Anne Kenney Chaplin at a glance
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- Recalled Recall Justice
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Anne Kenney Chaplin
Recalled Recall Justice · Massachusetts Housing Court
Anne Kenney Chaplin — Massachusetts Housing Court
Biography
Professional career
- Respected Massachusetts Housing Court justice, widely regarded as “a judge’s judge” for her thoroughness, fairness, and collegiality
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law in — J.D. (1978)
Additional information
- Served in New Bedford, Taunton, and Fall River before retiring in 2019, but continued as a recall judge until her death
- In 2000, she was nominated by then-Governor Paul Cellucci to the Massachusetts Housing Court bench.
- Began her legal career in Boston, working at several firms, including Chaplin & Chaplin, McCullough, Stievater & Polvere, and LeBouef, Lamb, Lieby & MacRae.
- She specialized in landlord–tenant law.
- Notable fact: She once said her childhood dream was to play left field for the Red Sox, but when that didn’t happen, she aspired to be a judge — a goal she achieved without pretense
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