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# Marguerite T. Grant

Massachusetts Appeals Court · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
- State: Massachusetts
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active

## Summary

Marguerite T. Grant — Massachusetts Appeals Court

## Sources

- [Appeals Court Justices](https://www.mass.gov/lists/appeals-court-justices)

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## Biography

### 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.



## 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.