Background
Coakley, Martha Mary was born on July 14, 1953 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Edward J. and Phyllis E. (Laffey) Coakley.
prosecutor state attorney general
Coakley, Martha Mary was born on July 14, 1953 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Edward J. and Phyllis E. (Laffey) Coakley.
Bachelor cum laude, Williams College, Massachusetts, 1975. Juris Doctor, Boston University School Law, 1979.
Law clerk Donovan & O'Connor, Adams, Massachusetts, 1978. Associate civil litigation Parker, Coulter, Daley & White, Boston, 1979—1980, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar LLP, Boston, 1981—1986. Assistant district attorney Middlesex County District Court Office, Lowell, 1986—1987, assistant district attorney criminal & public protection bureau Cambridge, 1989—1990, assistant district attorney, team captain Somerville/Malden region, 1991, chief child abuse prosecution unit Somerville, 1991—1996, senior trial counsel, 1997.
Special attorney Boston Organized Crime Strike Force, United States Department Justice, 1987—1989. District attorney Middlesex County, 1999—2006. Attorney general Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, since 2007.
President Massachusetts District Attorney's Association, 2002.
Married Thomas F. O'Connor, Junior.