Judicial Profiles
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Mary T. Sullivan
Judge
Appeals Court
John Adams Courthouse
One Pemberton Square, Suite 1200
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 725-8085
Judicial Biography
Year admitted to bar:
1983
Year appointed/elected:
2011, by Gov. Deval L. Patrick
Background
Education:
Northeastern University School of Law
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Professional
Legal Employment History:
Assistant director, Girls’ Services, Department of Youth Services
Clerk, U.S. District Court, New Hampshire
Partner, Segal Roitman
- Reported Decisions
- Other Links
Opinions Summarized in Lawyers Weekly
- Search and seizure – Frisk – Traffic stop
- Education – Standing – Vaccination
- Motor vehicles – OUI
- Domestic relations – Child support – Chapter 209A
- Mortgages – Standing – Summary process
- Search and seizure – Anonymous tip – Reasonable suspicion
- Domestic relations – Pension – Contempt
- Stock options not factored into husband’s alimony obligations
- Domestic relations – Stock options – Alimony
- Labor – Duty to bargain – Telephone monitoring
- Taxation – Exemption – ‘Disregarded entities’
- Mortgages – Obsolete mortgage statute – 35-year term
- Evidence – Collateral source rule – Workers’ compensation
- Criminal – Rape – GHB
- Jury and jurors – Inattentiveness – Bias
- Domestic relations – Divorce – Marital home – Loan
- Mortgages – Chain of title – Note
- Motor vehicles – OUI – Breath test
- Municipal – Sober home – Sprinklers
- Employment – Whistleblower – Statute of limitations
- Criminal – Attempt – Overt act
- Mortgages – Estoppel by deed – Trust
- Criminal – Time served – SDP commitment
- Juvenile – Combination sentence – Probation
- Plaintiff officer’s actions ‘repudiated’ settlement, Appeals Court finds
- Contract – Repudiation – Settlement agreement
- Labor – Overtime – State Police – Detail work
- Labor – Firefighters – Union meetings
- Civil practice – Sex offender – Repetitive and compulsive behavior
- Tort – Harassment prevention order
- Freedom of information – MCAD – Case data
- Appeals Court: MCAD must turn over info about open cases
- Bankruptcy sale of trust interest triggers right of first refusal
- Civil service – Reassignment – Boston police
- Real property – Right of first refusal – Nominee trust
- Investor’s suit against foreign bank revived
- Jurisdiction – Personal – Agent – Bank director
- Motor vehicles – Marijuana – Trooper’s testimony
- Condo developer’s lender can’t foreclose on common areas
- Real property – Condominium – Phasing rights – Mortgage
- Licenses and permits – Firearm – Addiction
- Parent and child – Termination – Hearsay – Delay
- Parent and child – Support – Secondary employment
- Civil practice – Sexually dangerous person – Jury instructions
- Insurance broker owes no duty to lawyer, panel rules
- Insurance – Broker – Legal malpractice coverage
- Insurance – Limitations – G.L.c. 93A
- Appeals Court affirms $20M verdict for parking lot death
- Negligence – Convenience store
- Mortgages – Notice – Right to cure
- Real property – Beach – Marshfield
- Landlord and tenant – Subsidized housing – Controlled substances
- Parent and child – Care and protection – Unfitness
- Domestic relations – Harassment prevention – Firearms
- Civil practice – Default – Good cause
- Evidence – Pornography – Indecent assault and battery
- Criminal – Burglarious instrument – Screwdriver
- Search and seizure – Investigatory stop – Firearm sale
- Mortgages – Title – Second mortgage
- Parent and child – Termination – Visitation – Hearing – Standing
- Retirement – Accidental disability
- Criminal – Murder
- Insurance – Personal profit exclusion – ‘Directors and officers’ policy
- Zoning – Abandonment – Reconstruction
- Civil practice – Death of litigant – ‘Special’ statute of limitations
- Motor vehicles – Leaving the scene of an accident – Intent
- Criminal – Immigration warnings – 2004 amendments
- Wills and trusts – Reformation – Medicaid eligibility
- Criminal – Wrongful convictions – Insufficient evidence
- Criminal – Conspiracy – Drugs
- Criminal – Ineffective assistance – Witness
- Criminal – Duplicative convictions – Larceny – Attempt
- Motor vehicles – OUI – Right not to testify
- Search and seizure – Cellphone
- Arbitration – Wage Act – Bonus
- Criminal – Resentencing – Probation – Double jeopardy
- Domestic relations – Alimony – Second job
- Criminal – Parole revocation
- Motor vehicles – OUI – Expert evidence
- Commercial – Security interests – Escrow
- Domestic relations – G.L.c. 209A – Venue
- Administrative – WIC – Disqualification
- Workers’ compensation – Successive insurer rule
- Criminal – Prostitution
- Wills and trusts – Testamentary capacity – Undue influence
- Zoning – Concrete – Nonconforming use
- Criminal – Assault – ‘Sympathy’ evidence – Deadly force
Decisions Reviewed on Appeal
Articles about the judge, quoting the judge, etc.
- Criminal – Admission – Racial epithet
- SJC to rule on whether eviction defenses expire
- Prisons – Inmate attack – Hot pot
- Mortgages – PHLPA – Foreclosure sale
- Search and seizure – Strip search
- Motor vehicles – License suspension – Notice
- Criminal – Firearm – Prosecutor’s opening argument
- Tort – Defamation – SLAPP
