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Up & Coming Lawyers Pro Bono
Avana A. Anderson...... 4 Ariel R. Clemmer...... 21 Yaw Anim...... 5 Robert Frederickson III...... 22 Laurel A. Barraco...... 6 Mia B. Friedman...... 22 Jennifer A. Bock...... 7 Radha Natarajan...... 23 Samuel L. Brenner...... 7
Sarah H. Fay...... 8 Emily J. Oldshue...... 23
Sarah R. Frazier...... 8 Ivria G. Fried...... 9 Excellence in Paralegal Work Valerie K. Jackson...... 10 Elizabeth A. Veaner...... 24 Eva G. Jellison...... 11
Andrew A. Kingman...... 11 Excellence in Marketing ThyThy Le...... 12 Kelly C. Harbour...... 25 Jessica T. Lu...... 12
Rosa G. Mazzeo...... 13 Jeff Scalzi...... 25
Marc A. Moccia...... 14
Desiree Y. Murphy...... 15 Excellence in ADR
Alicia Rubio-Spring...... 15 Jeffrey N. Fink...... 26 Alana Van Der Mude Rusin...... 16 Sarah E. Worley ...... 26 Alicia R. Selman...... 17 Excellence in Firm Administration/ Sarah E.A. Sousa...... 17 Operations Allison L. Turner...... 18 Elizabeth A. Quick...... 27 Joseph Y. Wang...... 18 Excellence in Journalism Mian R. Wang...... 19
Katherine B. Wellington...... 20 The late Gary Murray...... 27
Y. Allyson Wilkinson...... 20 Past Up & Coming Honorees...... 28-31
Profiles by Correy Stephenson and Margaret Field B4 • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 Up & Coming Lawyers
n fi ve short years, Avana A. Anderson has made her mark in the area of professional liability and insurance coverage litigation, having already secured a defense verdict in a multi-million-dollar legal AVANA A. ANDERSON I malpractice case after a weeklong jury trial. Anderson has also made an impact with her participation in the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, Associate, Peabody & Arnold, Boston pro bono efforts on behalf of domestic violence survivors, presentations to guests of the Pine Street Inn as an “innbassador,” and work to secure justice and fair treatment in her role with the Anti-Defamation League. Northeastern University School of Law, 2015
Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve particular matters can burden families and leave clients worked on so far? feeling hopeless. A. The most satisfying case I’ve worked on is a domestic Q. What advice would you offer new law violence matter, as the complexity of the matter expanded school graduates? well beyond the general legal work and preparation. I not My advice would be to meet as many people as you only helped my client secure a restraining order, but also A. helped her take control of her life, get a new job, and create possibly can, not just those in law-related fi elds. Not only a fresh start for her family. will you need cheerleaders in areas outside of the law, but it is always helpful to hear a different perspective. Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you ever received? Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made professionally? A. That persistence and embracing failure is a key part of becoming successful. Boston’s legal community may not A. Not focusing on meeting people and expanding my always seem equally welcoming to all, and I think following network. Absent a decent book of business, meeting this advice has helped me to navigate uncomfortable people and having allies is the closest thing you’ll get to circumstances. I also think it is important to always seek job security. and exude positivity, especially in diffi cult situations. There Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? is always something to be gained, so stay persistent and focused on your goals. A. The toughest part of my job is dealing with uncertainty. Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? Q. What’s one thing about you that might surprise people? A. My pro bono cases keep me up at night. While it truly is a passion of mine, unsuccessful representation in these A. I’m a fi tness instructor.MLW
“Absent a decent book of business, meeting people and having allies is the closest thing you’ll get to job security.”
Director, Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association; associate board, Anti-Defamation League; pro bono attorney, Women’s Bar Foundation Family Law Project; “innbassador,” Pine Street Inn; member, Boston Chamber of Commerce’s 2019-2020 Women’s Leadership Program
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epresenting fi nancial services, insurance, pharmaceutical, technology and other companies in a wide range of complex civil litigation and government investigations, Yaw Anim prides himself on “service YAW ANIM R with a smile.” His service is also successful, with roles on two victorious trial teams in recent years for clients and co-authorship of an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing against the constitutionality Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Boston of the Defense of Marriage Act in U.S. v. Windsor. Anim has an active pro bono practice, representing clients seeking asylum and handling other immigration Yale Law School, 2010 and Housing Court issues.
Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve Q. Who is your professional role model? worked on so far? A. The judge for whom I served as a law clerk right out of A. In an earlier part of my career, I was part of a team that law school, Hon. Kenneth M. Karas of the Southern District represented American Express in a complex antitrust action of New York. He is a brilliant lawyer and was always the that was brought by the Department of Justice — and on hardest-working person in chambers, but managed to which I was able to take a deposition as a second-year remain one of the most approachable and personable associate! Although I was no longer on the team by the time people I have ever met. I’ve always tried to emulate his it went to trial, I followed along as my colleagues tried the professional approach and personal demeanor as I progress case and argued it on appeal at both the 2nd Circuit and the in my career. Supreme Court, ultimately winning in a 5-4 decision. It was Q. What’s one thing about you that might great to have been a part of that team. surprise people? Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you A. Perhaps this wouldn’t surprise my Ghanaian brethren, ever received? but in the region of Ghana where my parents are from, children are typically named based on the day of the week A. I consider one of my strongest traits my ability to engage they were born. I was born on a Thursday, hence Yaw. and connect with people. A mentor of mine once told me to never lose that in my professional career, to always be Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would myself, and that doing so would take me far. I don’t know you have? how far I’ve come since then, but I know that following that A. I’d probably be a psychologist. I majored in psychology in advice has served me well to this point. college, and the subject is still a passion of mine. MLW
“I consider one of my strongest traits my ability to engage and connect with people. A mentor of mine once told me to never lose that in my professional career.”
Member, Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association and Boston Bar Association; steering committee co-chair for offi ce’s Affi nity Network; pro bono work
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ess than four years ago, Laurel A. Barraco co-founded Callahan, Barraco, Inman & Bonzagni with the understanding that family law is not about winning and losing. Instead, she strove to create a fi rm where LAUREL A. BARRACO L the culture is about putting the client’s needs fi rst rather than the billable hour. Today, the fi rm has grown to eight attorneys, and Barraco handles more than 100 divorce and custody cases each year, as well as offers Co-Founder/Partner, Callahan, Barraco, Inman & her expertise in custody and divorce matters as a pro bono attorney for the Worcester Probate & Family Court. She also spearheaded an initiative at her fi rm to ensure that every child adopted in the Worcester courthouse Bonzagni, Westborough receives a “forever” teddy bear on his or her adoption day. New England Law | Boston, 2011 “It all comes down to kindness in the end,” Barraco says.
Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve ever received? worked on so far? A. Robert M. Granger: “Always start with the statute.” A. I represented a single father who lived in Boston with his Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? two boys from two separate mothers. Within six months, both of the mothers fi led separate cases for full custody and A. The phone calls and text messages — literally! It makes to remove their child to another state. One mother wanted to clients feel better to know that they can reach out and call move to Connecticut with one of the children, and the other or text and that someone is out there who is listening and mother wanted to move to Louisiana with the other child. After on their side, even if it’s late or very early. two years and two separate trials, one for each child, two Q. What’s one thing about you that might different judges agreed with our position that my client, the surprise people? single father, should have full custody of the children, and that both of the children should remain in Boston with the father. A. You know those people who line up on opening night for My client would have been devastated had either of his children a Harry Potter or Marvel movie in costume? That may or been allowed to move far away from him, and to help this man may not be me. be able to do and achieve what he felt was best for his boys Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would was a great feeling. I keep in contact with him to this day, and you have? we keep a picture of the boys up in the offi ce as a reminder of what hard work and fortitude can accomplish for our clients. A. I would own a wine and cheese shop — and probably lose money, because I would drink wine and eat cheese all Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you day with my patrons. MLW
“My client would have been devastated had either of his children been allowed to move far away fr om him, and to help this man achieve what he felt was best for his boys was a great feeling.”
Member, Massachusetts Bar Association and Worcester Bar Association; pro bono attorney, Worcester Probate & Family Court
Congratulations to our Partner, Laurel Barraco on being selected as a 2020 Up and Coming Lawyer Up & Coming Lawyers Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B7
n just six years of practice, Jennifer A. Bock has become a strategic advisor for European companies expanding in the United States, leveraging her upbringing in France and European education to represent JENNIFER A. BOCK I public, private and emerging companies and investors in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments and other commercial partnerships. Aspiring to help Associate, McDermott, Will & Emery, Boston build a strong, lasting economic and cultural bridge between Boston and Europe and make Boston an even more globally-linked capital, Bock actively engages with international organizations and frequently speaks to a Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2014 variety of delegations.
Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement and proactively position yourself for advancement. as a lawyer to date? Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve A. Approaching the $2 million in annual collections mark in made professionally? my fifth year of practice. A. Having considered a partner’s advice about not joining Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve a professional organization because I was too young and worked on so far? inexperienced to derive value from it. I soon forged ahead A. The first acquisition deal that I originated. It was made and have benefited enormously from the decision to even more interesting because of its cross-border nature, eventually ignore this piece of advice. requiring me to lead every aspect of the deal (from term Q. What’s one thing about you that might sheet to closing) in both English and French. surprise people? Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you ever received? A. I grew up and first went to law school in France, before obtaining an LL.M. in International Business Law in A. Don’t let anyone else dictate when and how you begin London and then transitioning to the United States, where I developing your own book of business. completed my J.D. Q. Who is your professional role model? Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would A. Indra Nooyi. you have? Q. What advice would you offer new law A. As a former high-level athlete (rowing), I would have school graduates? really enjoyed transitioning into a coach/trainer role for A. Always keep your long-term best interest front of mind. high-level athletes. If I were to leave law at this point, I Figure out the administrative and political underpinnings of would enjoy taking on an angel investor and/or management whatever organization you are working within immediately, consultant role for emerging companies. MLW
“Don’t let anyone else dictate when and how you begin developing your own book of business.”
Co-chair of the firm’s Boston Pro Bono Committee and Marketing, Networking & Special Events Subcommittee of the Associate Committee; Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Leadership Program (2019) and Boston Future Leaders Program (2018); member, USA500Clubs and French-American Chamber of Commerce
n experienced trial and appellate lawyer focusing on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation, Samuel L. Brenner has prevailed in cases before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s SAMUEL L. BRENNER A Patent Trial and Appeal Board, federal district and appellate courts and the International Trade Commission on behalf of companies in a variety of technical fields, including telecommunications, electronics, Counsel, Ropes & Gray, Boston semiconductors, software and hardware. His robust pro bono work, for which he received Ropes & Gray’s Pro Bono Innovation Award in 2019, University of Michigan Law School, 2009 includes representation of a death row inmate and immigration cases.
Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement mentors, told me that no matter how much experience you as a lawyer to date? have you should always be at least a little nervous before you do anything in court. A. Last year, after a five-year, multi-patent, multi- jurisdictional battle in the federal district courts, Patent Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark A. What keeps me up at night is thinking about how things Office and federal appellate courts, we succeeded in we are doing in the short term — discovery fights, raising exonerating our client, a leading international electronics various legal arguments, addressing expert reports and company accused of willful patent infringement. To obtain this successful outcome, we had to craft, implement and positions — will play out in the long term, both at trial coordinate a long-range strategy involving numerous and in any appellate record. I think of complex litigation as interlocking cases and issues. chess, and what keeps me up at night is working to think five, 10 or 20 moves ahead. Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve worked on so far? Q. What’s one thing about you that might surprise people? A. There have been many, but one recent pro bono matter stands out for me. In 2011, shortly after I joined Ropes & A. Although I am an intellectual property litigator and Gray, I began representing an Iraqi journalist/translator regularly represent clients in patent and trade secret cases (along with his wife and their two young children) as involving complex technologies, my formal degrees are all in he sought asylum after being named in the Wikileaks the humanities and social sciences — History, Philosophy documents. I helped them get asylum and then permanent and Political Science. residency, and the firm stayed connected with them. Last Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would year, I helped them apply for citizenship and stood with you have? them as they passed their citizenship exams and became naturalized citizens. A. I would certainly be a professor of twentieth century U.S. History (the field of my Ph.D.) My dissertation was on Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you the anti-communist “Americanist” right wing of the 1950s, ever received? 1960s and 1970s — a topic I still publish on and remain A. Jesse Jenner, a renowned IP litigator and one of my fascinated by. MLW
“I think of complex litigation as chess, and what keeps me up at night is working to think five, 10 or 20 moves ahead.”
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arah H. Fay’s education practice covers the unique legal needs of independent primary and secondary schools, early child care programs, and colleges and universities with legal guidance on all aspects of SARAH H. FAY S school operations, from governance issues to employment matters to crisis management. Fay aims to be a relentless advocate for young women, from her work on complicated Title IX concerns to ensuring gender Of Counsel, Schwartz Hannum, Andover fairness in school policies and practices. New England Law | Boston, 2014 Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve 60s at the time, told me that she was just starting to truly worked on so far? peak as an architect. I hope to sustain a similar dedication to my craft. A. One of my favorite matters that I have worked on is G v. Fay School, because it required me to become familiar with Q. What advice would you offer new law a wide range of challenging topics and because it offered school graduates? me the opportunity to work with a client from counseling A. I would tell a new law school graduate to look for through litigation over a five-year period of time. employment at a firm that values collaboration and Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you professional learning. ever received? Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve A. One of the best pieces of advice I have received is the made professionally? 5-minute rule: do not let something bother you for more A. The biggest mistake I’ve made professionally, and what than five minutes if it’s not going to have an impact on you I’ve learned the most from, is making assumptions about a in five years. client’s goals. Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? Q. What’s one thing about you that might A. The most stressful aspect of my work, and perhaps surprise people? the most rewarding, is the knowledge that the guidance I A. It might surprise people to learn that I received a minor in provide to many of my clients has real, direct impact on the architectural studies. Before going to law school I thought I lives and experiences of families and, particularly, children. would become an architect. Q. Who is your professional role model? Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would A. I still look up to my parents, now as professional role you have? models. They own and manage a medium-size architecture A. If I were not a lawyer, I would be a baker. Baking is firm in Boston. Their dedication to their work — 70+ hour my creative outlet and a constant source of satisfaction. work weeks and continuing to win renowned projects — is Sharing treats is also a great way to connect with people. inspiring. A few years ago, my mother, who was in her late MLW
“Do not let something bother you for more than five minutes if it’s not going to have an impact on you in five years.”
Member of the American Bar Association, Boston Bar Association and Rhode Island Bar Association; involved in Opportunities In Education at Harvard University Graduate School of Education; frequent presenter at national and regional conferences
very day, Sarah R. Frazier is entrusted by her clients with tackling some of their toughest cases, working to create new law in the field of intellectual property. Elevated to partner earlier this year, her noteworthy SARAH R. FRAZIER E cases include successful representation of Apple in “the smartphone wars,” a significant trial win for Intel Corporation in a $2 billion patent infringement suit brought by AVM Technologies, and victory in the high-profile Partner, WilmerHale, Boston challenge to Harvard University’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process. Frazier also works to pay it forward for young female attorneys through her firm’s women’s leadership initiative and donates her time University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2011 to pro bono work in housing court and unemployment hearings.
Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve at an age when many would be long retired. He practices worked on so far? a very different kind of law than I do (as he always says, if A. I had the honor of being part of the team representing he finds himself in a courtroom it’s only because something Harvard in a case alleging discrimination against Asian has gone very wrong), but he has a work ethic that is Americans in Harvard’s admissions practices. Unlike many unmatched and genuinely enjoys what he does as much as cases where the stakes are high for the client, this case any person I know. posed implications not only for Harvard but for universities Q. What advice would you offer new law across the country and the students that will be applying school graduates? to them. Following a three-week trial and lengthy post-trial submissions, U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs A. Bring solutions, not just problems. A lot of law school is found no wrongdoing by Harvard. It was an incredibly focused on issue spotting, but in practice the key is not to rewarding experience to have helped ensure that the simply spot the issue but to recommend a course of action individuals in Harvard’s admissions office were vindicated, to deal with it. and even more rewarding to know the results of the case will continue to enable universities around the country to Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? remain diverse places where young adults can learn from A. The toughest part is remembering not to take each other’s differences and be better prepared to navigate things personally. an increasingly diverse society. Q. What’s one thing about you that might Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you ever received? surprise people? A. Always take the high road. A. I am an excellent party planner. Q. Who is your professional role model? Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would you have? A. My dad. He’s been a lawyer at the same firm for over 40 years and remains committed to his work and his clients A. I would be a psychiatrist. MLW
“It was an incredibly rewarding experience to have helped ensure that the individuals in Harvard’s admissions office were vindicated.”
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passionate advocate for cities and towns throughout the commonwealth, Ivria G. Fried greatly enjoys assisting communities in achieving their goals, focused on the constantly evolving area of municipal IVRIA G. FRIED Alaw and tackling hot issues such as the regulation of marijuana, ride sharing companies and short-term rentals. Fried, who provides pro bono assistance through the Conservation Law Foundation’s Legal Food Hub, Counsel, Miyares & Harrington, Boston is also active in local government. Northeastern University School of Law, 2013 Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter Q. What advice would you offer new law you’ve worked on so far? school graduates? A. While I have had the incredible opportunity to work on A. Don’t be afraid to be professionally curious. It was only several successful litigation matters, the most satisfying after an internship with a municipal law fi rm that I realized part of my job is working with municipal offi cials and staff this was the area of law for me. Additionally, ask questions on a daily basis. It is a privilege to feel like I am part of the when you don’t understand something. Seeking further team by helping to explain the legal implications of policy clarifi cation on a matter demonstrates not only that you decisions or particular actions. It is these daily interactions have the desire to do the work, but that you want to do with committed government employees and offi cials that it correctly. makes me truly love the practice of municipal law. Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made professionally? Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you ever received? A. Letting others speak over me and not thinking myself worthy of contributing to a particular project. A. The best piece of professional advice that I received was to make sure to take time for yourself. You cannot be Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? an effective advocate for others if you don’t advocate for A. Clients often expect a clear-cut solution to a problem or your own needs by prioritizing your own well-being and a simple yes or no response. However, the answer is often mental health. much more fl uid or complex, especially when it comes to the Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? development of regulatory changes. While it can be diffi cult to walk clients through the various legal options that may achieve A. The questions that have no “right” answer. I strive to bring their unique objectives, it is also one of the best parts of my job. my clients legal clarity to inform their decision making, but often the job means helping clients make diffi cult decisions Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would where there is no clear path forward. Also, my four-week- you have? old baby. A. Land use planner or physical therapist. MLW
“You cannot be an eff ective advocate for others if you don’t advocate for your own needs by prioritizing your own well-being and mental health.”
Executive board, Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association; co-chair, Environmental Law Section’s Wetlands, Waterways and Water Quality Committee of the Boston Bar Association; pro bono work; member, Boston Workers Circle for Jewish Culture and Social Justice
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alerie K. Jackson’s fast-paced and dynamic labor and employment law practice includes a particular focus on the healthcare industry, with clients including long-term care facilities, nursing homes and VALERIE K. JACKSON V community health centers. As part of her traditional labor law practice, she often fi nds she is the only female attorney in the room during collective bargaining negotiations. Jackson is a frequent volunteer as a Associate, Jackson Lewis, Boston volunteer mock trial coach, at her alma maters (Northeastern University School of Law, Providence College and the College of the Holy Cross) and for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Northeastern University School of Law, 2013
Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? worked on so far? A. I’m always thinking about how to best solve my A. The most satisfying part of my practice, and the part client’s problems. Late at night is when I do some of my I enjoy the most, is working with clients on overall labor best thinking. strategy and helping them effectuate their long term Q. What advice would you offer new law business goals. One of my favorite parts about my practice school graduates? as a labor lawyer is that it is not limited to one matter, one case or one transaction. It is multifaceted, and requires A. There is no substitute for hard work. knowledge and alignment with the client’s day-to-day Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? operations and long term strategic goals. A. The most challenging part of my job, and the most Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you rewarding, is giving strategic advice and counsel to clients, ever received? including considering all aspects of the law and the client’s business needs, and balancing those complicated and A. In order to be an effective lawyer, you need to be a sometimes competing interests. business partner as well as legal counsel. Early in my career, I was taught to work with clients as a business Q. What’s one thing about you that might partner and frame the advice and counsel I provided surprise people? through that lens. Of course, a lawyer must always advise A. I used to be a park ranger. clients of the perils and pitfalls of a proposed course of action. But a great lawyer takes it a step further and Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would you have? partners with the client to overcome obstacles and achieve their business objectives. A. Botanist, astronomer or educator. MLW
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va G. Jellison won the first criminal case she tried and her career hasn’t slowed down since. Over the last few years, she has helped to develop criminal and juvenile law in Massachusetts with involvement in EVA G. JELLISON E cases addressing the retroactive impact of the Criminal Justice Reform Act on juveniles and a decision ordering “jail credits” for a juvenile for his pretrial confinement, among others. Frequently tapped by the Youth Partner, Wood & Nathanson, Boston Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services to take on cases, Jellison also finds time for pro bono work. Northeastern University School of Law, 2014
Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? as a lawyer to date? A. Mass incarceration, institutionalized racism and classism A. This last year I had some big wins in the Supreme and the lack of humanity in our corrections system. Judicial Court, all of which were helpful to my clients and had a broader impact on vulnerable children and people Q. Who is your professional role model? in the commonwealth. If I had to pick one, I would pick In A. Chief Justice Ralph Gants and Chief Justice Dana Fabe the Matter of a Minor. From what I hear, it has changed the (an Alaskan judge now retired). landscape of substance use and mental health commitment law since it was released in March, providing robust Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve protections for vulnerable people’s liberty. made professionally? Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve A. Counseling a client with a unique last name to pursue worked on so far? the appeal of a minor case. Typically there would be no harm, but Google searches and online dockets make it A. Satisfying is a weird word in criminal defense. The system does not function in a fair manner for a lot of people, so to so my client can easily have her conviction searched by be satisfied on the appellate side of things is not common. potential employers. Much of the time it feels like screaming into a void. I guess the Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? most satisfying case I’ve had was Lazlo L. v. Commonwealth, because in that case my client, who was 11 years old at A. It is devastatingly sad. the time of the alleged offense, was granted dismissal Q. What’s one thing about you that might pre-arraignment, which offered him a true second chance, surprise people? free of the harmful effects of early contact with the juvenile justice system. A. Along with my full-time legal practice, I am a part-time fencing coach. Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you ever received? Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would you have? A. That every single word matters in a filing. A. A job in a public policy think tank. MLW “Satisfying is a weird word in criminal defense. The system does not function in a fair manner for a lot of people, so to be satisfied on the appellate side of things is not common.”
