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# Emogene Johnson-Smith

Massachusetts District Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Massachusetts District Court
- State: Massachusetts
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Massachusetts District Court, 2001-present
- 2009 – Appointed to the Wrentham District Court, where she held the role of the first justice
- Emogene Johnson‐Smith was a long‐serving judge on the Massachusetts District Court, notable for her role as the first justice of the Wrentham District Court in Norfolk County

### Education

- Spelman College — B.A.

### Additional information

- Johnson Smith was appointed to the bench in 2001 and retired in July 2017.
- Previous judicial role: Administrative Judge for the Massachusetts Industrial Accident Board (1992–2001)
- Practitioner, 2000-2000
- Date of birth: 1948

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/7518/emogene-johnson-smith/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7518/emogene-johnson-smith/)
- [Massachusetts District Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7518/emogene-johnson-smith/)
- [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)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7518/emogene-johnson-smith/)
- [Emogene Johnson Smith - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Emogene_Johnson_Smith)
- [JOHNSON SMITH, EMOGENE – Judicial Profiles](https://masslawyersweekly.com/judicial-profiles/johnson-smith-emogene)

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## 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.