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# Kathleen McCarthy-Neyman

Massachusetts Superior Court · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Massachusetts Superior Court
- State: Massachusetts
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## 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

### remote hearings

Scope: courtwide

Massachusetts Superior Court Standing Order 1-26 identifies which criminal and civil proceedings are presumptively remote or in person, while allowing the presiding judge to change the format under the order's standards.

Evidence excerpt: certain criminal and civil proceedings may be conducted remotely (e.g., by computer, videoconference, or telephone) pursuant to this Standing Order

[Superior Court Standing Order 1-26: Remote hearings](https://www.mass.gov/superior-court-rules/superior-court-standing-order-1-26-remote-hearings)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote recording

Scope: courtwide

Photographing, recording, or electronically transmitting a Massachusetts Superior Court remote or hybrid hearing requires prior authorization from the supervising judge or clerk-magistrate.

Evidence excerpt: No person shall take any photographs, or make any recording or transmission by electronic means, of a remote or hybrid court hearing, without prior authorization from the judge or clerk magistrate

[Superior Court Standing Order 1-26: Remote hearings](https://www.mass.gov/superior-court-rules/superior-court-standing-order-1-26-remote-hearings)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### 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/superior-court-justices)
- [Official roster](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/superior-court-justices)
- [Massachusetts Court System official judicial roster](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/superior-court-justices)
- [Superior Court Standing Order 1-26: Remote hearings](https://www.mass.gov/superior-court-rules/superior-court-standing-order-1-26-remote-hearings)
- [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

- Kathleen M. McCarthy‐Neyman is an Associate Justice of the Essex County Superior Court in Massachusetts, appointed by Governor Charlie Baker in 2018, with a background in public prosecution, private criminal defense, and now judicial service

### Education

- Boston College Law School — J.D. (1987)

### Additional information

- In early 2026, McCarthy‐Neyman was removed from the trial of North Andover police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons after a motion for recusal was filed by Fitzsimmons’ attorneys
- Appointed in 2018 by then‐Governor Charles D. Baker, Jr
- She remained in private practice until joining the bench in 2018
- She subsequently served in the Suffolk County Superior Court (1992–1996) and the Homicide Unit (1996–1997)
- She rose to supervisor in 1991
- overseeing assistant attorneys and law students.
- The motion alleged the judge had lived in North Andover for ~25 years, appeared in the criminal session despite being assigned to civil business, and took actions such as restricting visitation with the defendant’s infant
- The Superior Court Chief Justice ordered that McCarthy‐Neyman would not continue to preside over the case, citing an administrative reassignment rather than a formal recusal ruling
- She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Essex County Bar Advocates, and the Committee for Public Counsel Services Post‐Conviction Panel



## 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.