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11/12/2007 ~ 11/13/2007 at Cowin Center, Teachers College
Associate Justice
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The Honorable John M. Greaney is an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He received his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross with honors, and his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar. Justice Greaney served with the 104th Tactical Fighter Group of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and engaged in the general practice of law with the Springfield law firm of Ely and King for 10 years. Since 1974, Justice Greaney has lectured and written extensively for legal and judicial education programs. In 1974, he was appointed as the Presiding Justice of the Hampden County Housing Court. In 1976, he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court. In 1978, he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and in 1984 as that Court''s Chief Justice. He was appointed to his present position by Governor Michael S. Dukakis as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court on September 9, 1989. Justice Greaney has served as Chair of the Appellate Judges Conference of the American Bar Association. He is Co-Chair of the Supreme Judicial Court Judiciary/Media Committee, and President and Dean of the Flaschner Judicial Institute.