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Ex-judge arrested for DWI hired by Boston law firm

September 23, 2008
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BOSTON—A federal bankruptcy judge who resigned after his drunken driving arrest has a new job.

Robert Somma has been hired by the Boston law firm of Posternak Blankstein & Lund as a senior counsel in the firm's bankruptcy department.

Somma rear-ended a pickup truck at a red light in Manchester, N.H. on Feb. 6 while wearing a cocktail dress and high heels. He resigned from the bench a few days after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of drunken driving and paying a fine.

Somma reconsidered his resignation after receiving what he said was a groundswell of support. But he later announced in May that he was stepping down to "pursue other endeavors."

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