JUDGE WOLOHOJIAN AFFIRMED BY GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL FOR MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
Washington, D.C. – Judge Gabrielle Wolohojian was affirmed by the Governor’s Council for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey stated that Judge Wolohojian has “distinguished herself as a fair-minded jurist” and “proven herself to be a person of wisdom and integrity, deeply committed to both the rule of law and the strengthening of our community.
Also speaking in support of Judge Wolohojian’s candidacy was Sonya Nersessian, former Chair of the Armenian Bar Association, and Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian expressed that he was “very pleased” by Judge Wolohojian’s nomination.
The granddaughter of Armenian Genocide survivors, Judge Wolohojian graduated from Columbia Law School and holds a doctor’s degree in English language and literature from Oxford and a bachelor’s in English from Rutgers. She became an associate at Hale & Dorr in 1991 and was made partner in 1997, prior to joining the Appeals Court as Associate Justice in 2008.
