Wendlandt confirmed to MA Supreme Court, will be first Latina to serve on state's highest benc
Dalila Argaez Wendlandt, a state appellate court judge who holds two mechanical engineering degrees, will become the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court after unanimously clearing a state panel Wednesday.
The Governor’s Council voted, 7-0, to confirm Wendlandt’s nomination to the SJC, where she’s expected to fill the seat of associate justice Barbara Lenk, who is scheduled to retire next week.
Her confirmation is part of the rapid reshaping of the high court.
The Governor’s Council approved Kimberly S. Budd as the SJC’s new chief justice last week, and it’s expected to hold a confirmation hearing next week for Boston Municipal Court Judge Serge Georges Jr., whom Governor Charlie Baker nominated this month to the SJC. Georges would be Baker’s seventh appointee to the court, and would effectively fill Budd’s associate justice seat.
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