Elspeth B. Cypher (born February 26, 1959) is a former justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts who served from 2017 to 2024.

[1] She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Emerson College in 1980 and her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 1986.

She began her legal career as an associate with the law firm Grayer, Brown and Dilday.

In 1993, she became the chief of the appellate division of this office and served in this capacity until her appointment to the appeals court.

[3] She was appointed to the Supreme Judicial Court in February 2017 by Governor Charlie Baker to succeed retiring Justice Margot Botsford.