{"id":488,"date":"2001-08-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-08-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malw.dolanmediadev.com\/judicial-profiles\/agnes-jr-peter-w\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T11:43:23","slug":"agnes-jr-peter-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malwdev.wpengine.com\/judicial-profiles\/agnes-jr-peter-w\/","title":{"rendered":"Agnes Jr., Peter W. (retired)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"AGNES<\/p>\n

Image credit: Matt Smolinsky<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PETER<\/span> W.<\/abbr> AGNES JR.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Superior Court<\/p>\n

Three Pemberton Square
<\/span>Boston<\/span>, MA<\/span> 02108<\/span><\/p>\n

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


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Judicial Biography<\/h2>\n

Born:<\/h3>\n

April 12, 1950, Boston<\/p>\n

Year admitted to bar:<\/h3>\n

1975<\/p>\n

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

2000, by Gov. A. Paul Cellucci<\/p>\n

Bench Service:<\/h3>\n

Charlestown District Court (1990-2000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Background<\/h2>\n

Education:<\/h3>\n

Suffolk University Law School, 1975
\nBoston University, 1972<\/p>\n

Publications:<\/h3>\n

Author, “ADR: An ‘Ambitious Blueprint For Change,'” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Sept. 14, 1998);
\nAuthor, “Court-Connected ADR Has Come Of Age,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (May 25, 1998);
\nAuthor, “Mediator’s Duty To Ensure Fairness Limited,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (May 19, 1997);
\nAuthor, “Alternative Dispute Resolution: Moving Toward Comprehensive Justice Centers” (text of speech given to Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation), Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (July 25, 1994);
\nAuthor, “Police Discretion in the Age of Mandatory Arrest,” (1988) (presented at fifth Annual Conference on Civil Liabilities of Law Enforcement Officials);
\nAuthor, “Civil Liability: Chief’s Duty to Train Officers” (1986) (presented at Third Annual Conference on Civil Liabilities of Law Enforcement Officials, Framingham State College);
\nAuthor, “The Future of the Grand Jury,” Criminal Justice Section News, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1985);
\nEditor, “The Civil Liability Alert” (1984);
\nAuthor, “Limits On the Use of Deception in Police Undercover Operations,” The Norfolk Report, Vol. II, No. 2 (1984);
\nAuthor, “The Release of Information By Law Enforcement Agencies,” The Norfolk Report, Vol. II, No. 1 (1984);
\nEditor, Law Enforcement Newsletter\/Law Enforcement Bulletin;
\nLegal editor, Sentinel Magazine (1986-1989);
\nAuthor, “The Wiretep Statute and One Party Consent in Massachusetts,” The Norfolk Report, Vol. I, No. 1 (1983);
\nAuthor, “The Use of Electronic Tracking Devices in Conducting Surveillance,” The Norfolk Report, Vol. I, No. 2 (1983);
\nAuthor, “Searches and Inspections by School Authorities,” The Norfolk Report,” Vol. I, No. 3 (1983);
\nEditor, Police Criminal Investigations (1981);
\nAuthor, “A Primer on the Law of Discovery In Criminal Cases,” MBA (1981);
\nAuthor, “Stays of Execution Pending Appeal,” 65 Mass L. Rev. 1 (1980);
\nAuthor, “Prosecutor’s Trial Handbook” (1978);
\nAuthor, “Manual on Post-Conviction Practice and Procedure” (1978).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Professional<\/h2>\n

Legal Employment History:<\/h3>\n

Chief of operations, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis (1989-1990);
\nAssistant secretary, Office of Public Safety (1986-1989);
\nInterim executive director, Criminal Justice Training Council (1988-1989);
\nAssistant district attorney, Norfolk County (1982-1986);
\nAssistant district attorney, Middlesex County (1976-1982);
\nLaw clerk, New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Edward Lampron (1975-1976).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Civic and Community Activities<\/h2>\n

Honors:<\/h3>\n

Special recognition, Massachusetts Bar Association;
\nSpecial recognition, Massachusetts District Attorneys Association;
\nSpecial recognition, Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association.<\/p>\n

Memberships\/Affiliations:<\/h3>\n

American Bar Association;
\nMassachusetts Bar Association;
\nJustinian Law Society;
\nSouth Middlesex Bar Association.
\nPresident of the Massachusetts Judges Conference (2009)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t