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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Massachusetts Appeals Court / Joined 2009 / Active

James Milkey

Justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court

James Milkey is a Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, serving since 2009. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2009 · 17 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2009	Massachusetts Appeals Court	–	–

Education

Harvard University
Harvard University

Judicial Record

In our data, Milkey authored 90 published opinions for the court (2009–2024), plus 7 dissents and 10 concurrences. Most cited: Bank of New York Mellon Corp. v. Wain (42 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. 102 of these were attributed to Milkey 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
2014	Bank of New York Mellon Corp. v. Wain†	85 Mass. App. Ct. 498	42
2016	Duff v. McKay†	89 Mass. App. Ct. 538	26
2019	In Re Adoption of Chad†	120 N.E.3d 329	23
2012	Commonwealth v. Sullivan· Dissent†	82 Mass. App. Ct. 293	23
2011	Suominen v. Goodman Industrial Equities Management Group, LLC†	78 Mass. App. Ct. 723	23
2011	Commonwealth v. Lavendier†	79 Mass. App. Ct. 501	21
2016	Merrimack College v. KPMG LLP†	88 Mass. App. Ct. 803	18
2009	Prenaveau v. Prenaveau†	75 Mass. App. Ct. 131	18
2018	Delapa v. Conservation Comm'n of Falmouth†	108 N.E.3d 474	17
2013	Chambers v. Gold Medal Bakery, Inc.†	83 Mass. App. Ct. 234	17
2012	Pitts v. Wingate at Brighton, Inc.†	82 Mass. App. Ct. 285	15
2010	Commonwealth v. Wallace	76 Mass. App. Ct. 411	15
2014	Neuwirth v. Neuwirth†	85 Mass. App. Ct. 248	14
2012	Jenzabar, Inc. v. Long Bow Group, Inc.†	82 Mass. App. Ct. 648	14
2010	Soederberg v. Concord Greene Condominium Association	76 Mass. App. Ct. 333	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 107 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 James Milkey on?: James Milkey is a Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

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17 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).