October 13, 2004

ROMNEY NOMINATES MURTAGH, GAZIANO TO SUPERIOR COURT

Governor Mitt Romney today nominated Thomas R. Murtagh of Andover and Frank M. Gaziano of Scituate to serve as Associate Justices of the Superior Court.

For the past 35 years, Thomas Murtagh has worked at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. and is currently the Chairman of the firm’s Litigation Section.Extremely involved in his community, Murtagh is a member of both the General Board of Directors and the Finance Committee of the Greater Boston YMCA. In addition, he is a Trustee of the Boston Bar Foundation.

Murtagh earned his bachelor’s degree from St. Peter’s College and received his law degree at Boston College Law School.

Frank Gaziano has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the United States Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts since 2002. From 1991 to 2001, he worked at the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy First Assistant District Attorney. Prior to this, he was an associate at the Boston law firm of Foley Hoag from 1989 through 1991.

Gaziano received his bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College and his law degree magna cum laude from Suffolk University Law School.

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