Roderick L. Ireland

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Roderick L. Ireland
Ireland in 2013
Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
In office December 20, 2010 – July 25, 2014
Appointed by	Deval Patrick
Preceded by	Margaret H. Marshall
Succeeded by	Ralph Gants
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
In office 1997 – December 19, 2010
Appointed by	Bill Weld
Succeeded by	Fernande R.V. Duffly
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
In office 1990–1997
Appointed by	Michael Dukakis
Personal details
Born	(1944-12-03) December 3, 1944 (age 79) Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Lincoln University (BA) Columbia University (JD) Harvard University (LLM) Northeastern University (PhD)

Roderick L. Ireland (born December 3, 1944) is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and the first African American to serve that position. He was nominated for Chief Justice by Governor Deval Patrick on November 4, 2010,^[1] and sworn in on December 20.^[2] He retired from service on the court on July 25, 2014.^[3]