Member, board of directors and co-chair, Committee for Transgender Inclusion of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association; pro bono work
s general counsel to the State Privacy and Security Coalition, which spans the tech, media, telecom, payment card, automobile and online security industries, Andrew A. Kingman is a key player in the ANDREW A. KINGMAN A debate over state privacy legislation. His pro bono work has included providing legislative assistance to Unchained at Last, which works with a broader coalition to pass legislation ending child marriage Senior Managing Attorney, DLA Piper, Boston in Massachusetts. Suffolk University Law School, 2011 Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve political realities on the ground, and working on solutions worked on so far? that everyone can live with in all 50 states, often on a very compressed timeframe. A. I love going into a state for hearings and meetings where all eyes are on me and the die seem to be cast against Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve us, and through persistence and persuasion — and an made professionally? incredible amount of collaboration with our members — A. Assuming that the viewpoint and strategic thinking I getting an unexpectedly positive result. We did it in Texas last year with a very bad bill, and in Vermont, where we apply to problem-solving has already been considered and worked to pass a meaningful student privacy bill and discounted by people who are smarter than I am. While I negated the chances of a more burdensome and less work every day with people who are undoubtedly smarter productive piece of legislation. than me, I may look for a solution by taking a different tack. I feel incredibly fortunate to work with partners, senior Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you associates and clients who are also interested in only the ever received? best solutions, rather than who gets credit for them. A. From my high school physics teacher/basketball coach; Q. What’s one thing about you that might I was really struggling with making career plans and goals. surprise people? He asked me, “Are you doing now what you thought you’d be doing five years ago?” No, of course not! “So why would A. I have a deep and abiding love for ’90s hip hop. you try to make a plan for five years from now? Do what Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would you have? seems fun and interesting to you. If you continually seek out those experiences, you’ll have a fascinating career.” A. The core of politics is personal and emotional; understanding what makes people tick. It’s fascinating to Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? me, and if I wasn’t doing this, I think I would probably be A. Undoubtedly, it is trying to balance the needs of 30 a counselor or psychologist to driven and creative people. different government affairs and legal departments with the MLW
“I feel incredibly fortunate to work with partners, senior associates and clients who are also interested in only the best solutions, rather than who gets credit for them.”
Trustee, Falmouth Academy; volunteer, Wellspring House domestic violence shelter; member, Essex County Community Foundation, County Leadership Council B12 • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 Up & Coming Lawyers
s assistant corporation counsel for the city of Boston, ThyThy Le was instrumental in an initiative undertaken by the Parks and Recreation Department to establish Martin’s Park, a memorial dedicated THYTHY LE A to Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard. Le says the experience of visiting Vietnam, which her parents left in 1982, ignited her interest in public service through the practice of law. Legal Advisor, City of Boston Public Facilities
Commission and Public Facilities Department Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement to have only one continuous client, I often stay up at night as a lawyer to date? dissecting issues I dealt with that day. I believe that legal Suffolk University Law School, 2013 counseling goes beyond dealing with the issue before you A. The opportunity to handle the establishment of a by also thinking proactively, to provide the client with the memorial park dedicated to the youngest victim of the tools and information needed to anticipate or avoid any Boston Marathon bombing, from beginning to close. While this initiative was challenging, it has been one of the most potential legal issues in advance. gratifying experiences in my legal career. This project Q. Who is your professional role model? provided the opportunity to not only work on a large-scale A. My dad, who worked for the U.S. Postal Service for project with unique collaboration from state and nonprofit agencies, but also to see such a meaningful initiative — almost 30 years and taught me the importance of having with so much hope and passion to benefit the public — strong work ethics. come to fruition. Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you A. During my role as senior assistant corporation ever received? counsel, the toughest part of the job was switching gears A. I once worked with an attorney who kept a log of all quickly, given the legal counsel provided to a variety of the matters she’s ever worked on, with helpful practice city departments. tips that spanned the duration of her entire career. She Q. What’s one thing about you that might recommended to me that it’s helpful to get into the surprise people? habit of keeping track of matters to keep as a personal reference guide. A. I am one out of five girls in my family and the only one to pursue a career in law. All my other siblings are in the Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? medical field. A. As lawyers, we’re often approached only when legal Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would problems arise, and most of our time is spent reacting you have? to those issues and providing expedient solutions. As in- house attorney for the city of Boston, and being fortunate A. A job devoted to marine life conservation. MLW
“I often stay up at night dissecting the issues I dealt with that day.”
Public Interest Leadership Program of Boston Bar Association
n less than eight years, Jessica T. Lu has built an impressive and diverse litigation practice in general commercial and intellectual property litigation. Her unwavering dedication to clients has resulted in major JESSICA T. LU I successes in interesting and high-profile cases. Partner, Brown Rudnick, Boston Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement Q. Who is your professional role model? Boston College Law School, 2012 as a lawyer to date? A. Elizabeth Ritvo, one of my mentors at the firm. Liz A. I recently won a trial before the Trademark Trial and is a brilliant litigator and advocate, a recognized First Appeal Board on behalf of a well-known worldwide brand. Amendment and media law expert, and a respected leader It was extremely gratifying to be responsible for taking the both within the firm and the legal community. She is also case from its inception through trial over the course of more incredibly kind, thoughtful and generous with her time than three years and to finally emerge with the win. and knowledge. Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve worked on so far? made professionally? A. Someone once told me that, as a lawyer, you can A. As a junior attorney, I tended to underestimate my empower otherwise vulnerable people; for that reason, own value. It took some time to recognize the value of the law is a sacred calling. These words have stuck with my opinions and expertise and to be confident about me, and I’ve found that though it is only a small portion of asserting them. my practice, many of my most meaningful and fulfilling Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? professional experiences have come from my pro bono cases. From helping unaccompanied minors obtain legal A. Finding a balance between the competing demands of status to helping indigent artists enforce their contractual work and extracurriculars. rights, it has been deeply satisfying to do work that has a Q. What’s one thing about you that might tangible impact on people’s lives, plays a role in increasing surprise people? access to justice, and empowers the otherwise vulnerable. A. I sang in a college a cappella group. Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you ever received? Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would you have? A. Always act with professionalism and integrity. The legal community is small, and your reputation and credibility are A. I would love to write and illustrate a children’s book your most valuable assets. someday. MLW
“The legal community is small, and your reputation and credibility are your most valuable assets.”
Co-chair, Brown Rudnick’s Diverse Attorneys Working Network; member, Brown Rudnick’s Women’s Initiative; member, Women’s Bar Association Women of Color Committee; member, Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts; member, Boston Bar Association’s Public Interest Leadership Program; volunteer, Lawyers Project; member, Harvard Asian American Alumni Association Up & Coming Lawyers Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B13
s a fi rst-generation Latina lawyer, Rosa G. Mazzeo is on a mission to pay it forward. Often the only person of her background in the courtroom and at lawyer networking and law school events, Mazzeo ROSA G. MAZZEO A dedicates her free time to efforts that will open doors for other Latinx fi rst-generation lawyers entering the practice. Being bilingual also helps her represent clients whose fi rst language is Spanish, allowing her to Associate, Sugarman & Sugarman, Boston speak to individuals and families directly and earn their trust after serious injuries have upended their lives. Suffolk University Law School, 2016 Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve accomplished attorney, Talia Barrales, that representation worked on so far? matters in every legal practice, and my services are just as A. I represented a Spanish-speaking family in a wrongful important and impactful in personal injury as they would be death claim for their daughter and was able to reach a in immigration. She was right. fair settlement. She died on the operating table after Q. What advice would you offer new law undergoing a simple procedure, and her medical records school graduates? did not explain what went wrong. I enjoyed the investigative work, piecing together the events that led to her death, and A. Impostor syndrome is real, but so is all the hard work you I enjoyed helping a family I connected with on a personal put into graduating law school. Figure out ways to overcome level. I grew up in a Spanish-speaking household and the idea that you are not smart enough to be a lawyer, or was often the designated translator for every meeting my that you do not deserve to work with some of the greatest parents had. There was so much power in being able to sit minds in the legal fi eld. with this family, during a diffi cult time, to discuss serious Q. What’s one thing about you that might issues without the need of a translator. surprise people? Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you A. I was born in Ecuador and moved to New York at the age ever received? of 10. A. At the beginning of my career, I was leaning toward Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would practicing immigration law, because I was familiar with this you have? fi eld from my own personal experiences and I wanted to help people of color, like me. However, I was reminded by an A. I would have a career in teaching. MLW
“Figure out ways to overcome the idea that you are not smart enough to be a lawyer, or that you do not deserve to work with some of the greatest minds in the legal fi eld.”
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ith a focus on family law and personal injury litigation, Marc A. Moccia also works in other areas of the law, including helping members of the public who have been victims of police brutality and other MARC A. MOCCIA W civil rights violations. To that end, Moccia has successfully handled multiple claims in U.S. District Court against a municipal police department. Associate, Kazarosian Costello, Haverhill Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve A. I am lucky enough to work for my mother, Marsha Suffolk University Law School, 2011 worked on so far? Kazarosian. She is, in my unbiased opinion, the best lawyer in the state. She’s naturally smart and talented, but A. A Section 1983/police brutality claim against a she doesn’t rely on those traits alone. She is still the fi rst municipality and one of its offi cers. The offi cer, while on person in the offi ce and the last one to leave. She sets an duty, sexually assaulted a young woman who was out example of hard work, professionalism and leadership every celebrating her birthday. It was an outrageous betrayal single day. of trust and abuse of power by the offi cer, who should have never been placed in a position of authority. I take Q. What advice would you offer new law great pride and pleasure in helping level the playing fi eld school graduates? for disadvantaged clients who are brave enough to go up A. Don’t be afraid to veer from the path you have mapped against large entities or authority fi gures. And I believe out in your head. representing the interests of those less fortunate is among Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve the most important aspects of being an attorney. made professionally? Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you A. Losing my cool! ever received? Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? A. Don’t lose your cool; always stay calm and professional. A. Managing personalities and emotions in my family law Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? cases. Those cases can take a very tough emotional toll on A. My clients put a huge amount of trust in me, and I never an attorney. want them to feel like I let them down or otherwise failed Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would to give them the best representation possible. Also, I never you have? want to be unprepared in front of the court. A. I would be the starting point guard for the Boston Celtics. Q. Who is your professional role model? Or, if I’m being realistic, I guess I’d be the backup. MLW
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It is with much admiration that we congratulate Marc A. Moccia on being named an Up & Coming Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Morgan, Brown & Joy congratulates our friend and colleague Desiree Murphy on her receipt of this prestigious award.
We are tremendously proud of Marc’s expertise in civil rights, personal injury, and family law litigation.
