{"id":1414,"date":"2013-04-03T20:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T20:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masslawyersweekly.com\/judicial-profiles\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2022-09-24T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:40:13","slug":"brieger-heidi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malwdev.wpengine.com\/judicial-profiles\/brieger-heidi\/","title":{"rendered":"Brieger, Heidi E."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heidi<\/span> E.<\/abbr> Brieger<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chief justice<\/p>\n

Superior Court<\/p>\n

Superior Court Administrative Office
Three Pemberton Square
<\/span>Boston<\/span>, MA<\/span> 02108<\/span><\/p>\n

Phone: 617-788-8130<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Fax<\/span>: 617-788-8137<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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Judicial Biography<\/h2>\n

Year appointed\/elected:<\/h3>\n

2012, by Gov. Deval L. Patrick<\/p>\n

Bench Service:<\/h3>\n

Superior Court, 2012-present (2021-present as chief justice)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Background<\/h2>\n

Education:<\/h3>\n

Smith College, BA (1979)
\nCORO Foundation Fellow in Public Affairs, Los Angeles, CA (1980)
\nClaremont Graduate School, MA, Public Policy Analysis (1981)
\nBoston College Law School, JD (1986)
\nEditor in Chief, Environmental Affairs Law Review<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Professional<\/h2>\n

Legal Employment History:<\/h3>\n

Clerk to Chief United States District Judge Andrew A. Caffrey (1986-87)
\nAssociate and Junior Partner, Litigation Department, Hale and Dorr (1987 – 1992)
\nAssistant U.S. Attorney, 1992 – 2012; Chief Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, 2007-2012
\nAdjunct Professor, Boston University School of Law (2015 – present)
\nMember, Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law (2016 – present)<\/p>\n

General Character of Law Practice Prior to Judgeship:<\/h3>\n

A 1986 graduate of Boston College Law School, Brieger started her career as a civil litigator at Hale & Dorr before joining the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office. There, she progressed from line prosecutor to chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Unit, where she prioritized trafficking of opiate narcotics.<\/p>\n

Going after the criminal trafficking of opiate narcotics mattered to Brieger, according to a 2012 Boston Globe profile. The story quoted Assistant US Attorney Zachary R. Hafer, who was involved in the prosecution of a drug ring that allegedly conspired to sell oxycodone in 15 communities across Massachusetts and Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe specifically recognized the devastation that these pills cause in communities,” said Hafer, one of 15 assistant US attorneys supervised by Brieger during her time as unit chief.<\/p>\n

\u201cCombating opiate narcotics was a top priority of hers,” he said.<\/p>\n

For a full profile of Brieger visit <\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.wickedlocal.com\/hingham\/topstories\/x328566392\/Hingham-woman-takes-seat-on-Superior-Court-Bench?zc_p=0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t