Judge Riley started his extensive legal career as an Assistant District Attorney (1976-1982) in the Essex County Superior Court (Massachusetts) prosecuting capital and felony cases. In 1982, Judge Riley entered
private practice with the firm Cargill, Masterman & Culbert. In 1985, he established the firm of Riley, Burke & Donahue, LLP with a concentration on civil and criminal trials. Judge Riley was lead counsel in many
major personal injury and wrongful death cases in state and federal courts, representing defendants as well as plaintiffs. His civil practice involved the representation of clients in complex matters relating to
employment discrimination and civil rights claims... products liability claims (Ford truck rollovers; major and small household appliances; weapons/firearms; industrial machinery; hospital/ medical operating room
construction and others); major air crash claims; and intellectual property and trade secret cases. As an attorney
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Judge Riley also represented clients in contract matters and disputes including employment contracts (union and
non-union), and executive compensation disputes. In 2002, Judge Riley was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Superior Court exercises general jurisdiction of Civil, Criminal, and Equity matters. Judge Riley retired from the bench in May 2010.
Judge Riley is presently an Independent Trustee/Director and Chairman of the Board of the State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) Mutual Funds including the following Entities: The SSGA Funds, State Street MasterFunds, State Street Institutional Investment Trust, State Street Institutional Funds, State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc., Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund, Elfun Income Fund, Elfun Diversified Fund, Elfun International Equity Fund the Elfun Trusts in the U.S.A.; an Independent Director, The State Street Global Advisors Liquidity, PLC Dublin, Ireland; an Independent Director; an Independent Chairman of the Board of the SSGA SPDR ETFs Europe 1, and SSGA SPDR ETFs Europe II, plc Dublin, Ireland (consisting of 100+ ETFs distributed globally except in the USA); Judge Riley is a Life Fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Judge Riley earned his J.D. from Suffolk University, Boston Massachusetts.
