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# Lisa Ann Grant

Massachusetts Boston Municipal Court · Justice

## Profile

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

## Summary

Lisa Ann Grant — 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

- Lisa A. Grant serves as First Justice in the Charlestown Division of the Boston Municipal Court, a position she has held since February 4, 2014
- Lisa A. Grant is First Justice of the Charlestown Division of the Boston Municipal Court in Massachusetts, appointed by former Governor Deval Patrick in 2014
- Lisa Ann Grant is an Associate Justice of the Boston Municipal Court in Massachusetts, appointed by former Governor Deval Patrick in 2014, with a background in public defense leadership and private legal practice
- Also an associate at Lopresti Associates (1982–1986) and held the role of a law clerk for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Stern & Shapiro
- Associate Justice in the Boston Municipal Court, specifically in the Dorchester Division
- She also taught at Suffolk University Law School and as a visiting professor at Boston College Law School

### Education


### Additional information

- Joined the bench on September 5, 2014 by Governor Deval Patrick and unanimously approved by the Governor’s Council on November 5, 2014
- Before joining the court, Grant worked for the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Boston, rising from staff attorney to Managing Director in 2012.
- Before joining the judiciary, Grant was a sole practitioner in Suffolk County
- handling criminal defense, domestic relations, and real estate matters.
- Grant’s judicial career includes assignments in various Boston Municipal Court divisions, and she has been recognized for initiatives such as renaming the Drug Court to the Recovery Court in the Charlestown Division.
- Her legal work before the bench covered criminal defense, domestic relations, and real estate matters
- She is a member of the Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and Women’s Bar Association



## 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.