Boston University School of Law

The Honorable Joseph A. Grasso, JR.

Education

Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
A.B. (English), summa cum laude

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
J.D. cum laude

Judicial Experience

Associate Justice of the Appeals Court (2001-present)

Associate Justice of the Superior Court (1993-2001)

First Justice, Lowell District Court (1984-1993)

Teaching

Adjunct professor at Boston University, Suffolk University, Northeastern University, and Massachusetts School of Law

Lecturer at the National Judicial College, the Flaschner Judicial Institute, the Suffolk Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, and MCLE

Publications

Suppression Matters under Massachusetts Law, Lexis Law Publishing

Prejudicial Legal Experience

Caffrey & Grasso, Lawrence, MA
Private Practice (1976-1984)

Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum
Associate (1975-1976)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Administrative Division
Deputy Assistant Attorney General (1973-1975)

Civic and Community Involvement

  • Town of Andover, Conservation Commission, 1977-1979
  • Dartmouth College Alumni Council (1987-1989)
  • Nominating and Alumni Trustee Search Committee (1988-1990)
  • President, Class of 1968 (1983-1988)
  • Dartmouth College Alumni Award, May 1996