Office Overview
- Office: Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court (retired)
- Government Level: State
- Jurisdiction: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- District: Massachusetts Superior Court
- Counties: Statewide — 14 Counties
- Municipalities: Statewide — 351 Municipalities
- Status: Former
- Selection Method: Appointed by Governor; reported as nominated November 1998, exact formal appointment details unverified
- Service Began: Not Verified
- Service Ended: Retired in fall 2012; exact date Not Verified
- Scheduled Final Term: Not Verified
- Appointment Date: Not Verified
- Nomination: November 1998
- Appointment Year: 1998
- Party: Not Verified
Public Office Contact
This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.
Official Resources
Sources and Verification
Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026
Jurisdiction Artwork Credit: Official jurisdictional seal from the existing governed MPD media package; Jurisdiction artwork; not a photograph of the officeholder
Image Context: Jurisdiction artwork. The Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts identifies Commonwealth of Massachusetts; it does not identify or endorse the politician or this directory.
- Peter A. Velis, Retired — biography paragraphs 28,31,33
- Velis, Peter A. (retired) – Judicial Profiles — Judicial Biography / Year appointed/elected
- Jurisdiction Artwork source
- Service Began: November 1998 was a nomination, not proof of appointment or first day on the bench; available sources describe Superior Court service by 1999.
- Service Ended: Retirement season only.
- Scheduled Final Term: Judicial tenure does not have an ordinary elected fixed term established by reviewed source.
- Nomination: The source identifies a nomination, rather than a completed appointment or first service day.
- Appointment Year: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2001 judicial profile identifies the appointment year and appointing governor. It does not establish a precise formal appointment or first service day.