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# Kenneth J. Fiandaca

Massachusetts Boston Municipal Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Massachusetts Boston Municipal Court
- State: Massachusetts
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active

## Summary

Kenneth J. Fiandaca — Massachusetts Boston Municipal Court

## Sources

- [Boston Municipal Court Justices](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/boston-municipal-court-justices)

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## Biography

### Professional career


### Education


### Additional information

- Notable case: In 2025, Fiandaca ruled that a Muslim woman testifying against her ex-boyfriend in a domestic violence case must remove her niqab to comply with the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.
- Appointed in 2008 by Governor Deval Patrick and has been confirmed for the BMC.
- Judge of the Boston Municipal Court, appointed in 2008 by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and has been active in handling a range of cases including criminal, civil, and landlord–tenant matters
- The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court later reversed, allowing her to testify while wearing the niqab, and the defendant was acquitted
- Boston Municipal Court (BMC), one of Massachusetts’ local trial courts, and is listed among the court’s current justices.
- His judicial profile notes that before his appointment, he practiced law in a general capacity at Fiandaca & Ferrigno in East Boston
- Fiandaca’s judicial profile is available through official Massachusetts court listings and legal directories such as Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
- He is also referenced in news reports and legal commentary, including the New England Muzzle Award for the niqab case



## 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.