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Portrait of Ralph D. Gants

Gants, Ralph D.

Chief JusticeSupreme Judicial Court
  • Agency Supreme Judicial Court
  • Division Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court
  • Title Chief Justice
  • Address John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square, Suite 2200
    Boston, MA 2108
  • Phone 617-557-1000
  • Email ralph.gants@jud.state.ma.us

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position 2014
  • Years in Current Position 13
  • Years in State Service 24

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth 1954
  • Place of Birth New York

Education & Career

  • Education
    • Harvard College (BA)
    • Cambridge University, England (Diploma in Criminology)
    • Harvard Law School (JD)
  • Previous Employment
    • Law Clerk to United States District Court Judge Eugene H. Nickerson
    • Special Assistant to Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
    • partner at Palmer & Dodge, LLP
    • Associate Justice of the Superior Court
    • Administrative Justice of the Superior Court's Business Litigation Session