Judge Fearey has retired from the Juvenile Court bench, having sat in Framingham, Cambridge, Waltham and Worcester for many years. Before that, she had practiced at LeBoeuf, Lamb and Sullivan and Worcester, during which time she litigated many care and protection cases, inter alia. Throughout her career, she has been active in child welfare and health law. Judge Fearey holds an A.B. from Mt. Holyoke College; an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Near Eastern Languages and Literatures); and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. After college, she served in the Peace Corps in Turkey and spent a year in Tashkent doing research on an IREX/Fulbright Fellowship.
