Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey last week announced the appointment of former Superior Court Judge Lloyd Macdonald, 70, to fill the vacancy on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission created by the retirement James McHugh, also a retired judge.
Macdonald, who lives in Dartmouth, previously was administrative judge of Bristol County and also worked on the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Public Corruption Special Investigations Unit, which he eventually headed. He was an assistant U.S. attorney and assistant district attorney. Now retired from the Superior Court, Judge Macdonald has been a fellow on the Supreme Judicial Court Access as a mentor.
In a statement the AG praised Macdonald’s experience and integrity. His knowledge and vision will be an asset to the commission and to the state.”
Ralph Martin II, Northeastern University senior vice president and general counsel and former Suffolk County district attorney praised the appointment. “it would be hard to find a candidate for the commission with such extensive experience as a state and federal prosecutor, defense attorney and judge,” he told the Republican.
Senior United States District Court Judge Mark Wolf added, “His particular passion is for promoting public integrity and he is himself a person of complete integrity.”
The commission is made up of appointees of the governor, treasurer and attorney general.
The commission has so far licensed a slots parlor in Plainville, a casino resort in Springfield and a casino resort in Everett, across the river from Boston. It is currently mulling an application for the southeastern region.
