Amy Lyn Blake at a glance
- Current role
- Chief Justice
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Biography
Professional career
- Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court since November 14, 2024
- The Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, appointed in 2024 after serving as an Associate Justice for a decade and a Probate & Family Court judge for six years
- Associate Justice of the Appeals Court from September 9, 2014 to 2024
- Probate & Family Court judge in Essex County from 2008 to 2014
- Yasi & Yasi; and Casner & Edwards (1994–2008), rising to partner (Private practice)
- The first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
Education
Additional information
- Judge Haskell Freedman Award (2025) from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Domestic relations law with White, Inker & Aronson
- Blake is a District One Director of the National Association of Women Judges, a fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, and associate editor of the Massachusetts Law Review.
- She has also served on multiple judicial committees, including public outreach and self-represented litigant guidelines
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Supreme Judicial Court Rule 1:19: Electronic access to the courts
Massachusetts Appeals Court
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