Samuel Edward Zoll[3] (June 20, 1934 – April 26, 2011) was an American[4] lawyer, judge and politician.

[6] Zoll became Chief Justice of the Massachusetts District Courts in 1976 when he was first appointed by Governor Michael S. Dukakis.

Following the passage of the court reform bill in 1993, Chief Justice Zoll was then reappointed as Chief Justice of the District Court in 1998[6] He chaired the Commonwealth Joint Labor Management Committee which oversees police and fire unions negotiations with the government.

Senator Scott Brown has recalled that, aged twelve, he was brought before Judge Zoll in Salem for shoplifting.

Zoll asked Brown if his siblings would like seeing him play basketball in jail, and required him to write a 1,500 word essay on the topic as his punishment.

[11] Zoll died on April 26, 2011, at his home in Salem after a year-long battle with gallbladder cancer.