April 18th, 2024 - Today Allison S. Cartwright announced that she was the first to make the ballot as a candidate for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County, having turned in the necessary 1,000 signatures last Thursday, April 11th.

“I am so proud of and grateful to everyone who helped collect signatures,” said Cartwright. “It was an entirely grassroots effort, with people from all over Suffolk County coming together to connect with voters and educate them on this race and my candidacy. As a first time candidate, I was inspired and affirmed by the conversations I had with residents; they were excited by the prospect of someone with a background as a public defender being elected to serve our state’s highest court. It feels like my thirty-year career has led me to this moment, and I am honored to receive the amount of support I have just a month after pulling papers for my first campaign.”

Cartwright has also secured more endorsements from elected officials throughout Suffolk County than anyone else in the race for SJC Clerk, having announced the support of State Senator Lydia Edwards, State Senator Liz Miranda, Boston City Councilor Liz Breadon, Winthrop Town Council Vice President Hannah Belcher, Revere City Councilor at-Large Marc Silvestri, and Chelsea City Councilor at-Large Roberto Jiménez-Rivera.

Allison S. 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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