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Margaret Marshall, Former Harvard Counsel, Named SJC Chief Justice

Governor's Council Votes 6-3 In Favor of Appointment

General Counsel Anne Taylor said she thinks Marshall will be a "terrific ambassador" for the court.

She said that Marshall's work with the Harvard University Police Department was a valuable contribution of her tenure.

In nominating her, Cellucci praised Marshall's vocal activism against apartheid in her native South Africa before she came to the U.S. in the 1960s.

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As a lawyer, Marshall was in private practice before becoming Harvard's general counsel.

Then-governor William F. Weld '66 nominated her to the court in 1996, and she was confirmed that year as the second female associate justice

Marshall, 55, can serve until she is 70.

She was unavailable for comment yesterday.

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