Margaret H. Marshall

Margaret H. Marshall
Marshall in 2014
Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
In office
October 14, 1999 – December 19, 2010
Appointed byPaul Cellucci
Preceded byHerbert Wilkins
Succeeded byRoderick Ireland
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
In office
October 31, 1996 – October 14, 1999
Appointed byWilliam Weld
Preceded byHerbert Wilkins
Succeeded byJudith Cowin
Personal details
Born
Margaret Hilary Marshall

(1944-09-01) September 1, 1944 (age 80)
Newcastle, South Africa
SpouseAnthony Lewis (1984–2013; his death)
EducationUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Harvard University (MA)
Yale University (JD)

Margaret Hilary Marshall (born September 1, 1944) is an American jurist who served as the 24th chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the first woman to hold the position. She was chief justice from 1999 to 2010. On July 21, 2010, she announced her retirement.[1] She was Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation until she retired from the board in 2016,[2] Senior Counsel at Choate Hall & Stewart, and a member of the Council of the American Law Institute. Marshall was elected in 2017 to the American Philosophical Society.[3]

  1. ^ Marshall, Margaret H. (21 July 2010). "Statement of Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall" (PDF) (Press release). Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Jurist Margaret H. Marshall named Senior Fellow of Yale Corporation". YaleNews. 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. ^ "Newly Elected - April 2017 | American Philosophical Society". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15.