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esiree Y. Murphy chose to be a management-side labor and employment attorney out of a belief that, to truly address workplace discrimination and intolerance, employers need advocates who not only DESIREE Y. MURPHY D fix problems but prevent them. Murphy says she finds her identity as a black female attorney assists her in helping clients, whether explaining why black employees may feel uncomfortable surrounded by white Senior Labor Relations Specialist colleagues making a joke at their expense, or why workers may feel alienated when a manager refuses to interact with them after they’ve complained to HR about a situation. UMass Memorial Hospital, Worcester Northeastern University School of Law, 2013 Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve who greatly influenced how I view and practice labor and worked on so far? employment law. A. One of my most satisfying moments arrived well after the Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? matter in question was closed. I was talking with the client A. In labor and employment law, generally, you are either about a new case that I was investigating. I commented on the “right side” or the “other side” — in some circles, on how well documented the situation underlying the case was, and she responded that she had learned from our openly the “dark side.” As a management-side attorney, previous investigation how important proper documentation I am constantly battling the “bad rep” that comes with is. She said she asks herself in every investigation, “What representing and defending employers. While I’ve gotten would Desiree do?” It was a goofy moment — we both had used to the negative perception people have of this side of a laugh — but it was great knowing my client had taken my the bar, it is frustrating, particularly when I know so many of advice to heart. my colleagues want to make sure their clients are doing the right thing and advise them as such. Q. Who is your professional role model? Q. What’s one thing about you that might My list includes law professor Susan Maze Rothstein A. surprise people? and my mentor Raquel Webster. They and a few others taught me that I needed to be deliberate in not only making A. I really like video games. I grew up playing multiple choices about my career, but also in my interactions with systems, though I’ve gravitated to PlayStation primarily. I people along the way. Throughout my career, the list do not play nearly as much as I used to, mainly because it has grown to include many of the partners I worked with is dangerous territory for me. Once I have a controller in my previously at Morgan, Brown & Joy, as well as some clients hand, that’s all she wrote for the rest of the day. MLW
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photo Secretary and communications director, Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys; volunteer, Northeastern University School of Law Pre-Connections Networking Panel; other NUSL panels
licia Rubio-Spring has established herself as one to watch in the securities, white-collar and business litigation group at Goodwin, while also becoming an integral part of the firm’s pro bono program. Rubio- ALICIA RUBIO-SPRING A Spring’s pro bono contributions have been primarily in the immigration space, advocating on behalf of clients seeking asylum and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and helping legal permanent residents become Associate, Goodwin, Boston naturalized U.S. citizens. She has also helped with KIND, which provides legal counsel to unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children in the United States. Boston College Law School, 2013
Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement Q. What advice would you offer new law as a lawyer to date? school graduates? A. When I began practicing, I made a commitment to A. My biggest piece of advice is to get comfortable asking myself that I would continue to give back to my community a lot of questions. One of the hardest challenges for law through immigration pro bono work. I am proud that I have school graduates is to let go of the preconception that you been able to serve my pro bono clients. Through this work, are somehow supposed to know the answer to everything. we have the opportunity to change individuals’ lives on Rely on mentors and sponsors and ask lots of questions. such a profound level, and it is that impact that makes the Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? work so rewarding and challenging at the same time. I am A. The unpredictable nature of our work is the toughest blessed to work at a firm that supports and encourages part. I tell my mentees to embrace the flexibility that the that commitment. job can offer. You may not be able to control the ebbs and Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you flows, but you can enjoy the down times and avoid burnout. ever received? Q. What’s one thing about you that might A. I was told early on in my career to raise my hand and ask surprise people? for the opportunities I wanted. Without raising your hand, no A. In a former life, I was a classically trained Italian one will ever know what opportunities you are looking for opera singer. or be able to help you grow professionally. The worst that could happen is that the opportunity does not materialize Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would right away, but at least the seed is planted and you will be you have? top of mind when the moment comes. A. I would probably be a Spanish literature professor. MLW
“Without raising your hand, no one will ever know what opportunities you are looking for or be able to help you grow professionally.”
Leader, Goodwin Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Boston; Project Citizenship; Deputy Region 1 president, Hispanic National Bar Association B16 • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 Up & Coming Lawyers
ince she began practicing law eight years ago, Alana Van Der Mude Rusin has built a reputation as a powerhouse litigator, a fi erce advocate for domestic violence victims, and a champion of Boston’s arts ALANA VAN DER MUDE RUSIN S community. In her real estate practice, Rusin is on the front lines when issues involving complex zoning, permitting, leasing and contract disputes end up in court. Associate, Goulston & Storrs, Boston Boston College Law School, 2011 Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement Q. What advice would you offer new law as a lawyer to date? school graduates? A. Co-chairing a bench trial last year in Franklin Superior A. Be generous. When you fi rst start out, sometimes it feels Court. We successfully defended the grant of a special like you have to be tough to be taken seriously. However, it permit against an appeal by abutters who opposed our is almost always a good idea to grant an extension, provide client’s plans to redevelop an underutilized old mining site copies of an uncontested exhibit to opposing counsel, etc. into a large store. It was exciting, scary, hard work, and I You get what you give in life, and you will likely need a favor learned a lot about myself as a litigator. at some point in the future. Additionally you are building Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve your professional reputation (and referral network) one step worked on so far? at a time, so the more people who see you as both a good A. Through my pro bono work with the Women’s Bar lawyer and good person, the better for you. Foundation, I represented a woman who had managed to Q. What’s one thing about you that might break free of a very abusive relationship. My client obtained surprise people? a restraining order against her former partner, whose behavior was very unpredictable because he was in and A. I live in a former boiler room of a factory that moonlights out of homelessness and relapsing from drug addiction. as an art gallery and event space. For over three years, I represented my client at hearings to Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would extend the order. At the last hearing we were able to obtain you have? a permanent restraining order to get her lasting protection from abuse. We both cried, and it was one of the proudest A. I would probably own a boutique fi tness studio. I am a moments of my life, both personally and professionally. life-long athlete who loves taking fi tness classes.MLW
“You get what you give in life, and you will likely need a favor at some point in the future.”
Volunteer, Women’s Bar Foundation Family Law Project for Domestic Abuse Survivors; board member, On the Rise, Cambridge-based women’s shelter
We Salute Alana Rusin
for being recognized as an "Up & Coming Lawyer" by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Alana has built a reputation as a powerhouse litigator who represents developers, landlords, and landowners, in a wide range of commercial real estate disputes. In addition to her real estate work, Alana is passionate about using her legal skills to help women in crisis and has become a fierce advocate for victims of domestic violence. Alana provides pro bono representation to women and their families through the Women’s Bar Foundation’s Family Law Project and is also a Board Member of On the Rise, a women’s day shelter.
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n many ways, real estate is in Alicia R. Selman’s blood. She focuses on real estate transactional and land use matters at Robinson & Cole, and she grew up on the island of Barbados, where she saw her parents ALICIA R. SELMAN I work hard at their regular professions while using the residential real estate they owned to create a stable financial environment for Selman and her sister. Associate, Robinson & Cole, Boston Northeastern University School of Law, 2017 Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement Danielle Long. I admire Mrs. Obama’s journey to becoming a as a lawyer to date? lawyer and her experiences in practice. She persevered and overcame many obstacles while proving her critics wrong. A. Real estate lawyers always say that they like seeing the results of their good work in the tangible form of a Long, an experienced litigator of almost 20 years, is the building or tenant space, and I’m no different. My biggest epitome of tenacity and confidence. achievement as a young lawyer has been seeing my work Q. What advice would you offer new law come to life. Recently, I was involved in a real estate matter school graduates? that was published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and has been a topic of interest in the legal sphere. It made me A. They should have at least two mentors: one in their feel good to know that I made our client move forward with field/industry, and another with whom they share a a press-worthy project. similar background. They should also have professional relationships with colleagues at varying levels of expertise, Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you and they should have at least two cheerleaders, also known ever received? as their “fan base.” A. The best advice I have ever received was to be myself. Q. What’s one thing about you that might The legal field can have the effect of stripping away the surprise people? unique qualities each of us brings to the table. I had a candid conversation with a partner on how to stand out and A. I lived on an island for 19 years before moving to succeed in this profession. In an effort to dissuade me from Massachusetts, and I can’t swim. becoming a cookie-cutter type attorney, she urged me to Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would maintain my individuality. you have? Q. Who is your professional role model? A. Real estate tycoon, women’s rights activist, or both. A. Michelle Obama and my mentor and counsel at my firm, MLW
“My biggest achievement as a young lawyer has been seeing my work come to life.”
Chair, New Lawyers Liaison Committee of Boston Bar Association Real Estate Section; co-chair, Law Student Committee of Women’s Bar Association; Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association; Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys; volunteer, Rosie’s Place
arah E.A. Sousa’s practice focuses on employment litigation, advocating either for employers or employees, depending on the case. She especially enjoys tackling complicated issues in which there is SARAH E.A. SOUSA S little, if any, appellate guidance. As the daughter of a Cuban immigrant, Sousa is not one to just “talk the talk” on intersectional feminism; she is a strong advocate for women from all backgrounds through work Associate, Arrowood, Boston related to Paid Family Medical Leave and the ROE Act, and on behalf of survivors of domestic abuse. Boston College Law School, 2014 Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement dangerous, especially when representing employees who as a lawyer to date? often have the heavier burden in adhering to them. A. On a couple of occasions, opposing counsel has gone Q. Who is your professional role model? out of their way to compliment the quality of my work, and A. I’m fortunate that I get to work with two female attorneys that’s a really gratifying experience. I admire: Lisa Arrowood and Sarah Herlihy. They have Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve different styles, but both are tough as nails, great strategic worked on so far? thinkers, and real trial attorneys. A. It’s difficult to pick a specific matter. Employment law Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve has such a tangible impact on people’s day-to-day lives made professionally? that any time a client walks away satisfied is personally satisfying for me, too. A. Not raising my hand early and often enough. If you want something — a case, a panel position, etc. — you need to Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you ask for it. ever received? Q. What’s one thing about you that might A. A mentor of mine frequently says, “Our job is to be both surprise people? an advocate and a counselor.” She means that you can’t always be the cheerleader; you need to be able to tell your A. Because of my stature, a lot of people are surprised that I client the difficult truths about their case in order to advise played rugby in college. them to make the best decision, and you have to manage Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would client expectations every step of the way. you have? Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? A. Research librarian! I love helping people find the answer A. Non-disparagement agreements. They can be incredibly to difficult questions. MLW
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s a senior associate in Latham & Watkins’ complex commercial litigation practice, Allison L. Turner is a go-to lawyer for managing discovery, overseeing junior associate teams, and preparing for upcoming ALLISON L. TURNER A trials. Turner advises on a diverse array of business disputes with a focus on consumer protection and products liability. She also concentrates on a variety of Latham’s diversity and inclusion initiatives. Associate, Latham & Watkins, Boston Harvard Law School, 2011
Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve work on. With so many deadlines and emails and small worked on so far? tasks on your plate each day, you have to be very disciplined about setting aside time to think big picture, delve deeper, A. There have been many satisfying matters, both in my pro bono practice, where, for example, I work with the New and find your flow. England Innocence Project on behalf of a woman serving Q. What’s one thing about you that might life without parole, and with my paying clients, where I find surprise people? much satisfaction in negotiating various aspects of the A. I attended Cornell University on a U.S. Naval ROTC many issues that arise during the lifecycle of a litigation. scholarship, hoping to become a Navy lawyer. A knee injury Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you ended that prospect my junior year, but it was an incredibly ever received? valuable experience, especially the perspective shift that A. “Just get started,” from a dear mentor, professor and came with being in a minority group as a woman in a male- friend from my days at Harvard Law School. Both in the dominated service. I believe that perspective makes me a holistic sense of figuring out a career path — it doesn’t better advocate and a better person. have to be a perfect step each time; get going and see Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would where you end up; you can always course correct along the you have? way — and in tackling the complex, often unprecedented challenges a client faces when they hire a firm like Latham. A. I’ve wanted to be a lawyer since I was 3 years old, so this is tough, but I’ve always been a keen observer of Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? human behavior. If not practicing law, I would love to be an A. In this over-connected digital age, finding the focus anthropologist or sociologist trying to make sense of our required for complex issues is something I have to really crazy species. MLW
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hen not helping shape the future of Boston in his capacity as a partner in the real estate department at Sherin & Lodgen, Joseph Y. Wang is an active mentor to new Massachusetts bar admittees and JOSEPH Y. WANG W Boston area law students. Even with those substantial commitments, Wang makes time to contribute to the arts as a longstanding member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Partner, Sherin & Lodgen, Boston University of Michigan Law School, 2010 Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve ahead and bill through lunch, but taking time to learn worked on so far? more about colleagues and keep in touch with old friends provides valuable perspective and balance, not to mention A. Pretty early in my career, I worked on a multi-billion- business opportunities. dollar real estate development project for a large defense contractor. It was way over my head. There were a lot of Q. What advice would you offer new law stakeholders, including state and local government, and school graduates? multiple phases with different benchmarks, economic A. Ask questions. The worst thing you can do is give the incentives and potential clawbacks. We were staffed impression you know what you’re doing, only to be proven absurdly lean, and the lead partner gave me the opportunity wrong by your work product. to manage large pieces of the deal. Getting that deal closed — and writing, essentially, its user manual for the Q. What’s one thing about you that might client — remains one of the most complex and rewarding surprise people? projects I’ve completed. A. I’ve been a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you Tanglewood Festival Chorus for over two decades. I’ve been ever received? lucky enough to sing at Carnegie Hall, Fenway Park and at Mayor Menino’s funeral, and have shared the stage with A. Get out of your office and build your network. I was at the likes of Audra McDonald, Pete Townsend and Assistant a convention of Asian American attorneys and decided State Solicitor and renowned baritone David Kravitz. to skip a presentation to get some work done in my hotel room. I arrived late to lunch just in time to hear California Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu present a finding you have? that Asian American associates are the most likely A. I’d probably go back to my first job out of college — demographic to skip lunch or networking opportunities teaching middle school, and doing freelance calligraphy on to do work. It’s sometimes hard to resist the urge to plow the side. MLW
“Get out of your office and build your network.”
