Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell endorses Attorney Allison Cartwright for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County

May 15, 2024 - Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced her endorsement of Attorney Allison Cartwright for the Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County at the Cartwright campaign’s kick off event yesterday evening.

“Attorney Allison Cartwright has dedicated her life to ensuring our judicial system is fair and equitable,” said Attorney General Andrea Campbell. “Through her work at the Committee for Public Counsel Services, Roxbury Defenders’ Office, City of Boston, and in private practice, Allison has been a fierce advocate especially for those in need of second chances. I have the utmost confidence in her ability to serve the Commonwealth’s highest court and am thrilled to endorse her for SJC Clerk.”

“I am truly honored by the Attorney General’s support of my campaign,” said Allison Cartwright. “We share a commitment to fighting for justice and opportunity for everyone. Her trusting me to advance those goals in our state’s highest court is humbling. As Attorney General, she is the Commonwealth’s chief lawyer, and I am so grateful for her endorsement of me in this race.”

Allison Cartwright has over 30 years of legal experience and currently serves in the Committee for Public Counsel Services’s Public Defenders Division, where she oversees seventy-five public defenders, social workers, and investigators for Suffolk and Norfolk counties. She works daily to ensure that staff have the tools necessary to provide top-notch defense, necessary services, and are able to protect fundamental constitutional and human rights. Over the course of her career, she has been appointed to and served on a number of boards, including Boston’s Police Reform Task Force, the Massachusetts Advisory Board on Probation, and the Governor's Restorative Justice Advisory Committee.

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