The Massachusetts Governor’s Council on Wednesday will question a nominee for the state’s highest court who has deep family roots in Springfield.

Kimberly Budd grew up in Peabody, went to Georgetown and Harvard Law, and has worked as a lawyer, federal prosecutor and most recently on the Superior Court in Middlesex County.

Her father Wayne — a onetime U.S. Attorney in Boston — grew up in Springfield, and her grandfather, Joseph A. Budd, was the first African-American supervisor in the city’s Police department.

“I look forward to appearing before the Governor’s Council and I hope that they see fit to confirm my nomination,” Budd said during brief remarks after Governor Charlie Baker announced her nomination in June.

 

Budd is the last of Baker’s three most recent picks for the Supreme Judicial court to get a hearing in front of the Governor’s Council. Frank Gaziano and David Lowy were confirmed last month.

This is a time of great turnover on the state’s high court, with three new justices this year and two more reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 next year.

New England Public Radio’s Kari Njiiri and the State House News Service contributed to this report.