State House Majority Leader Michael Moran endorses Allison Cartwright for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County

June 11, 2024 - Today, State House Majority Leader Michael Moran announced his endorsement of Allison S. Cartwright for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County.

Leader Moran’s support adds to Cartwright’s diverse and growing list of endorsers, including Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, State Senator Lydia Edwards, State Senator William Brownsberger,  State Senator Liz Miranda, State Senate Judiciary Chair Jamie Eldridge, Boston City Councilors Liz Breadon and Sharon Durkan, Winthrop Town Council Vice President Hannah Belcher, Revere City Councilors Marc Silvestri, Juan Jaramillo, and Joanne McKenna, Chelsea City Councilor at-Large Roberto Jiménez-Rivera, and UAW Region 9A.

“I am proud to endorse Allison Cartwright for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County,” said State House Majority Leader Michael Moran. “Her thirty years of experience in the courts, along with her time managing 75 staff in CPCS’s Public Defender Division, clearly qualifies her to uphold the integrity and efficiency of our legal system.”

“I’m proud to have earned Majority Leader Moran’s endorsement in this race. In this moment in public service, it will take all of us to deliver fair and equitable justice to residents. I am proud to stand with the Majority Leader and our growing coalition of supporters who understand the need for a qualified attorney in this important role.

Allison S. Cartwright has over 30 years of legal experience and currently serves on 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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