The Hon. James D. Barretto is First Justice of the Peabody District Court in Massachusetts. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Deval Patrick in 2010.
Over the course of his judicial career, Barretto has held assignments in the Brookline District Court.
Prior to his appointment, Barretto sat as the Chief of the Division of Business, Technology & Economic Development in the Office of the Attorney General (2009 to 2010). Before that, he was a partner at Bellotti & Barretto (1989 to 2008). Barretto has also spent time as an assistant district attorney in the Appeals Bureau and the Trial Bureau of the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office.
Barretto earned a bachelor’s degree from Suffolk University in 1977. He then completed a J.D. at Suffolk University Law School in 1982.