Background
The granddaughter of Armenian immigrants, Wolohojian graduated from Rutgers University in 1982, where she majored in English.
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Gabrielle Wolohojian
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She graduated from Columbia Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1989, where she served as an editor of the Columbia Law Review.
Career
She earned a doctorate in English language and literature from the University of Oxford in 1987. After graduating from law school, she clerked for Rya Zobel, a judge of the United States. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and Bailey Aldrich, a judge from Massachusetts who served on the United States. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She then entered private practice, joining the firm that would become WilmerHale, where she was elected a partner.
She worked under Independent Counsel Robert B. Fiske.
On November 14, 2007, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick nominated Wolohojian to the appeals court to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Associate Justice Kenneth Laurence. After being confirmed by the Governor"s Council, she took the oath of office on February 7, 2008.
In addition, she performs for the Boston Bar Orchestra.
Membership
Wolohojian is a performing member of the Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra, on whose board of directors she also serves.
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