By Associated Press - Saturday, March 1, 2014

BOSTON (AP) - NAME: Martha Coakley

AGE: 60; born July 14, 1953.

EDUCATION: B.A. from Williams College, 1975; J.D. degree from Boston University Law School, 1979



CAREER: attorney, Parker, Coulter, Daley & White, 1979-1980; attorney, Goodwin Proctor LLP, 1980-1986; assistant district attorney, Middlesex District Attorney’s office, 1986-1987 and 1989-1997; special attorney, Boston Organized Crime Strike Force, 1987-1989; Middlesex District Attorney, 1999-2007; president, Massachusetts District Attorney’s Association, 2001; Attorney General of Massachusetts, 2007-present; served as president of Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, and on board of directors of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

FAMILY: Lives in Medford with her husband, Thomas F. O’Connor, Jr.

QUOTE: “(Voters) know I’m not afraid to go after Wall Street or big banks. I’ve shown them that that I will get results to make sure that people stay in their homes and to hold banks accountable.”

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