Marguerite T. Grant

Professional career

• Governor Charlie Baker appointed Grant to the Massachusetts Appeals Court in October 2020, filling the seat vacated by Judge Sydney Hanlon
• In 2011, she moved to the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, where she was promoted in 2014 to General Counsel and Director of Training.
• In 1991, she joined the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, serving as an appellate prosecutor for twenty years
• Began her legal career in 1988 as a litigation associate at Hill and Barlow, P.C. in Boston
• In this role, she advised the District Attorney on legal and ethical matters, trained prosecutors, and argued homicide and sexual assault cases in appellate courts
• Justice Marguerite T. Grant was born in Boston and raised in Dedham, Massachusetts
• Justice Grant has taught professional responsibility at Suffolk University Law School, appellate advocacy at Northeastern University School of Law, and legal writing at Harvard Extension School

Education

Additional information

• She is a member of the Supreme Judicial Court's Committee on Model Jury Instructions on Homicide and has held the position of a trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation since 2017.
• Her appointment was confirmed by the Massachusetts Governor's Council on October 14, 2020, and she assumed office on October 16, 2020.
• Grant has been recognized for her legal expertise and contributions, including being named one of the “top women of law” by Mass.