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| office = Associate Justice of the [[Massachusetts Appeals Court]]<br />
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'''Sabita Singh''' is an American lawyer and Judge of the [[Massachusetts Appeals Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abcdlady.com/2007-01/art1.php |title=ABCDlady Magazine - for the American Born Confident Desi |access-date=2009-06-03 |archive-date=2009-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017064803/http://www.abcdlady.com/2007-01/art1.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Life and education ==<br />
Born in [[Bihar]], [[India]], Singh came to the US as a child with her family and was brought up in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=bu-law>{{cite news|last=McCartan|first=Caitlin|title=Sabita Singh ('90) is First South Asian Woman Appointed American District Judge|url=http://www.bu.edu/law/communications/singh.html|access-date=25 December 2012|newspaper=Boston University School of Law|date=5 December 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061219061812/http://www.bu.edu/law/communications/singh.html|archive-date=19 December 2006}}</ref> She attended [[Pennsylvania State University]], where she received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] in the Administration of Justice in 1987, and [[Boston University School of Law]], where she received her [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] in 1990.<ref name=nusl-adjuncts>{{cite web|title=Adjunct Faculty|url=http://www.northeastern.edu/law/academics/faculty/adjunctfaculty.html|publisher=Northeastern University School of Law|access-date=25 December 2012|quote=Pennsylvania State University, BA 1987 Boston University School of Law, JD 1990|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128135308/http://www.northeastern.edu/law/academics/faculty/adjunctfaculty.html|archive-date=28 January 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Singh worked an attorney specializing in white collar criminal defense and business regulation in the White Collar Crime and Business Regulation Group at [[Bingham McCutchen]] LLP.<ref name=tie-boston>{{cite web|title=Sabita Singh|url=https://boston.tie.org/speaker/9/sabita-singh|work=Speakers|publisher=TiE Boston|access-date=25 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214458/https://boston.tie.org/speaker/9/sabita-singh|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> She served as Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County, and then as a Special Counsel for Criminal Rights Enforcement in the Office of the U.S. Attorney in [[Boston]]. As a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's office, she focused on human trafficking cases.<ref name=nusl-adjuncts /><br />
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Sabita Singh is a Past President of the North American South Asian Bar Association ("NASABA"), an organization of attorneys in the U.S. and Canada who originate from [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]] and other nations on the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=2149|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204073223/http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=2149|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 4, 2004|title=Catching Up With Sabita Singh of South Asian Bar Association (SABA)|website=Lokvani}}</ref><br />
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On Oct. 25, 2006, the then Republican [[Massachusetts Governor]] [[Mitt Romney]] nominated Singh to be Judge of the Concord District Court. Her nomination was confirmed on November 15 by the eight-man Governor's Council. She was succeeded by Tejal R. Mehta in February 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baker-Polito Administration Nominates Tejal R. Mehta to Concord District Court |url=https://www.mass.gov/news/baker-polito-administration-nominates-tejal-r-mehta-to-concord-district-court |website=Mass.gov}}</ref> In May 2017, Republican governor [[Charlie Baker]] nominated Singh to the Massachusetts Appeals Court and she was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice by the Governor's Council on June 21, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=India-West Staff |title=Judge Sabita Singh Confirmed to Massachusetts Appeals Court |url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/judge-sabita-singh-confirmed-to-massachusetts-appeals-court/article_accb6e0c-5c40-11e7-a9bb-e78c44d19878.html |website=India West |access-date=2019-09-04 |archive-date=2019-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904231641/https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/judge-sabita-singh-confirmed-to-massachusetts-appeals-court/article_accb6e0c-5c40-11e7-a9bb-e78c44d19878.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Asian American jurists]]<br />
*[[List of first women lawyers and judges in Massachusetts]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quX5HDfwijM Interview with Sabita Singh]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quX5HDfwijM Video of Singh at awards party]<br />
* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2011/summer/justice.php Harvard Law Bulletin, 2011]<br />
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