Robert J. Cordy at a glance
- Current role
- Former Judge
- Current assignment
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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- Massachusetts · State
- Judicial service
- Former
Robert J. Cordy
Former Judge · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2001-present
- Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 2001 to 2016, appointed by Governor Paul Cellucci and succeeded by David A. Lowy
- He has also engaged in international judicial ethics work and held the role of a law school professor
Education
- Harvard Law School in — J.D. (1974)
- Cordy graduated from Dartmouth College in 1971
- Dartmouth College — B.A.
- Harvard University — J.D.
Additional information
- Joined the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 2001 and served until his retirement on August 12, 2016.
- Practitioner, 2000-2000
- legis, 2000-2000
- Born May 18, 1949.
- Date of birth: 1949-05-18
- After retiring, Cordy returned to private practice at McDermott Will & Emery
- focusing on business litigation, white-collar defense, appellate work, and major public/private projects.
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Sources
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