title: Michael A. Sullivan (judge)
text: # Michael A. Sullivan (judge)
  
  Michael Augustin Sullivan (August 13, 1879 – June 7, 1937) was an American jurist who served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Land Court.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Sullivan was born on August 13, 1879, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1897, Harvard College in 1901, and Harvard Law School in 1903.
  
  ## Legal career
  
  Sullivan was admitted to the bar in 1903 and practiced in Lawrence and Boston. In 1915 he was appointed District Attorney of Essex County, Massachusetts by Governor David I. Walsh to fill the vacancy caused by Henry C. Atwill's election as Massachusetts Attorney General. He was defeated Louis Cox 58% to 37% in the special election to complete Atwill's term. Sullivan was a delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention and the 1928 Democratic National Convention. In 1936, Sullivan was appointed to the Massachusetts Land Court by Governor James Michael Curley. He remained on the bench until his death on June 7, 1937.
  
  