Barbara A. Lenk at a glance
- Current role
- Former Judge
- Current assignment
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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- Massachusetts · State
- Judicial service
- Former
Barbara A. Lenk
Former Judge · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2011-present
- 2011–2020 – Appointed by Governor Deval Patrick as Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC)
Education
- Harvard Law School — J.D. (1979)
- Harvard University — J.D.
Additional information
- Barbara A. Lenk (1950–2026) was an American jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, renowned for her intellect, fairness, and elegant legal writing.
- 1995 – Elevated to the Massachusetts Appeals Court, where she served until 2011
- Practitioner, 2010-2010
- Date of birth: 1950-01-01
- After law school, Lenk joined Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer in Boston, specializing in civil litigation and First Amendment law, later becoming a partner
- Known for her humility, intellectual rigor, and belief that judges’ only allegiance is to justice
- She also served on the Boston Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project Board, chaired the Boston Bar Journal’s editorial board, and was a trustee at Western New England College
- Birth place: Queens, New York
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Sources
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