Governor Healey Nominates
Sarah Kennedy and Edward Krippendorf to District Court
BOSTON – Today, Governor Maura T. Healey nominated Sarah Kennedy and Edward Krippendorf to the District Court. The nominees will now continue forward to the Governor’s Council for confirmation.
“Sarah and Edward are two distinguished attorneys who will
make excellent additions to the District Court,” said Governor Healey. “They
have dedicated their careers to the law and I look forward to working with the
Governor’s Council to confirm their nominations."
“We thank the Governor’s Council for their work considering
the Governor’s judicial nominees. We are hopeful that Sarah and Edward will be
able to continue their public service on the District Court bench,” said
Lieutenant Governor Driscoll.
The District Court Department hears a wide range of
criminal, civil, housing, juvenile, mental health, and other types of cases.
District Court criminal jurisdiction extends to all felonies punishable by a
sentence up to five years, and many other specific felonies with greater
potential penalties, all misdemeanors, and all violations of city and town
ordinances and by-laws. In civil matters, the District Court hears cases in
which the damages are not likely to be more than $50,000 and small claims cases
up to $7,000. The District Court is located in 62 courts across the state.
For more information about the District Court, visit their
homepage.
About Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy currently serves as an Assistant Clerk
Magistrate in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court, a position
she has held since 2021. Attorney Kennedy is responsible for conducting
hearings for criminal complaints, assisting judges with courtroom sessions, and
helping staff, litigants and members of the public with navigating the court
system. Prior to that, she served as both a prosecutor for the Middlesex
District Attorney’s Office and a defense attorney for the Committee for Public
Counsel Services. She has a bachelor’s from Boston College and a J.D. from
Suffolk University Law School and she lives in Waltham with her wife and
children.
About Edward (Ed) Krippendorf, Jr.
Ed Krippendorf is an accomplished and well-respected trial
attorney with broad civil and criminal experience. Attorney Krippendorf began
his career as a criminal investigator in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s
Office before attending New England School of Law. After graduating cum laude,
Attorney Krippendorf worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County
for eight years, prosecuting cases in District, Boston Municipal, and Superior
Courts. For the last three years in the DA's Office, he tried complicated
Superior Court cases while assigned to the Senior Trial and Homicide Units.
Attorney Krippendorf now serves as a partner at Eisenstadt Krippendorf Group in
Westwood, MA representing private and indigent criminal defendants as well as
handling a broad array of civil and administrative matters in a variety of
courts. He also volunteers as a Court Conciliator for the Norfolk County
Probate and Family Court. He has a B.S. from Salem State College and a J.D.
from New England School of Law. He lives in Braintree with his wife and
children.
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