--- title: "Katie Rayburn | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/katie-rayburn" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Katie Rayburn 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) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/katie-rayburn", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/katie-rayburn", "name": "Katie Rayburn | KnowJudges", "description": "Katie Rayburn, Massachusetts Superior Court. 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O’Malley before becoming an Assistant District Attorney in Bristol County in 2008 During her tenure as ADA, Rayburn held the role of Director of the Domestic Violence Unit and Deputy Chief of the Homicide Unit - Began her legal career in 2000 as an associate at Grassia, Murphy & Whitney, later joining the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office ### Education - Suffolk University Law School in — J.D. (1999) ### Additional information - Katie Cook Rayburn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, earned her Bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 1996 - handling a wide range of cases including murder, homicide, child support, and custody disputes. - The series highlights her prosecutorial work and the complexities of the case, though some elements are fictionalized for dramatic purposes - Her judicial responsibilities include presiding over criminal and civil cases, mental health matters, housing disputes, and other legal issues ## 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.