Herbert P. Wilkins served as chief justice of the

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from 1996 to 1999, a position his father, Raymond Sanger Wilkins, held from 1956 to 1970. Wilkins received his B.A. from Harvard College and his law degree from

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. He joined the law firm of Palmer and Dodge. He had the longest tenure of any Associate Justice of the Court (from 1972) when he was nominated Chief Judge by Governor

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on July 16, 1996. He retired from the Court on August 31, 1999. Since retiring from the court, Justice Wilkins has taught at Boston College Law School.''Boston Globe'': Jonathan Saltzman, "Sitting SJC judge may rise to chief," July 23, 2010

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