Massachusetts Courts: Stacey J. Fortes

BOSTON, MA -- Trial Court Chief Justice Jeffrey A. Locke today (20220622) announced the appointment of Judge Stacey J. Fortes as Chief Justice of the District Court for a five-year term in accordance with G.L. c.211B,5.
Email: stacey.fortes@jud.state.ma.us
617-788-8810
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Judge Fortes was appointed by Governor Mitt Romney to the District Court in 2006. Since 2014, she has served as a Regional Administrative Justice, overseeing nine courts and the assignments of 26 judges.
In 2017, she was appointed First Justice of Lowell District Court. The same year, she was appointed Chair of the District Court Committee on Racial and Ethnic Fairness.

Prior to joining the bench, she was Chief of District Court Prosecution for the Suffolk District Attorney, following her service as an Assistant District Attorney in that office since 1994.
Judge Fortes is a graduate of American University and Suffolk Law School.
https://bostonbar.org/journal/chief-justice-stacey-fortes-of-the-district-court/
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The District Court Department is comprised of 62 divisions with 158 authorized judicial positions across the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Trial Court includes seven court departments with 385 judges who deliver justice in 97 courthouses across the state.