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# Eric Neyman

Massachusetts Appeals Court · Associate Justice

## Profile

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

## Summary

Eric Neyman — Massachusetts Appeals Court

## Sources

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

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Associate Justice Eric Neyman is a judge on the Massachusetts Appeals Court, appointed by Governor Charles Baker and taking the bench on December 15, 2015
- After leaving public service in 2002, he became an associate and later partner at Gadsby Hannah LLP (now McCarter & English LLP)
- Neyman held the position of Deputy General Counsel in the Executive Office of Public Safety (1999) and later as Deputy Legal Counsel to Governors A. Paul Cellucci and Jane M. Swift
- In 1996, he joined the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
- Began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Berkshire County
- His background in both public prosecution and private legal practice brings diverse experience to the court

### Education

- Justice Neyman earned his B.A. from Cornell University in 1990 and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1993, where he won the Moot Court Award as Director of the Edward C. Stone Moot Court Competition

### Additional information

- handling appellate, trial, and administrative matters in both civil and criminal cases
- handling district and juvenile cases and appearing before the Massachusetts Superior Court and Supreme Judicial Court.
- focusing on gang-related cases and appellate work
- As an Associate Justice, Neyman hears appeals in a wide range of cases, including criminal, civil, landlord–tenant, and administrative matters.



## 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.