BLS Blog

Judge Hélène Kazanjian will replace Judge Brian Davis for the July-December rotation period of BLS1. In 2016, Governor Charlie Baker appointed Judge Kazanjian to the Superior Court. Before her appointment, Judge Kazanjian served as the Chief of the Trial Division in the Attorney General’s Office; served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and the District of Maine; and was an associate at Goodwin, Procter & Hoar. Judge Kazanjian began her career as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young. You can find more information about Judge Kazanjian’s background at Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. 

Judge Michael Ricciuti replaced Judge Janet Sanders for the July-December rotation period of BLS2. In 2017, Governor Baker appointed Judge Ricciuti to the Superior Court. Before his appointment, Judge Ricciuti was a Partner at K&L Gates; served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston; served as a Trial Attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.; and served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. Judge Ricciuti began his career as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge David Mazzone. You can find more information about Judge Ricciuti’s background at Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.