What: The Honorable John D. Casey is the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Department. Previously, he was an Associate Justice and then First Justice of the Norfolk Division of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court. He was also an Associate Justice of the Essex Division of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court. He served as a member of the Commission on Judicial Conduct, 2025 Transition Leadership Team, mentored new judges and served as a panelist on numerous events for the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) and numerous local state bar associations. In 2014, He received the Bar Association of Norfolk County Person of the Year Award. In 2021 Chief Justice Casey accepted the National Child Support Enforcement Association Innovative Partnership/Collaboration Award on behalf of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court. In 2022, Chief Justice Casey was bestowed the Oracle Award from the Massachusetts Family and Probate American Inn of Court. For 23 years, he was a partner in the Attleboro Law Firm of Casey and Thompson, P.C. where he specialized in family law and criminal defense. Chief Justice Casey previously co taught the MCLE Family Law Trial Advocacy program. He received his undergraduate degree from Bates College and his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1982.