In celebration of Women’s History Month, Foley & Lardner was honored to present a firmwide virtual program on March 12 featuring Justice Shannon Frison,...
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Foley & Lardner was honored to present a firmwide virtual program on March 12 featuring Justice Shannon Frison, who shared her journey from a valedictorian on Chicago’s South Side to a Harvard‑ and Georgetown‑educated Marine Corps Judge Advocate and, ultimately, to the youngest appointee to the Massachusetts Superior Court. Her experiences illuminate the persistence of implicit bias as well as the challenge of bringing authenticity into the workplace.
“I fell in love with the law,” Justice Frison told attendees, “And I also wanted a secondary career with a physical component.” After practicing as an assistant district attorney and in private practice across both civilian and military justice systems, her legal career path led to judicial service on the Boston Municipal Court and then the Massachusetts Superior Court where she spent more than a decade on the bench.
Justice Frison also has a distinguished military career as a Major in the United States Marine Corps and a Marine Corps Judge Advocate. She was commissioned in 1994 after completing Officer Candidates School and further honed her skills at The Basic School and Naval Justice School. From 1997 to 2000, she served as trial counsel at Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and has been...
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