Scott L. Kafker at a glance
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- Associate Justice
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Scott L. Kafker
Associate Justice · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Biography
Professional career
- Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the state’s highest appellate court, appointed by Governor Charlie Baker on August 21, 2017 to replace retiring Justice Geraldine Hines
- Appointed July 22, 2015, by Governor Charlie Baker (Chief Justice of the Appeals Court)
- He clerked for Justice Charles L. Levin of the Michigan Supreme Court and Judge Mark L. Wolf of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Education
- University of Chicago Law School — J.D. (1985)
- Amherst College — B.A. (1981)
Additional information
- He held the role of deputy chief legal counsel to Governor William F. Weld (1991–1993) and chief legal counsel for the Massachusetts Port Authority (1993–2001)
- Kafker was born April 24, 1959 in Corning, New York.
- After law school, Kafker joined Foley, Hoag & Eliot in Boston as an associate.
- Law Review, University of Chicago Law School
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