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Governor Healey ceremonially swears in Gloria Tan and Chauncey Wood to Massachusetts Court of Appeals
Summary
Governor Maura Healey administered the oath at a ceremony in Boston as colleagues and family honored the two new associate justices; speakers highlighted Tan's juvenile-court background and Wood's criminal-defense career.
BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey ceremonially swore in Gloria Tan and Chauncey Wood as associate justices of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals at a ceremony held at the John Adams Courthouse on Saturday.
The event brought together members of the state judiciary, federal judges, representatives of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and family members as speakers praised the appointees’ records and public-service backgrounds. "Diversity is good. Diversity in all forms is good," Governor Healey said during remarks recognizing the two new justices.
The appointments place two jurists with different professional backgrounds on the intermediate appellate court. Gloria Tan, who served nearly 11 years on the juvenile court and was the first justice of the Middlesex County Juvenile Court for five years, was described by Dana M. Gershengorn, chief justice of the…
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