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Portrait of Maura Sweeney Doyle

Doyle, Maura Sweeney

Clerk for the County of SuffolkSupreme Judicial Court
  • Agency Supreme Judicial Court
  • Division Supreme Judicial Court Clerk for the County of Suffolk
  • Title Clerk for the County of Suffolk
  • Address John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square
    Boston, MA 2108
  • Phone 617-557-1100
  • Email maura.doyle@jud.state.ma.us

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position 1996
  • Years in Current Position 31
  • Job Description Responsible for the statewide management of the Supreme Judicial Court's single justice dockets, which are comprised of cases based upon the court's original, concurrent, interlocutory and appellate jurisdiction, as well as, administrative matters affecting members of the bar, attorney discipline petitions and bar admissions.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth 11/17/1954
  • Place of Birth Boston
  • Marital Status Married (Francis J. Doyle)
  • Children 3

Education & Career

  • Education
    • Northeastern University (B.S., '77)
    • Suffolk University Law School (J.D., '81)
  • Previous Employment
    • Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, First Assistant Clerk ('93-'96)
    • Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, Third Assistant Clerk, ('92-'93)
    • Law offices of Robert T. Karns, Inc., Counselor ('91)
    • Maura S. Doyle, Attorney at Law, Sole Practitioner ('88-'91)
    • Suffolk University Law School, Adjunct Professor ('89-'91)
    • Daniel J. Hourihan, P.C., Associate ('85-'88)
    • Sisson, Lee & Bloomenthal, P.C., Associate ('81-'85)
  • Organizations
    • SJC's Standing Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure
    • SJC's Standing Advisory Committee on Civil and Appellate Rules
    • Committee on Appellate Information Technology
    • Law Related Education Committee
    • Appellate Bench Bar Committee
    • Catholic Lawyers Guild of the Archdiocese of Boston.