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About the Committee
The Massachusetts Legislature formed the Court Management Advisory Board (CMAB) to assist the justices of the supreme judicial court, the chief justice of the trial court, and the court administrator on all matters of judicial reform. Per Mass. General Laws Chapter 211B, Section 6A, the CMAB is comprised of ten members appointed according to categories of experience, including business administration, civil law, criminal law, and information technology, in addition to the attorney general or designee, and the executive director or the Massachusetts office of victim assistance. Appointed members serve for a term of three years and for a maximum of two terms. The committee was created following the recommendation of the Visiting Committee on Management in the Courts (the Monan Committee) in 2003.
Committee Members
Lisa C. Goodheart, Esq., Chair
Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, PC
Kate Donovan
Manpower Business Solutions
Hon. Gail Garinger (ret.)
Office of the Attorney General
Scott Harshbarger, Esq.
Casner & Edwards, LLP
Richard Johnston, Esq., ex officio
Office of the Attorney General
Allen B. Kachalia, MD, JD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Liam Lowney, ex officio
Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance
Hon. James McHugh (ret.)
Retired from the Massachusetts Appeals Court
Donald Oppenheimer
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Denise Squillante, Esq.
Denise Squillante PC
Kenneth Turner
Massachusetts Port Authority