr. Dudley Stephen Sewall T. Hutchinson Lynde Jr. Oliver Adams Cushing Sargent Dana Parsons Sewall Parker Shaw Bigelow Chapman Gray Morton W. Field Holmes Knowlton Rugg F. Field Qua R. Wilkins Tauro Hennessey Liacos H. Wilkins Marshall Ireland Gants

Provincial period Associate justices (1692–1775)	Danforth Richards Samuel Sewall Winthrop Cooke Walley Saffin Hathorne Leverett Curwin Lynde Sr. Thomas Davenport Quincy Dudley J. Cushing Sr. Remington Saltonstall Graves Stephen Sewall Hubbard Lynde Jr. J. Cushing Jr. Russell Oliver Trowbridge F. Hutchinson Ropes W. Cushing Brown

Revolutionary period Associate justices (1775–80)	Sargent Reed Paine Warren Foster Sullivan D. Sewall

Commonwealth period Associate justices (1780–present)	Sumner Dana N. Cushing Paine Dawes Bradbury Sewall Strong Thatcher Sedgwick Parker Jackson D. Dewey Putnam Wilde C. Dewey Lincoln M. Morton Sr. Hubbard Fletcher Forbes Metcalf Bigelow C. Cushing Merrick Thomas Hoar Chapman Gray Colt Foster Ames Wells M. Morton Jr. Devens Endicott Lord Soule W. Allen Devens W. Field C. Allen Colburn Holmes Gardner Knowlton J. Morton Barker Lathrop Hammond Loring Braley Sheldon Rugg Decourcy Crosby Pierce Carroll Jenney Wait Sanderson F. Field Donahue Lummus Qua Cox Dolan Ronan Spalding R. Wilkins Williams Counihan Whittemore Cutter Kirk Spiegel Reardon Quirico Braucher Hennessey Kaplan H. Wilkins Liacos Abrams Lynch Nolan O'Connor Greaney Fried Marshall Ireland Cowin Spina Sosman Cordy Botsford Gants Duffly Lenk Hines

Italics indicate individuals who were offered seats on the court, but refused

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