How do judges of the Massachusetts Appeals Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Massachusetts Appeals Court / Joined 2006 / Active

Ariane Vuono

Justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court

Ariane Vuono is a Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (6 judges, selected by gubernatorial appointment), serving since 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Massachusetts Appeals Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Vuono authored 63 published opinions for the court (2006–2025), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: Commonwealth v. Daley (30 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 52 of these were attributed to Vuono by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2006	Commonwealth v. Daley†	66 Mass. App. Ct. 254	30
2014	K.A. v. T.R.†	86 Mass. App. Ct. 554	26
2008	Adoption of Imelda†	72 Mass. App. Ct. 354	21
2011	Brandao v. DoCanto†	80 Mass. App. Ct. 151	20
2013	Adoption of Norbert†	83 Mass. App. Ct. 542	16
2007	Stephens v. Global NAPs†	70 Mass. App. Ct. 676	12
2006	Weston Forest & Trail Ass'n v. Fishman†	66 Mass. App. Ct. 654	10
2011	Chery v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance†	79 Mass. App. Ct. 697	9
2007	Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance v. Smith†	69 Mass. App. Ct. 1	9
2013	Commonwealth v. Rosario†	83 Mass. App. Ct. 640	8
2011	Scully v. Retirement Board†	80 Mass. App. Ct. 538	8
2011	Commonwealth v. Sanchez†	79 Mass. App. Ct. 189	8
2007	Lieberman v. Powers†	70 Mass. App. Ct. 238	8
2012	OMV Associates v. Clearway Acquisition, Inc.†	82 Mass. App. Ct. 561	7
2018	Aa & D Masonry, LLC v. S. St. Bus. Park, LLC†	107 N.E.3d 1229	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 64 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Massachusetts Appeals Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is Ariane Vuono on?: Ariane Vuono is a Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

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20 years on the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).