The Hon. Kenneth Laurence (ret.)

Kenneth Laurence served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court from 1990 until 2007. Prior to his appointment to the bench he was a partner in the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart with a practice concentrating in banking, antitrust, health care and environmental litigation and administrative proceedings. He also represented bondholders of independent public authorities in litigation and financings and served on the American Arbitration Association’s commercial panel of arbitrators in Boston. Admitted to the Federal and State bars in Maine and New York as well as Massachusetts, Laurence is a member of the Boston Bar Association (BBA), the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA), the American Law Institute (ALI) and the American Judicature Society.

Judge Laurence has been an adjunct professor at Northeastern University School of Law and has authored numerous articles and professional treatises, particularly in the areas of legal malpractice, the ethical practice of law, and the public trust doctrine.

He is a graduate of Harvard College, magna cum laude (1958) and Harvard University School of Law, cum laude (1962). He also holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science (Fulbright Fellow) and Oxford University.