Member, Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts; member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association; co-chair, NAPABA Real Estate Committee; co-chair, Boston Bar Association Promotion and Retention Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Section; co-chair, BBA Fundamentals Committee, Real Estate Section; board member, Chinese Historical Society of New England; volunteer, Ricesticks and Tea Up & Coming Lawyers Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B19
ian R. Wang served as a law clerk for Judge Alvin W. Thompson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut before joining Greenberg Traurig four years ago. MIAN R. WANG M Wang concentrates her practice on defense litigation, primarily in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation, including arbitration. In addition to her extensive American Bar Association activities, Associate, Greenberg Traurig, Boston which include development of a number of educational programs, she has served as pro bono legal counsel with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND). Cornell Law School, 2011
Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter you’ve thinker, an incredible trial lawyer, and an invaluable worked on so far? mentor. On a personal note, growing up watching my dad relentlessly pursue the American dream for our family also A. As a junior associate, I represented a state agency in an eminent domain matter and briefed an issue of taught me what it means to work hard. fi rst impression to the Delaware Supreme Court on the Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve interpretation of a takings statute. It was extremely made professionally? satisfying to see the Delaware Supreme Court, in affi rming the trial court’s decision in the client’s favor, interpreted the A. I did not explore different types of practice before statute just as I had argued in the brief. deciding on litigation. Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? ever received? A. The toughest part of the job is getting through those A. Accept that there are days where I am not going to get days, weeks, or even months where, for one reason or through everything on my to-do list. another, all or many of my cases as well as my non-billable commitments need my attention. Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? Q. What’s one thing about you that might A. What more could I have done to put my clients in the best surprise people? possible position? A. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a live-action Q. Who is your professional role model? sports fan, but only a few know that I enjoy any movie A. I have many role models. Judge Thompson taught me the about sports. foundational tools to be a good advocate: critical thinking Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would and clear writing. I also have been fortunate to work with an you have? incredibly talented group of litigators at Greenberg Traurig, including working closely with Jody Davis. He is a strategic A. I would love to be a novelist. MLW
“Growing up watching my dad relentlessly pursue the American dream for our family ... taught me what it means to work hard.”
Member, Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts; member, National Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association; business law fellow of American Bar Association Business Law Section; vice-chair of ABA Women Business and Commercial Advocates Subcommittee and programs director of Professional Responsibility Committee; selected to participate in 2016- 2017 Boston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Leadership Program
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ith tenacity and a gift for finding the heart of an argument, Katherine B. Wellington has taken on an active pro bono practice, with a focus on criminal and habeas cases that have repercussions for KATHERINE B. WELLINGTON W criminal defendants and death-row inmates around the country. She has also worked on a range of high-stakes appellate matters, with a focus on intellectual property cases. In Automotive Body Parts Association Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells, Boston v. Ford Global Technologies, she ran the briefing team and won a major victory in the Federal Circuit, which upheld Ford’s design patents for the F-150 truck against a challenge by automotive parts manufacturers. Harvard Law School, 2013
Q. What do you consider your biggest achievement or the law. Figuring out where that uncertainty lies and the as a lawyer to date? right way to tackle it is the key to reaching the best possible outcome for the client. A. Making it to counsel’s table at the Supreme Court. The next step is to argue at the podium! Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? A. As an appellate lawyer, I have to dive into a new subject matter and get up to speed quickly. My goal is to take A. I have the highest respect for the Supreme Court as an something complex and make it seem simple — distilling institution. I clerked there for a year, and I am fortunate to the case into a theme or concept that a judge who is new to have worked for two members of the court. The political the case can quickly grasp. It’s a challenge, but also part of rhetoric currently surrounding the Supreme Court, and its what I enjoy most about my practice. long-term effect on the Supreme Court as an institution, is something I worry about. Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would you have? Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve A. A scientist. I love puzzling through tough problems, made professionally? and I gravitate toward cases involving technical issues. A. Not addressing tough arguments head-on. Most cases I’ve worked on matters ranging from underwater sonar to end up in litigation because there is uncertainty in the facts artificial hip joints to the melting point of chocolate! MLW
“I gravitate toward cases involving technical issues. I’ve worked on matters ranging from underwater sonar to artificial hip joints to the melting point of chocolate!”
Volunteer, Hispanic National Bar Foundation summer leadership program; appellate pro bono service before U.S. Supreme Court; member, Women’s Bar Association, volunteer with Boston College Law School moot court team
s outside counsel to biopharmaceutical and life science companies, as well as to banking institutions that facilitate their fundraising, Y. Allyson Wilkinson has helped a number of clients grow from clinical- Y. ALLYSON WILKINSON A stage drug discovery companies to commercial-stage companies offering new treatments to patient populations for a wide array of disease indications. An immigrant from St. Kitts, Wilkinson is passionate about Associate, Mintz cultivating the new generation of minority attorneys through dedicated mentorship and a devotion to promoting diversity within law firms, an arena where the percentage of minority lawyers is particularly low Boston College Law School, 2016
Q. Who is your professional role model? school graduates? A. Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, chief surgeon and medical chief A. New law school graduates should keep in mind that your of staff of the Joseph N. France General Hospital, a leader first job out of law school is an apprenticeship. Seek out the on the national task force in the fight against COVID-19 in outstanding lawyers in your practice area of interest and the federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, and my amazing father. work with those people. Q. What is the best piece of professional advice you Q. What’s the toughest part of your job? ever received? A. The toughest part about being a lawyer is recognizing A. The best professional advice I received was to build that everyone deals with stress differently. I try to remind a rapport with opposing counsel from the outset of myself daily to give grace to others because you never know a transaction. what someone may be battling, professionally or personally. Q. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve Q. What’s one thing about you that might made professionally? surprise people? A. Underestimating the importance of in-person A. I generally love the arts and have a passion for communication during my first year of practice. landscape photography. Q. Professionally, what keeps you up at night? Q. If you weren’t a lawyer, what job would A. Thinking about my network and ways that I can develop you have? business in my own name. A. I would start a skin care company or a brand Q. What advice would you offer new law development agency. MLW
“The toughest part about being a lawyer is recognizing that everyone deals with stress differently. You never know what someone may be battling, professionally or personally.”
Member, Boston Bar Association and Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association; liaison, Boston Bar Association New Lawyers Committee Business Transactions; board of directors, Boston College Law School Black Alumni Network; member, Mintz Minority Attorney affinity group and Boston Pearl Foundation scholarship awards committee; volunteer, Lawyers Clearinghouse; writing coach, Citizen Schools Academy Writing Program Excellence in Pro Bono Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B21
riel R. Clemmer has dedicated her career to making a difference in the lives of others. “I knew I wanted to be a public interest lawyer from day one,” she says. “I care deeply ARIEL R. CLEMMER A for people and wanted to help the most underserved and vulnerable in our population.” After graduation, she began her efforts as a public defender in the Bronx before spending a Director, Center for Social Justice, Western New few years in private practice, during which she held a public interest externship at Legal Services England University School of Law, Springfield New York City. When she moved to Massachusetts, Clemmer joined the Hampden County Bar Association as its pro bono director. Harvard Law School While there, she managed the Hampden County Legal Clinic, an award-winning, nationally recognized legal services program. Clemmer created the fi rst logo and social media web pages for HCLC, added new pro bono opportunities based on gaps in access to justice that she found in Hampden County, and greatly increased volunteer participation, which exceeded 180 volunteers and interns. Her new initiatives included teaming with the ACLU of Massachusetts’ Immigration Protection Project and MassMutual attorneys to work on border asylum cases, and the creation of the Consumer Debt Initiative, a fi rst-of-its-kind program in the area that assists debtors with collection action lawsuits brought against them. Volunteer attorneys in Springfi eld provide advice, negotiate with opposing counsel, draft settlement agreements, and may appear on behalf of consumers for hearings and trials. “The program has been tremendously successful,” Clemmer says. “We have won almost all of our cases and saved consumers over $100,000 by informing them of their rights and empowering them to navigate other fi nancial situations in the future.” In 2019, Clemmer began teaching at Western New England University School of Law as an adjunct professor and became the director of its Center for Social Justice earlier this year. “The position allows me to tap into my educational background and combine it with my legal experience to further the mission of the center: advancing social justice through research, advocacy and public engagement,” she says. “This is a unique chance to expand upon my prior work and really collaborate with community partners, faculty and law students who are poised to be the future change leaders of society.” Involved with the National Association of Pro Bono Professionals, Massachusetts Pro Bono Coalition, Jewish Business Forum Networking Group and Harvard Law School Women’s Alliance, Clemmer serves on the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services and as co-chair of the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission Consumer Debt Working Group Subcommittee. She was recently selected as a Jewish Community Center 2020 Women in Power Fellow and appointed to the board of trustees of the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School. MLW “This is a unique chance to expand upon my prior work and really collaborate with community partners, faculty and law students who are poised to be the future change leaders of society.”
