Dalila Argaez Wendlandt

Dalila Argaez Wendlandt (born 1968/1969) is an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She is a former Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Dalila Argaez Wendlandt
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumed office
December 4, 2020
Appointed byCharlie Baker
Preceded byBarbara Lenk
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
In office
July 7, 2017 – December 4, 2020
Appointed byCharlie Baker
Preceded byElspeth B. Cypher
Personal details
Born1968/1969 (age 51–52)[1]
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (B.S.M.E)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S.M.E.)
Stanford University (J.D.)

Early life and education

Wendlandt was born in New Orleans, the daughter of Colombian immigrants.[1] She received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1991 and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993 and her Juris Doctor with high honors from Stanford Law School in 1996, where she was an editor of the Stanford Law Review.[2]

After graduating law school, she served as a law clerk for Judge John M. Walker Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In 1997, she joined the law firm Ropes & Gray, eventually becoming a partner.[2]

Judicial career

Massachusetts Court of Appeals

Wendlandt was appointed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court in 2017 to fill the vacancy left by the elevation of Judge Elspeth B. Cypher to the Supreme Judicial Court.[3] She officially joined the court on July 7, 2017.[4] Her service on the appeals terminated upon being sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

On November 20, 2020, Goverenor Charlie Baker nominated Wendlandt to be an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to the seat vacated by Barbara Lenk who retired on December 1, 2020.[2] On November 25, 2020, she was unanimously confirmed by the Governor's Council.[5] She was sworn into office on December 4, 2020.[6] She is the first Latina to serve on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[3]

References
  1. "First Latina nominated to Massachusetts' highest court". KRIS. 2020-11-04. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  2. "Governor Baker Nominates Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt to the Supreme Judicial Court" (Press release). Boston, Massachusetts: Office of the Governor. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  3. "Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker to nominate Judge Dalila Argaez Wendlandt to SJC, who would be first Latina on the high court". masslive. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  4. "Associate Justice Dalila Wendlandt". www.mass.gov. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  5. "Dalila Argaez Wendlandt unanimously confirmed as first Latina Supreme Judicial Court justice". Boston Herald. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  6. "Supreme Judicial Court Justices: Justice Dalila Wendlandt". www.mass.gov. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Elspeth B. Cypher		 Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
2017–2020		 Vacant
Preceded by
Barbara Lenk		 Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
2020–present		 Incumbent


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