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# Nicholas Parsenios

Massachusetts Probate and Family Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Massachusetts Probate and Family Court
- State: Massachusetts
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## 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

### 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/probate-and-family-court-justices)
- [Official roster](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/probate-and-family-court-justices)
- [Massachusetts Trial Court official judicial roster](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/probate-and-family-court-justices)
- [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)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Legal career: Joined Berkshire Life Insurance Company in 1997 as a staff attorney, then entered private practice in 1998 under his own name and as part of the Law Office of Michael J. Considine

### Education

- University of Cincinnati — B.S.
- Massachusetts School of Law, where he was on the Law Review — J.D.

### Additional information

- Governor Charlie Baker nominated Nicholas Parsenios on September 8, 2021, as Associate Justice of the Probate and Family Court, following review by the Judicial Nominating Commission and submission to the Governor’s Council for advice and consent.
- Parsenios has recently transitioned from private practice to the public sector, though he remains connected to his legal community
- Lenox, Massachusetts resident with nearly 23 years of legal experience.
- Nicholas L. Parsenios is an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court, appointed to fill the seat vacated by Judge David G. Sacks
- Parsenios’ appointment succeeded Judge David Sacks
- His appointment reflects his extensive experience in child welfare and family law, and his role as an Associate Justice places him among over 40 judges in Massachusetts’ Probate and Family Court, under Chief Justice John D. Casey



## 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.