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s the opioid epidemic continues to impact the country, Robert Frederickson III has helped address the crisis by taking on a series of civil rights cases on behalf of prison inmates ROBERT FREDERICKSON III A suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD). Interestingly, his pro bono efforts evolved from his intellectual property litigation practice. Partner, Goodwin, Boston Frederickson spent several years representing a generic drug manufacturer in a lawsuit against Boston College Law School the brand owner of Suboxone. During the process, he and his team worked with many medical professionals and were exposed to the opioid crisis, the drugs that treat the disease, and the problems people have in getting the right treatment. He then learned of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts’ litigation plans and jumped right in. “Our team had a lot of baseline knowledge already, as well as contacts in the industry,” Frederickson recalls. The first case involved Geoffrey Pesce, who was about to begin a 60-day sentence for a minor traffic violation and suffered from OUD. Under the policy in place when the suit was filed in 2018, Pesce would have been forcibly withdrawn from his physician-prescribed methadone while in prison. “Not only is it a painful process, but the statistics associated with people with OUD who are made to endure a forced withdrawal and are then released back into the community are shocking with regard to recidivism and death,” Frederickson says. “This was a serious situation for our client.” When U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper issued a preliminary injunction finding the denial of treatment likely violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act, it was the first decision in the nation siding with an inmate with OUD. The victory led Frederickson and his team to continue their efforts with the ACLU, filing two additional pro bono lawsuits relating to access to medication for prisoners with OUD. One case, brought against the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was quickly settled in favor of the client; the second, filed on behalf of three individuals against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, resulted in an order to maintain the clients on their medication. “The larger picture is that with each case there has been greater understanding of the science by the corrections industry and health care professionals that these types of treatments are some of the best tools we have to combat the crisis,” Frederickson says. “This is important work, and I’m really proud to be a part of those making a difference on the issue.” Frederickson started his pro bono work early in his career, spending several years working on a New England Innocence Project case seeking post-conviction DNA testing on behalf of a client jailed for murder, as well as multiple asylum matters for PAIR. In 2019, he was selected to participate in YW Boston’s LeadBoston Program. MLW
“The larger picture is that with each case there has been greater understanding of the science by the corrections industry and health care professionals.”
assionate about helping people, Mia B. Friedman joined Fish & Richardson last year as the firm’s pro bono manager, a post that has her leading the pro bono practice for Fish’s 11 MIA B. FRIEDMAN P U.S. offices. “The driving goal of our department is to get pro bono work done,” she explains. Pro Bono Manager, Fish & Richardson, Boston To accomplish that, she works to develop a broad range of opportunities for the lawyers to Suffolk University Law School participate in, fields questions from attorneys and staff about the particular matters they are handling, and dips her toe in the public relations side of things, helping the lawyers and the firm garner recognition for the work they’ve done. Lawyers at the firm work on matters ranging from death penalty cases to Housing Court disputes, from immigration work with organizations such as PAIR and KIND to helping nonprofits that fight for equality. The breadth of the pro bono programs is particularly notable given Fish & Richardson’s intellectual property focus, Friedman points out, with roughly half the attorneys acting as patent prosecutors and half doing IP litigation. “What’s really impressive is that the lawyers at the firm perform a range of pro bono work that doesn’t come close to what they do on a daily basis,” she says, praising the firm for its “amazing” support for the program, which was formalized about 15 years ago. “The most rewarding part of my job is helping someone who has never done pro bono work find something that they are passionate about. A lot of folks are hesitant to get involved, but lawyers are so well-situated to make an impact even outside their area of specialty,” she says. Her own pro bono efforts include volunteer work with the Northeast Legal Aid’s Lawyer for the Day program at the Northeast Housing Court in Lawrence, and a project with the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice to create a youth homelessness handbook. “I really enjoy collaborating with people in the firm and with outside organizations, playing off their different strengths to achieve a goal,” she says. Friedman spent a few years in private practice before jumping into legal services as the director of public interest and pro bono programs at the Rappaport Center at Suffolk University Law School. She then joined Lawyers Clearinghouse. During her tenure there, she expanded the Clearinghouse’s Access to Justice Fellows Program and managed the Massachusetts Legal Clinic for the Homeless, increasing the number of homeless and low-income individuals and families served by 66 percent. Friedman’s desire to help others extends outside of the office as a steering committee member for the Delivery of Legal Services Section of the Boston Bar Association, service on the Network for Social Justice’s Schools & Youth Committee and the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, as well as involvement with the Massachusetts Wonderfund. MLW
“The most rewarding part of my job is helping someone who has never done pro bono work find something that they are passionate about.” Excellence in Pro Bono Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B23
ast December, Radha Natarajan watched her client walk out of prison after spending 35 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. RADHA NATARAJAN L Natarajan came across the case of Gary Cifizzari, who was convicted of murder in the first degree in 1984 based largely on bite mark evidence, while doing research. Thinking that he Executive Director, New England Innocence Project, Boston couldn’t possibly still be incarcerated based on such unreliable evidence, she did a little digging and New York University School of Law learned that he was still in jail. The usual procedure is for convicted defendants to seek out the New England Innocence Project for help in getting their convictions overturned, but Natarajan reached out to Cifizzari. Together with a pro bono team from Ropes & Gray, Natarajan took on the case. Through lots of investigation and DNA testing, they not only demonstrated Cifizzari’s innocence but discovered the actual culprit, leading the commonwealth to assent to Cifizzari’s motion for a new trial and file a nolle prosequi. Litigating cases is only one of the tasks Natarajan performs as executive director of the NEIP, a position she took on in 2017 as the organization was on the brink of closing. To help turn things around, she has launched pro bono partnerships with multiple area law firms. The relationships increase the NEIP’s capacity to pursue cases of wrongful conviction while providing opportunities for lawyers who want to engage in pro bono work. “Being able to provide some hope to people is the best part of the job,” she says. “In some ways, hope is all they have.” Natarajan has spent her career advocating for indigent individuals, representing those with claims of innocence in post-conviction cases and teaching law students about wrongful convictions. She had initially planned on focusing on voting rights, but a judicial internship alerted Natarajan to problems in the criminal justice system. After graduation, she joined the Committee for Public Counsel Services, where she worked for more than a decade. During that time, she played a significant role in improving how the judicial system treats eyewitness identification evidence in Massachusetts through her participation in the Supreme Judicial Court’s Study Group on Eyewitness Evidence and Standing Committee on Eyewitness Identification. She was also part of the successful push for the creation of the state’s Forensic Science Oversight Board, a body with the authority to examine the reliability of forensic science evidence that is admitted in the courtroom. A member of the South Asian Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association, Natarajan has also served as the chair of the Criminal Justice Section Council for the Massachusetts Bar Association and as a member of the Inmate Fees Commission, the SJC Voir Dire Committee, and the Conviction Integrity Unit Working Group. MLW
“Being able to provide some hope to people is the best part of the job. In some ways, hope is all they have.”
lready facing a full plate with her strategic transaction practice at Ropes & Gray, Emily J. Oldshue found herself even busier after the 2016 election. EMILY J. OLDSHUE A GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) had long partnered with Ropes & Gray, and reached out to the firm after being inundated by transgender individuals concerned about Partner, Ropes & Gray, Boston changing their names or updating critical identity forms in light of the new Trump administration. Yale Law School Combining the efforts of the firm, GLAD and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, Oldshue helped to launch the Transgender ID Project. Originally intended as a pop-up clinic, the project has grown and expanded over the last four years and shows no signs of coming to an end. “We had no idea about the volume coming our way,” Oldshue says. The project provides free help to transgender individuals in New England with documents that include birth certificates, Social Security cards, U.S. passports and driver’s licenses or other state-issued identification cards. Oldshue oversees the project at the firm, collaborating with volunteers ranging from first-year associates to partners in offices across the country and the world. Approximately 1,100 individuals have received free legal assistance to date. “I am proud to help as many people as we can,” Oldshue says. “This project is a great match for our firm.” With four years of experience, the project is now looking to expand to other geographic locations and dipping its toe in policy work as well. “Not only do different states have different requirements to legally change a name, for example, but sometimes the requirements vary from county to county,” Oldshue explains. “We’ve started to do some work on that issue.” This entails working with judges, probate and vital records officials and legislators to communicate the needs of people who seek to change their names and update their official documents, with an eye toward uniformity in Massachusetts as well as transparency and predictability for people undertaking the process. Oldshue — who represents public and private companies, investment banks and private equity funds in mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions in her everyday practice — also takes on pro bono clients through the firm’s medical-legal partnership, which matches attorney volunteers with patients of Dorchester House, Boston Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute seeking help with legal matters. A member of the Boston Bar Association’s Public Interest Leadership Program in 2018-2019, she participates in the firm’s LGBTQ and Women’s Forums. MLW
“I am proud to help as many people as we can.” B24 • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 Excellence in Paralegal Work
lizabeth A. Veaner’s career as a paralegal began as something of an accident. Interested in the law, she accepted a paralegal position at a fi rm and fell in love with ELIZABETH A. VEANER E litigation. Over the last 13 years, she has worked on cases in a variety of practice areas, from products liability and personal injury to her current focus at Bernkopf Goodman: business Litigation Paralegal, Bernkopf Goodman, Boston and construction litigation. As the only litigation paralegal at the fi rm, she shoulders the burden of helping the attorneys every step of the way, from pre-trial research and case preparation — including responsibility for all of the fi rm’s ediscovery management — to document review and analysis, coordination of the forensic collection and processing of client data, as well as preparation and analysis of search criteria for client documents. To stay at the top of her game, she makes a concerted effort to keep abreast of the newest technological advancements in order to better help both the attorneys and the fi rm’s clients, and keeps up to date on the various communication tools and apps used by both individuals and businesses. A typical day for Veaner could involve coordinating an ediscovery collection from a client, preparing search terms for a document review, and if a trial is looming, drafting the exhibit list and ensuring everything is ready to go. “Going to trial is my favorite part of the job,” she says, recalling a recent high-profi le trial that found her solely responsible for 1,500 exhibits Her knowledge and expertise allow for a cost savings to clients as well, as her presence in the courtroom eliminates the need for a third-party vendor. “The main focus for the attorneys isn’t making sure they have the right exhibit number,” she notes. “So they may need the photograph of the bathroom and ask for 25, but I know that 25 is the kitchen and 6 is the bathroom. It’s those little things that keep things running smoothly at trial.” One particularly memorable trial involved audio recordings of a witness who changed his story while on the stand. When the witness provided a different answer from his original testimony, the attorney asked Veaner to play the recording at a designated point. “It was painful, watching him try to explain why his answer was different, when his own voice contradicted what he had just testifi ed to,” she recalls. “Those ‘gotcha’ moments in trial aren’t typical, and it was fun to be a part of it.” Outside the offi ce, Veaner is active in local parenting groups and enjoys hiking, reading, writing and playing board games with her family. MLW
“Those ‘gotcha’ moments in trial aren’t typical, and it was fun to be a part of it.”
We Salute Kelly Harbour
for excellence in marketing and myriad contributions to Goulston & Storrs. Through her empathetic leadership style, creativity, unique talents, broad skill set and data-driven approach, Kelly has helped the firm and its clients reach new heights since joining Goulston & Storrs in 2014.
