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Martha B. Sosman (October 20, 1950 – March 10, 2007) was an American lawyer and jurist from Massachusetts. Appointed by Governor Paul Cellucci, she served as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 2000 until her death. Sosman was born in Boston in 1950 and grew up in Concord. Sosman graduated from Concord-Carlisle Regional High School in 1968, from Middlebury College ''cum laude'' in 1972, and from the University of Michigan Law School ''magna cum laude'' in 1979. Sosman worked as an attorney with Foley, Hoag & Eliot in Boston from 1979 to 1984 before becoming an Assistant U.S. Attorney for two years. Following this, Sosman was chief of the Civil Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts in Boston, serving from 1986 to 1989.〔 In 1989, Sosman left government service to become a founder of Kern, Sosman, Hagerty, Roach & Carpenter, P.C. with three other Assistant U.S. Attorneys. This was the first all-woman law firm in Massachusetts. Sosman became an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court in 1993, and was recruited for the bench by Justice Robert J. Cordy of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Governor Paul Cellucci nominated Sosman to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on September 6, 2000 at the age of 49.〔 Sosman was one of three justices to dissent in the ''Goodridge v. Department of Public Health'' case, which legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. In April 2005, Sosman was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died of respiratory failure nearly two years later.〔(Justice Sosman of the SJC dies at 56 ), ''The Boston Globe'', March 12, 2007〕 Governor Deval Patrick appointed Margot Botsford as Sosman's successor on July 26, 2007.〔(Margot Botsford SJC Pick ), ''Massachusetts Law Updates'', July 27, 2007〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martha B. Sosman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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