Governor Healey Nominates Vincent DeMore to Parole Board and Thomas Trilla as Clerk Magistrate for Northeast Housing Court

Governor Healey Nominates Vincent DeMore to Parole Board and Thomas Trilla as Clerk Magistrate for Northeast Housing Court 

 

BOSTON – Governor Maura Healey today nominated Vince DeMore to serve on the Massachusetts Parole Board. If confirmed by the Governor’s Council, DeMore will fill the vacancy created when Tonomey Coleman was confirmed as an Associate Justice on the District Court. Governor Healey also nominated Thomas Trilla to serve as Clerk Magistrate for the Northeast Housing Court. 

“My administration is committed to a parole system that prioritizes public safety and delivers fair and just decisions,” said Governor Maura Healey. “Vince brings a deep understanding of the justice system from multiple perspectives, including as a prosecutor, defense attorney and a Special Victim’s Counsel in the JAG Corps. He understands the responsibility of these decisions and will help ensure they are balanced, fair and grounded in evidence. I am also proud to nominate Thomas Trilla to serve as Clerk Magistrate of the Northeast Housing Court, where his experience and commitment to fairness will help ensure that residents and property owners alike have confidence in a just and accessible Housing Court.” 

“Vince and Tom’s backgrounds and commitment to justice will be an asset to the criminal justice system and to all those who appear in the Housing Court,” said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. “I look forward to working with the Governor’s Council as they evaluate these highly qualified candidates.” 

The Massachusetts Parole Board promotes public safety through the supervised, conditional release of incarcerated individuals and supports successful reentry into the community.  Board members conduct parole release hearings, provide notice and assistance to victims, supervise individuals on parole, and coordinate reentry services to those leaving custody without post-release supervision.  

Governor Healey has previously nominated Angelo Gomez Jr., Rafael Ortiz, Edee Alexander, Sarah Coughlin, and Dr. Charlene Bonner to the Parole Board. 

The Housing Court Department handles all matters involving residential housing such as eviction cases, small claims cases, and civil actions involving personal injury, property damage, breach of contract, discrimination, as well as code enforcement actions and appeals of local zoning board decisions that affect residential housing. The Housing Court’s mission is to adjudicate all matters presented by litigants within its jurisdiction regarding housing in a fair, efficient and timely manner according to the rule of law and the facts presented. Led by Chief Justice Diana H. Horan, the Housing Court has 15 justices and they sit in six divisions: the Central, Eastern, Metro South, Northeastern, Southeastern, and Western divisions.  

 

For more information about the Housing Court, visit its homepage.  

 

Governor Healey has previously nominated Ann Dawley, Bill Larkin, Lori Leavitt Wheeler, Robert Palumbo, John P. Riordan, Dana Rutherford, Padraic Rafferty, Scott Rathbun and John Stocks to serve as Clerk Magistrates. 

 

About the Nominees: 

 

Vincent DeMore is a Principal and Founding Member of Henning Strategies LLC, where he provides legal counsel, crisis management, and strategic communications services. He has served as lead defense counsel in a wide range of criminal and civil matters in state and federal court and has conducted internal investigations for clients in multiple industry sectors including finance, healthcare, and education. He is also a Captain in the United States Army Reserve, where he currently serves as Special Victim’s Counsel to victims of crimes including sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence. 

 

From 2007 to 2019, Attorney DeMore served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, where he investigated and prosecuted cases in the District and Superior Courts, and handled appellate matters in the Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court. From 2018 to 2019 he served as the Chief of District Courts and Community Prosecutions, where he supervised a team of 70 attorneys and 35 support staff across nine district courts in Suffolk County. He also led the Suffolk County District Office’s teams responsible for litigating issues associated with the Office of Alcohol Testing discovery violations and the Supreme Judicial Court’s working group tasked with identifying and notifying defendants whose cases were affected by a former state chemist’s misconduct. From 2012 to 2018 he held leadership positions in the Office, first as the Deputy Chief of the Narcotics and Case Integrity Unit, and later as the Chief of the Chelsea District Court. 

 

He holds a Bachelor of Art from Dickinson College and a Juris Doctor from the Boston University School of Law.  

 

Thomas F. Trilla has worked for the Housing Court since 2014 and currently serves in the Northeast Housing Court’s Clerk’s Office as the Acting Clerk-Magistrate. In this role, he is responsible for managing the daily operations of the office, overseeing criminal and civil sessions, and helping ensure the efficient administration of court proceedings. Previously, Attorney Trilla served as First Assistant Clerk in the Northeast Housing Court, Assistant Clerk in the Northeast Housing Court, Assistant Clerk in the Eastern Housing Court, and as a Session Clerk in the Eastern Housing Court. In all of his Clerk’s Office roles, he has ran both civil and criminal sessions and assisted judges in conducting hearings and trials. Prior to joining the Clerk’s Office, he served an Associate at a private law firm in Boston where practiced landlord and tenant law in courts throughout the Commonwealth. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and Juris Doctor from Suffolk Law School.