Boston | New York | Washington, D.C. goulstonstorrs.com Excellence in Marketing Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B25
hink of Kelly C. Harbour as a personal trainer for attorneys. “I like to help lawyers build their own muscles,” says Harbour, director of client relations and KELLY C. HARBOUR T innovation at Goulston & Storrs. “They need to use their own particular situation, skills and interests to find their best selves and get closer to our clients.” Director of Client Relations and Innovation Harbour’s days involve a combination of one-on-one individual coaching with attorneys on client Goulston & Storrs, Boston growth strategies and business development, work on the firm’s data management strategy, and oversight of the practice group management function, “all in support of moving the firm forward.” Harbour began her career in the legal industry in 2007, having given little thought to the business side of law firms. But with a background in public relations and the business analysis side of marketing, she fell in love with “the intersection of technology, strategy and business development” in the law. “The idea that you could make marketing scientific and use data to drive decision-making really interested me,” she says. For example, at Goulston & Storrs, Harbour established a system of opportunity tracking and saw a dramatic improvement to the conversion rate of new business prospects from about 5 percent to 30 percent, using a consistent methodology for vetting and responding to the opportunities. She has participated in more than 150 new business opportunities for the firm. Harbour also created and implemented a strategy and “go/no go” process to analyze requests for proposals, resulting in an increase to the firm’s win rate by 25 percent each year, and expanded the firm’s client team programs from seven teams (representing 16 percent of revenue) to 23 teams (representing 30 percent of revenue), with a more than 75 percent participation rate from attorneys. Over the course of her career, Harbour has seen a shift toward greater acceptance of marketing at law firms and a decrease in the stigma around the word “sales.” “Particularly over the last decade, we’ve seen an increased willingness to participate and be engaged in business development, especially with helping the lawyers realizing that they can’t wait until they are not busy,” she says. “If that happens, they’ve waited too long.” That change has also led to Harbour’s proudest professional achievement. “The legal profession is fundamentally about relationships and trust,” Harbour says. “When I get a call that one of the lawyers wants me to be their advisor or help them think through an opportunity, that moment is really meaningful because it demonstrates their trust in me.” An active member of the Legal Sales & Service Organization, Legal Marketing Association and International Legal Technology Association, Harbour recently participated in the launch of the Legal Value Network. MLW
“When I get a call that one of the lawyers wants me to be their advisor or help them think through an opportunity, that moment is really meaningful because it demonstrates their trust in me.”
eff Scalzi loved legal marketing from the beginning. He began his marketing career in legal publishing before moving to a technology company, but hasn’t looked back since starting work JEFF SCALZI J at his first law firm. “Marketing is really the heart of a law firm,” he says. “We have a hand in and contribute to most, if Senior Manager, Integrated Marketing, Goodwin, Boston not all, of the external-facing activities that the firm is doing.” In his current role at Goodwin, that translates into working on the firm’s digital platform, crafting communications, and considering the overall strategy and direction of the firm’s marketing. “Every day is a mix of all the components that go into the broader definition of legal marketing, which keeps it very interesting and very fast-paced,” Scalzi says. During his more than 16 years of experience in the field, Scalzi helped grow a regional law firm into a national presence at Nixon Peabody, handled a full rebrand of a firm’s identity and launch of its first multi-media advertising campaign at Foley Hoag, reinvigorated social media at Goulston & Storrs and facilitated integration efforts as part of the creation of the largest firm in the world at Dentons. Leveraging what he learned in each role has led him to his position today as a results-driven and seasoned marketing, communications and business development practitioner. For Scalzi, the highlight of his job is working on multi-faceted initiatives that require collaboration with different members of his team and the firm. Over the years, he has seen a shift in attitude toward greater acceptance of legal marketing at law firms and among lawyers. “Lawyers are generally averse to change, but they are willing to embrace change to stay competitive,” he says. He has also made a concerted effort to raise the profile of legal marketers as business professionals willing and capable of contributing to legal aid efforts in the cities in which they live and work. To that end, Scalzi joined the board of directors of Greater Boston Legal Services as its first member who was not a lawyer, helping to position marketers and other business operations professionals at firms as valued, strategic contributors at their organizations and moving away from the pejorative reference to “non-lawyers.” A recognized industry leader in professional services marketing, Scalzi is very involved in the Legal Marketing Association. In 2008, he served as president of the LMA’s New England chapter, and in 2012 was president of the LMA’s New York chapter. He spent two years as co-executive editor for Strategies: The Journal of Legal Marketing and currently serves as a member of the LMA Northeast Region’s Communications Committee. A member of the Legal Sales and Service Organization and Law Firm Media Professionals, Scalzi volunteers for the Hanover chapter of A Simple Gesture with his children and spent several years involved with youth sports. MLW
“Marketing is really the heart of a law firm.” B26 • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 Excellence in ADR
ith deep roots in transactional corporate work, Jeffrey N. Fink provides his clients with dispute resolution advice that ranges from start-up issues to business dissolutions. JEFFREY N. FINK W Fink began his career in the corporate departments of several fi rms, including Proskauer in New York. After several years as a “hard-core corporate lawyer,” Fink began to consider what he Partner, Kerstein, Coren & Lichtenstein, Wellesley liked most about the practice of law. Columbia Law School “For years, I found myself drawn into other people’s litigation to help them settle,” he says. “I decided to train as a mediator, which snowballed into doing other kinds of dispute resolution, such as collaborative law and mediation. Dispute resolution provides a structure to think of other ways to solve problems instead of a zero sum game of attacking each other.” In 2008, he launched his own fi rm, where he practiced for more than a decade. There, he served as outside general counsel and business advisor to companies in a variety of industries and developed a cannabis business law practice, guiding clients in formation, fi nancing and commercial transactions, while continuing his dispute resolution efforts. “Years ago, somebody told me that if more than half of what you are doing on a daily basis is interesting, then you have one of the best jobs in the world,” Fink says. “The best part of my job is bringing something complicated to a conclusion, whether in a business transaction bringing parties together or helping them break apart.” Fink joined Kerstein, Coren & Lichtenstein in January 2020, where he represents individuals, Massachusetts companies, multi-million-dollar enterprises and multinational organizations. In addition to his business law experience, he handles a range of family law matters such as representing business clients in negotiating and drafting prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and assisting in the division of business interests in divorce. His dispute resolution work tackles a variety of commercial matters as well as family disputes. “Dispute resolution really comes down to listening and perseverance,” Fink says. “Whatever form it takes — settlement, mediation or arbitration — you need good listening skills. And perseverance is required, to keep chipping away at a problem even if the parties seem very far apart.” A board member and past president of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, Fink serves as co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution Collaborative Law Committee and is a member of the Access to Collaboration Panel of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council. A longtime mediator with Community Dispute Settlement Center, he has arbitrated for the Better Business Bureau and the Massachusetts Bar Legal Fee Arbitration Board and worked with Risolvere, an Italian collaborative law organization, to help train practitioners and promote the use of collaborative law. MLW hea S errill M by “Dispute resolution provides a structure to think of other
photo ways to solve problems instead of a zero sum game of attacking each other.”
arah E. Worley became a lawyer to stop bullies. “I went to an all-girls British boarding school when I was a child and the experience SARAH E. WORLEY S birthed in me a hatred of bullies,” she says. “I will never be a superhero in the physical sense, but what I like about the practice of law is the role of a lawyer as somebody who stands in President, Sarah E. Worley Conflict Resolution, Boston between their client and the bully.” Georgetown University Law Center Worley launched her legal career in private practice concentrated on personal injury and premises liability, but after a few years she switched gears to dispute resolution. “I loved trying cases, but dispute resolution seemed to be another means to get to an end that was less stressful and more accessible to the parties themselves,” she says. “I have always viewed dispute resolution not as an alternative to litigation but as a process that works really well in cooperation with our legal system.” In 2010, Worley went out on her own as a full-time mediator and arbitrator, largely focused on complex commercial cases, personal injury, medical malpractice, legal malpractice and employment law, with a signifi cant number of cases arising from sexual abuse in religious orders or at schools. She has mediated or arbitrated more than 9,000 cases and served as a case evaluator, special master and workplace negotiator. A certifi ed civil rights investigator, she also works with schools, universities and businesses to conduct independent investigations on allegations of workplace discrimination or #MeToo- related issues. “The hardest part of my job is to re-live with that person the worst 20 minutes of their life,” Worley says. “Part of dispute resolution is creating a place that is safe to tell their story and that can be really diffi cult, because I can’t change that a bad thing happened.” Over the course of her more than two decades in dispute resolution, Worley can count “on less than fi ve fi ngers” the number of individuals who are truly unfeeling or cavalier about the situation. “Generally there are broken people on both sides,” she says. “We try to help people come to the understanding that a resolution won’t necessarily bring an end to the hurt or anger but does allow them to move forward.” A member of the Massachusetts executive committee of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Worley serves as the TIPS Section vice chair of the American Bar Association and the Dispute Resolution Section Council chairperson of the Massachusetts Bar Association. She also teaches dispute negotiation at Boston College Law School and is a member of the National Crime Victim Bar Association. Worley performs a signifi cant amount of pro bono dispute resolution work, primarily in the mediation fi eld. MLW
“I have always viewed dispute resolution not as an alternative to litigation but as a process that works really well in cooperation with our legal system.” Excellence in Firm Administration/Operations Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B27
or Elizabeth A. Quick, a typical day involves “constantly controlled chaos.” As executive director at Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, she has at least four to fi ve projects on her plate ELIZABETH A. QUICK F on any given moment, but still must be prepared to set them all aside when something more urgent comes up. Executive Director “Every single day is very different from all the others,” Quick says. “I don’t have the Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, Springfield opportunity to get bored.” Building on each of her prior positions over more than 20 years working in law fi rms had led to her current role, in which she handles overall responsibility for the fi rm’s business operations in both the Hadley and Springfi eld offi ce locations, reporting directly to the managing partners as well as participating and conducting all executive committee meetings. “I feel responsible from the top down,” she says. “I need to make sure we are all moving in the same direction.” Quick leads and directs the administrative and operational functions of the fi rm, including accounting and fi nancial management reporting, human resources, technology, information management, marketing and business development, and insurance and facilities. She also appreciates the “human element,” with unexpected conversations and issues. “The harder the day is, the better I work,” Quick says. “I don’t have to have all the answers, but I have to know where to fi nd them. I get to the end of the day and almost always feel really good about what I do.” Quick launched her career with law fi rms after spending several years working professionally with horses. Although she began as a paralegal, an offi ce manager taught her the ins and outs of billing, accounts payable and day-to-day operations, creating a solid foundation and inspiring her to return to school for a degree in business administration. She spent 18 years at a West Hartford fi rm until it closed its doors, then moved on to a start-up employment law boutique in Boston before working for nine years as a multi-location administrator for a fi rm with offi ces in Hartford and Washington, D.C. In 2017, she joined Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, building on the “stepping stones” of her prior experience in fi rms of various sizes and locations. “I love what I am doing,” she says. “I work with great people and amazing attorneys, and Springfi eld is coming alive again. I have what I consider my perfect job.” A member of the Professional Women’s Chamber of Western Massachusetts, Quick has been involved with the National Association of Legal Administrators since 1988 and is a member of the Nutmeg Chapter. MLW
“I don’t have to have all the answers, but have to know where to fi nd them.”
