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# Amy Lyn Blake

Massachusetts Appeals Court · Chief Justice

## Profile

- Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
- State: Massachusetts
- Role: Chief Justice
- Service status: active

## Summary

Amy Lyn Blake — Massachusetts Appeals Court

## Sources

- [Appeals Court Justices](https://www.mass.gov/lists/appeals-court-justices)

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## 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](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-20acbd9da185f40e1f10b2b2) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/supreme-judicial-court-rule-119-electronic-access-to-the-courts). Collected 2026-07-26.