Peter Velis | |
Birth Date: | 8 October 1942 |
Birth Place: | Springfield, Massachusetts |
Occupation: | Attorney |
Residence: | Westfield, Massachusetts |
Party: | Republican |
Relations: | John Velis (nephew) |
Alma Mater: | Boston University (B.S.) Suffolk University Law School (J.D.) |
Title1: | Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court |
Appointer1: | Paul Cellucci |
Term Start1: | 1999 |
Term End1: | 2012 |
Successor1: | Edward J. McDonough Jr. |
State House2: | Massachusetts |
District2: | 5th Hampden |
Term Start2: | 1973 |
Term End2: | 1979 |
Predecessor2: | James J. Bowler |
Successor2: | Robert Rohan |
Peter A. Velis (born October 8, 1942) is a former American judge who served on the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1999 to 2012. From 1973 to 1979 he was a Republican state legislator who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the Fifth Hampden district from Westfield, Massachusetts.[1] [2]