Excellence in Legal Journalism ongtime Worcester Telegram & Gazette court reporter Gary Murray is being honored posthumously with the 2020 Excellence in Legal Journalism award, sponsored by the Massachusetts Bar THE LATE GARY MURRAY L Association. The award is bestowed annually on a reporter whose coverage of the legal system in Massachusetts best refl ects the commitment to truth and justice shared by both the bar and the press. Court reporter, Worcester Telegram & Gazette Murray, who died on May 31, 2020, at age 69, spent 51 years as a full-time member of the Telegram (Posthumous award) staff and had covered the courts since the early 1980s. During his long tenure on the beat, Murray became an institution in the Worcester courthouse, where he earned the universal respect and admiration of attorneys, judges and employees. “We are deeply saddened by Gary’s untimely passing and send our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues during this very diffi cult time,” says MBA Chief Legal Counsel and Chief Operating Offi cer Martin W. Healy. “Gary touched the lives of many through his decades of reporting on the local courts, and he was as much a part of our legal community as the attorneys, judges and courthouse personnel he wrote about. The MBA is proud to honor the memory of such an exceptional legal journalist.” Telegram Executive Editor Dave Nordman says that given Murray’s commitment to honest and thoughtful reporting, he would have accepted the award with a large measure of pride and viewed it as a reinforcement of his guiding principles as a journalist. “Nobody ever said a bad word about Gary, and I think that’s a tribute to his writing, his fairness and his dedication to ethics, getting both sides of the story, listening and not rushing — all those things that make a great journalist,” Nordman says. Although he had no formal legal training, Murray was well known for his deep knowledge of criminal law and often sought out by attorneys for his opinion on a case. In a June 3 tribute written by Telegram reporter Bill Doyle, Worcester lawyer Michael Hussey noted that Murray’s understanding of the law “rivaled that of many attorneys.” As Nordman explains, Murray declined several opportunities over the years to take on new reporting assignments because of how much he loved covering the courts and how he came to embrace the role of legal journalist as his professional identity. “He loved the law, he loved the courts, and he loved telling the stories in that second home of his,” Nordman says. Murray sadly died just over a week after announcing his retirement, leaving Nordman to join countless others in the legal community and the journalism profession in expressing profound sorrow at the sudden loss of their former colleague. “His passing was a tragedy, and he will be missed by everybody,” Nordman says. MLW
Murray was well known for his deep knowledge of criminal law and oft en sought out by attorneys for his opinion on a case. B28 • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 Past Up & Coming Honorees
2019 Jared L. Shwartz, Elizabeth Carr Pignatelli Hinckley Allen Hogan Lovells Gavin F. Alexander Keerthi Sugumaran Claire R. Rollor Ropes & Gray Jackson Lewis Analog Devices, Inc. Jason E. Armiger Lavinia M. Weizel Naomi R. Shatz Gesmer Updegrove Mintz Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein Saraa Basaria Michael Stefanilo Jr. Todd & Weld 2018 Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten L. Adrian Bispham Vincent A. Tofani Suffolk District Attorney’s Office Stephanie M. Batchelder Parker Scheer Manion, Gaynor & Manning Gregory S. Bombard John F. Weaver Duane Morris Kendra Berardi McLane Middleton Robinson & Cole Kathleen M. Brill Emily A. Weber Foley Hoag Michael R. DiStefano Levitt Law Group Todd & Weld Darian M. Butcher Day Pitney Jillian H. Dumas 2017 athenahealth Shirley Xiao Li Cantin WilmerHale Jasmine Elatab Jesse Adams Advocates for Community & Transformative The Law Offices of Jesse Adams Courtney A. Caruso Justice Hogan Lovells Michael C. Birch David Emer Hirsch, Roberts, Weinstein Christina Chan Nutter Attorney General’s Office Andrew J. Burke Matthew G. Feher Barton & Associates Janette A. Ekanem Burns & Levinson Greater Boston Legal Services Gabriel Cheong Benjamin Flam Infinity Law Group D’Andre T. Fernandez Gordon Law Group Attorney General’s Office Katie D. Cintolo Beth A. Goldstein Stone, Stone & Creem Sophia L. Hall Sherin & Lodgen Lawyers for Civil Rights K. Nicole Clouse Kristen Smith Grannis McDermott, Will & Emery Stacie A. Kosinski Latham & Watkins Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster Matthew J. Connolly Katherine A. Guarino Nutter Mina S. Makarious Locke Lord Ernani Jose DeAraujo Anderson & Kreiger Jennifer Itzkoff East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Alex Mancebo Womble, Bond, Dickinson Vilas S. Dhar Jones Day Emily D. Ladd-Kravitz Dhar Law Samantha Regenbogen Manelin Greenberg Traurig Proskauer Christina M. Licursi Stesha A. Emmanuel McCarter & English Laura Mangini Wolf Greenfield Alekman DiTusa Elizabeth J. McEvoy Lauren A. Graber Collora Michael G. McDonough Barrett & Singal Egan, Flanagan & Cohen Joshua D. Nadreau Calvin J. Heinle Gibbs & Heinle Daniel L. McFadden Fisher & Phillips American Civil Liberties Union of Nicole M. O’Connor Amelia J. Holstrom Massachusetts City of Boston Law Department Skoler, Abbott & Presser
Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder Evan Panich Matthew L. Knowles Hirsch, Roberts, Weinstein McDermott, Will & Emery McDermott, Will & Emery Courtney B. Scrubbs Krina C. Patel Craig D. Levey Sanofi Freedom for All Massachusetts Bennett & Belfort Past Up & Coming Honorees Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B29
Jane Hill Lovins L. Alexandra Hogan Felicia H. Ellsworth U.S. District Court for the District of Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin WilmerHale Massachusetts Elizabeth Kayatta Adam J. Foss Benjamin McGuire Arrowood Peters Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office Greenberg Traurig Jessica G. Kelly John T. Graff Eliana C. Nader Sherin & Lodgen Hirsch, Roberts, Weinstein Magaletta & McCarthy Julia Kobick Patrick J. Hannon Amanda R. Phillips Office of the Attorney General Shilepsky, Hartley, Michon, Robb Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton Nik Ligris Morgia D. Holmes Glynis A. Ritchie Ligris & Associates Robins Kaplan Day Pitney Katherine E. McCarthy Adriana Lafaille Jennifer R. Schultz Robinson Donovan American Civil Liberties Union of Goodwin Massachusetts Toby Merrill Caroline K. Simons Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School Ellen E. Lemire Fish & Richardson Pinkerton Boston Alexandra Peredo Carroll Thomas L. Smith Kids in Need of Defense David W. S. Lieberman Justice at Work Day Pitney Sheriece M. Perry Andrew P. Sutton Trial Court of Massachusetts Alissa K. Lipton Brown Rudnick Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Katherine Schulte Dunner Stephanie Viola Swanson Casa Myrna Vazquez Office of State Senator Eric P. Lesser Jenevieve J. Maerker Michael Schultz Foley Hoag Elizabeth K. Wright Foley & Lardner Robinson & Cole Jennifer R. C. Mendonca Jacob Scott Locke Lord athenahealth 2016 Michael Molloy Erin Staab Marcotte Law Firm Teresa K. Anderson Day Pitney Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office Shehla Syed Rachel E. Muñoz William J. Bernat West Hill Technology Counsel Morgan, Brown & Joy Nutter David Tolley Kevin K. Nolan Laurie R. Bishop Latham & Watkins Proskauer Hirsch, Roberts, Weinstein Ellen VanScoyoc Jessica L. Parker-Battle John P. Bosse Central West Justice Center Biogen Sex Offender Registry Board 2015 Whitney A. Reichel Lindsay Manning Burke Fish & Richardson Kenney & Sams Cassandra H. Arriaza Staci Rubin Suzanne Elovecky Office of the Attorney General Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities Todd & Weld Laura M. Banwarth Samuel A. Segal Michael Firestone Banwarth & Associates Law Offices of Samuel A. Segal Office of the Attorney General Christopher R. Blazejewski Christopher Strang Kris C. Foster Sherin & Lodgen Strang, Scott, Giroux & Young Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission Melissa A. Conner Damian Turco Ursula Furi-Perry Conner Law Offices Turco Legal Office of the Attorney General Meghan C. Cooper 2014 Frank Gerratana Nolan, Perroni, Harrington Fish & Richardson Sarah M. Allen Jane L. Edmonstone Pabian & Russell Emily Hodge Community Legal Aid Choate, Hall & Stewart Theresa A. Barbadoro B30 • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 Past Up & Coming Honorees
Baker, Braverman, Barbadoro 2013 2012 Jessica Berry Meredith L. Ainbinder Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts Emerson College Alison R. Bancroft Law Office of Alison Bancroft Brian P. Bialas Brendan T. St. Amant Foley Hoag Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar Jason Benzaken Benton B. Bodamer Lauren G. Barnes Benzaken & Wood Goodwin Hagens, Berman, Sobol, Shapiro Fangli Chen Asya Calixto Elizabeth G. Crowley Proskauer Rose Prince, Lobel, Tye Burns & Levinson Zachary Coseglia Julia E. Devanthery Melissa M. D’Alelio Pfizer Inc Legal Services Center of Harvard Law Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Sherley E. Cruz Carline M. Durocher Timothy J. Famulare Greater Boston Legal Services Lydia M. Edwards David M. Friedman Vikas S. Dhar Brazilian Immigrant Center Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster Dhar Law Michael A. Fenton Jeffrey B. Gilbreth Steven Eric Gagne Shatz Schwartz & Fentin Nixon Peabody Northwestern District Attorney’s Office Julie S. Ferraro Thomas M. Hoffey, Jr. Kreindler & Kreindler Fuller, Rosenberg, Palmer & Beliveau Daniel K. Gelb Gelb & Gelb Kanasha S. Herbert Nina S. Lewin Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo Solo Practitioner Cynthia M. Gilbert Sofia S. Lingos Chelsea A. Loughran Hyperion Law Lingos Law Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks Rebecca Jacobstein Christopher Logue Lisa S. Maki Office of Appellate Advocacy Casa Myrna Vazquez City of Boston Law Department Joseph Kennedy III Melissa A. Murphy Jonathan B. Miller House of Representatives City of Everett Office of the Attorney General Adam J. Kessel Benjamin R. Novotny Laurel M. Millette Fish & Richardson Lubin & Meyer Millette Law John B. Koss Audrey H. O’Shaughnessy Joseph Mulhern Audrey H. O’Shaughnessy CPCS Youth Advocacy Department Stephen M. LaRose Nixon Peabody Damian Powell Joseph B. Sconyers Barrett & Singal Jones Day Katharine L. Milton Todd C. Ratner Monica Singh Casa Myrna Vazquez Bacon Wilson EMD Serono Keith A. Pabian Soraya Sadeghi Callan G. Stein Pabian Law Soraya Law Barrett & Singal Jason S. Pinney Victoria M. Santoro Arivee N. Vargas Bingham McCutchen Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Noah C. Shaw Courtney C. Shea Raquel J. Webster NY State Energy Research & Development Peabody & Arnold National Grid Authority David H. Travers Jessica N. White Danielle K. Sheer Todd & Weld Prisoners’ Legal Services Carbonite Anjali S. Waikar Emily K. Yu Natural Resources Defense Council Edwards, Wildman, Palmer Louis W. Tompros WilmerHale Ruthanne D. Withers Michael H. Zarren Coogan Smith Boston Celtics Natasha Varyani Past Up & Coming Honorees Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • July 22, 2020 • B31
2011 Leonard E. Milligan III Justin Dion Milligan, Rona, Duran & King Bay Path College/Bacon Wilson
Kathryn Hayne Barnwell Neal E. Minahan Jr. Timothy Dooling Attorney at Law Smith Lee Massachusetts Parole Board
Tania Rodrigues Cleary India L. Minchoff Nicole Murati Ferrer Russo & Minchoff City of Cambridge License Commission Maribeth A. Cusick, City of Boston Law Department Ingrid Nava James Kennedy SEIU Local 615 House of Representatives Patricia C. D’Agostino Margolis & Bloom D. Danielle Pelot Joshua Lewin Nixon Peabody Bowditch & Dewey Andrew R. Dennington Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford Christopher Marston 2010 Exemplar Law Partners Jay DeYoung Fish & Richardson Sejal Patel Sarah Boonin Law Office of Sejal H. Patel Sean C. Flaherty Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School Keches Law Group Mark Rogers Thomas Brown The Rogers Law Firm Andrew J. Gambaccini Fish & Richardson Reardon, Joyce & Akerson Jolie Siegel Colby Bruno Intralinks Keith E. Glidden Victim Rights Law Center Verrill Dana Lefteris Travayiakis Kathleen Marie Celio Law Offices of Lefteris Travayiakis Jason L. Kropp Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office WilmerHale Juan Concepcion Allyson E. Kurker Law Office of JA Concepcion Kurker Paget LLC Scott Connolly Charles Lyon Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton Choate, Hall & Stewart Eliza Cox
Camille A. Marcos Nutter
Amy F. Mendel Patience Crozier Epiva Biosciences Law Office of Joyce Kauffman
Louis S. Mercedes Melissa Nott Davis Jones Day McDermott, Will & Emery
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