July 13, 2005

ROMNEY NOMINATES TRIO TO JUDICIARY

Today Governor Romney nominated Henry L. Rigali of Palmer to fill the position of Associate Justice as well as Margaret F. Albertson of Needham and Whitney J. Brown of Reading to fill Clerk Magistrate positions in the state’s court system.

Henry L. Rigali, who was selected for the Juvenile Court, Hampden County Division, has been in private practice since 1987. Rigali previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts from 1983 to 1987. Rigali also held the position of Assistant District Attorney for the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office from 1974 to 1983.

Rigali was a keynote speaker for the United Nations Project this year, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Human Resources Unlimited. Rigali graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree from Union College in 1971, and received his law degree from Albany Law School in 1974.

Margaret F. Albertson, who was selected for the Boston Municipal Court, South Boston Division, has worked in the Boston Municipal Court, South Boston Division as the acting Clerk Magistrate, and as the Assistant Clerk Magistrate since 2000. Albertson previously held the position of Deputy Chief of Superior Court Prosecutions for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office from 1998 to 2000.

Albertson is a member of the Association of Clerk Magistrates and Assistant Clerk Magistrates, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Simon of Cyrene Society. Albertson graduated with a bachelor’s of art degree from the College of the Holy Cross in 1987, and obtained her law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1991.

Whitney J. Brown, who was selected for the Gardner District Court, has worked as the First Assistant Clerk Magistrate in the Middlesex Superior Court since 1993. Brown previously served as an associate at Kezar & Kezar of Malden from 1990 to 1993. Brown has also held various law clerk positions for Finneran & Associates, P.C., Edward H. Lacey, Esq., and Pike & Pike during 1987 to 1989.

Brown is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Associate of Trial Lawyers. Brown graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree from the University of Bridgeport in 1986, and received her law degree from New England Law School in 1989.

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