About Armand Fernandes
Armand Fernandes Jr. built a legal life in Massachusetts that spans courtroom benches and private practice. He earned a B.A. from Lehigh University and completed his LL.B. at Suffolk University in 1964. Those early academic years set the course for a long career in law and public service.
His professional path moved from practice into the judiciary. Fernandes served on the Massachusetts Trial Court in the Probate and Family Court Department and retired as an Associate Justice in 1998. The role required handling sensitive family and probate disputes, where legal procedure and human consequences intersect. He left the bench after a tenure that remains part of the public record of the state courts.
After stepping down from the bench, Fernandes returned to a private-law setting. He is listed as Of Counsel at The Keches Law Group, P.C., providing counsel informed by decades of experience on both sides of the bench. That background helps when interpreting statutes, assessing evidence, or advising on court processes. His work often reflects the practical demands of probate and family law practice in Massachusetts.
Fernandes maintains memberships in a number of professional organizations. He is a current member of the American Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association. He also holds membership in the Massachusetts Law Foundation and the New Bedford Bar Association. Those affiliations keep him connected to developments in the profession and to local legal communities.
Colleagues and court records note his long-standing involvement in state legal matters. Over the years he dealt with issues typical to probate and family courts: estate administration, guardianships, divorces, custody disputes, and related procedural matters. His judicial experience gave him a broad view of how cases move through the system and what litigants and attorneys encounter along the way.
Outside the courtroom, Fernandes’s career reflects the arc of many who have served as judges and returned to practice. He brings the discipline of judicial work into a consultative role. Clients and fellow lawyers consult him for perspective grounded in firsthand experience of Massachusetts courts.
He continues to be active in the legal community and to contribute through his role at The Keches Law Group, P.C. He currently serves as Of Counsel and focuses on matters arising in probate and family court practice in Massachusetts.
