Martha Coakley | |
|---|---|
 Coakley in 2014 | |
| 43rd Attorney General of Massachusetts | |
| In office January 17, 2007 – January 21, 2015 | |
| Governor | Deval Patrick Charlie Baker |
| Preceded by | Thomas Reilly |
| Succeeded by | Maura Healey |
| Massachusetts District Attorney for the Northern District | |
| In office January 3, 1999 – January 17, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Reilly |
| Succeeded by | Gerard Leone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Martha Mary Coakley July 14, 1953 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Thomas O'Connor |
| Education | Williams College (BA) Boston University (JD) |
Martha Mary Coakley[1] (born July 14, 1953) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and former politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. Prior to serving as Attorney General, she was District Attorney of Middlesex County from 1999 to 2007.
Coakley was elected as attorney general of Massachusetts in 2006. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 special election to fill the United States Senate seat long held by Ted Kennedy (and held in the interim by Paul G. Kirk), but was defeated 52% to 47% by Republican Scott Brown in what was widely considered an upset. She was re-elected as attorney general in the 2010 general election. Coakley ran for Governor of Massachusetts in 2014 as the Democratic nominee but lost in another upset to Republican Charlie Baker. Coakley was a lobbyist for the e-cigarette company Juul until June 2022.[2]
- ^ "Martha Coakley's 1979 bar application" (PDF). The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
- ^ "Former AG Martha Coakley heads back to Foley Hoag after stint at Juul Labs - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.