Scheibel attended South Hadley High School and then Mount Holyoke College.
[2] Scheibel spent 30 years as a prosecutor, including nearly 18 as district attorney.
[1] She began her law career at the Hampden County District Attorney's office in 1980.
[1][2][a] In 1993, then-Governor William Weld appointed the then-district attorney, Judd Carhart, to a judgeship.
[1][3][2] In one of her earliest cases, she prosecuted Sean Seabrooks for stabbing his ex-girlfriend and their son.