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Cynthia Stone Creem
Member of the Massachusetts Senate for the First Middlesex and Norfolk District
Assumed office
1999
Preceded byLois Pines
Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council for the 3rd District
In office
1995–1999
Preceded byRobert B. Kennedy
Succeeded byMarilyn Petito Devaney
Personal details
Born (1942-09-17) September 17, 1942 (age 82)[1]
Boston, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBoston University
Boston University School of Law

Cynthia Stone Creem is an American state legislator serving in the Massachusetts Senate. She represents the 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district, which includes her hometown of Newton, Brookline and parts of Wellesley. She is a Democrat who has served since 1999. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature, she was an attorney who served on the Massachusetts Executive Council and the Newton Board of Aldermen.[2] In late 2011 Creem considered running for Massachusetts's Fourth District seat in the United States Congress to replace retiring Rep. Barney Frank,[3] ultimately won by Joseph P. Kennedy III in November 2012, but decided to remain in the Massachusetts Senate.[4]

State Senator Creem is a practicing family law attorney serving Of Counsel at the Boston law firm Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen.

On April 26, 2018, state senator Cynthia Stone Creem will be presented with the Boston Bar Association's "Distinguished Legislator Award" at their annual Law Day Dinner. She is being recognized for her years of leadership on Beacon Hill, particularly on criminal justice reform issues.

References

  1. ^ Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1995-1996. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/CSC0
  3. ^ Scramble on to fill retiring Rep. Barney Frank’s seat, Boston Herald
  4. ^ http://www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/x123109476/Newtons-Cindy-Creem-Im-not-running-for-Congress#axzz2Cgs8dzWf