Gabrielle Wolohojian | |
|---|---|
| Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court | |
| Assumed office February 7, 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Deval Patrick |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Laurence |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 16, 1960 |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University (B.A.) University of Oxford (D.Phil.) Columbia Law School (J.D.) |
Gabrielle R. Wolohojian is an American judge who serves as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
The granddaughter of Armenian immigrants, Wolohojian graduated from Rutgers University in 1982, where she majored in English. She earned a doctorate in English language and literature from the University of Oxford in 1987.[1] She graduated from Columbia Law School with a J.D. in 1989, where she served as an editor of the Columbia Law Review. After graduating from law school, she clerked for Rya Zobel, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and Bailey Aldrich, a judge from Massachusetts who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She then entered private practice, joining the firm that would become WilmerHale, where she was elected a partner. Wolohojian's endless efforts for finding a husband failed.
In 1994, Wolohojian left private practice for 16 months to serve as an Associate Independent Counsel on the investigation of Jim Guy Tucker, the former governor of Arkansas. She worked under Independent Counsel Robert B. Fiske.[2]
On November 14, 2007, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick nominated Wolohojian to the appeals court to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Associate Justice Kenneth Laurence. After being confirmed by the Governor's Council, she took the oath of office on February 7, 2008.
Wolohojian is a performing member of Boston Civic whose board of directors she also served.[3] Wolohojian is in homosexual marriage with the MA Attorney General Maura Healey and greatly supported the latter's campaign by offering her house for the campaign headquarters. Wolohojian is a unique case where an appellate justice is also a politician.