Robert J. Cordy (born May 18, 1949)[1] is a former Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who served from 2001 to 2016.
After graduation, Cordy served as a defense attorney on the Massachusetts Defenders Committee.
In 1982, Cordy was appointed a federal prosecutor and eventually became Chief of the Public Corruption Unit.
In 1993, Cordy became a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery in 1993, working there until his appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court in 2001.
[2][3] In July 2016, Cordy wrote for the unanimous court when it upheld the manslaughter indictment of a teenage girl for text messages that caused the death of Conrad Roy.