WBA Applauds Appointment of Judge Paula M. Carey as Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court

The Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts is delighted that the Chief Justice for Administration and Management, the Honorable Robert A. Mulligan, has appointed Judge Paula M. Carey as Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court. 

WBA President Julia Huston said, "Judge Carey has a strong and well-deserved reputation as a smart, hard-working jurist who is sensitive to the needs of the litigants who appear before her.  The WBA is pleased that Chief Justice Mulligan has appointed such a well-qualified woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court." 

"Judge Carey joins an exceptional panel of women serving as Chief Justices in the Commonwealth," Huston noted.  "With Judge Carey’s appointment, five of the seven Trial Court Chief Justices in Massachusetts are now women, which is an unprecedented number of women serving in that role."  The other women serving as Chief Justices in the Trial Court are Chief Justice Barbara J. Rouse of the Superior Court, Chief Justice Lynda M. Connolly of the District Court, Chief Justice Karyn Faith Scheier of the Land Court, and Chief Justice Martha P. Grace of the Juvenile Court.  The Honorable Margaret H. Marshall serves as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest court in the Commonwealth. 

The WBA actively supports qualified women seeking appointments to the judiciary, and recently endorsed Judge Margot Botsford in her successful candidacy for the Supreme Judicial Court.

About the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts

Founded in 1978 by a group of activist women lawyers, the Women’s Bar Association is one of the oldest and largest bar associations in the country. Today, the organization boasts a membership of more than 1300 women lawyers, judges and law students across Massachusetts. The WBA is committed to the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society. The WBA works to achieve this mission through committees and task forces, and by developing and promoting a legislative agenda to address society’s most critical social and legal issues.  Other WBA activities include drafting amicus briefs, studying employment issues affecting women, encouraging women to enter the judiciary, recognizing the achievement of women in the law, and providing pro bono services to women in need through supporting its charitable sister organization, the Women’s Bar Foundation. For more information, visit www.womensbar.org.