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# Ellen Randle

Massachusetts Probate and Family Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Massachusetts Probate and Family Court
- State: Massachusetts
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording and photography

Scope: statewide

In Massachusetts courts, photography, recording, or electronic transmission in a courtroom or related judicial space requires prior authorization from the judge or magistrate supervising that place, subject to Rule 1:19's separate provisions for registered news media.

Evidence excerpt: No person shall take any photographs, or make any recording or transmission by electronic means, in any courtroom, hearing room, office, chambers or lobby of a judge or magistrate without prior authorization

[Supreme Judicial Court Rule 1:19: Electronic access to the courts](https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/supreme-judicial-court-rule-119-electronic-access-to-the-courts)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/probate-and-family-court-justices)
- [Official roster](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/probate-and-family-court-justices)
- [Massachusetts Trial Court official judicial roster](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/probate-and-family-court-justices)
- [Supreme Judicial Court Rule 1:19: Electronic access to the courts](https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/supreme-judicial-court-rule-119-electronic-access-to-the-courts)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Ellen M. Randle is an Associate Justice of the Hampden County Probate and Family Court in Massachusetts, appointed by Governor Charlie Baker in 2017 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Hon. Anne M. Geoffrion
- Began her legal career as a law clerk to Hon. Andrew A. Caffrey, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

### Education

- Boston College Law School — J.D. (1983)
- B.A. in Political Science and History from Tufts University (1980)

### Additional information

- She also served as co-chair of the Hampden County Bar Association’s Bench-Bar and Probate & Family Court Bench-Bar Committee
- Randle presides over probate and family law cases in Hampden County, including estate administration, custody disputes, and other domestic relations matters
- Before joining the bench, Randle was a partner at Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP in Springfield, MA, where she practiced family law, probate disputes, and civil litigation for over 30 years
- Randle is a member of the Hampden County Bar Association, Hampshire County Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
- Born in Randolph, Vermont, and raised in New Hampshire, Randle is the daughter of a Congregational minister and a stay-at-home mother



## 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.