The Honorable David Fuller (retired) graduated from Harvard College in 1966. Upon his college graduation, Judge Fuller entered the U.S. Army, where he served for four years, until 1970. Judge Fuller attended Catholic University School of Law, graduating in 1973. For the next 20 years, until 1993, he served as an associate and then partner at the Springfield law firm of Barcley, Richardson and Gelinas.
In February of 1993, Judge Fuller was sworn in as an associate justice of the Hampden Probate and Family Court. Throughout his time on the bench, Judge Fuller sat in Western Massachusetts and primarily in Springfield. In September 2014, Judge Fuller retired but, in October 2014, began to serve again on a recall basis until April 2015. Judge Fuller served on the Judicial Evaluation Committee for the Probate and Family Court.
Judge Fuller will be working as a resource at the new Hampden County Court Service Center, the main purpose of which is to help unrepresented civil litigants navigate the court system. Judge Fuller will be helping with the process of referring low-income litigants to attorneys. He will also be mentoring new attorneys who volunteer at the Center.