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PRESENTSPRESENTS in the law IN PARTPARTNERSHIPNERSHIP WITH GOLD SPONSORS SPO SROSN SILVERSILVER SPONSORS SPONSO SR BESPOKE BANKING 2012 Annual Dinner Featuring Keynote Speaker VICTORIA REGGIE KENNEDY, ESQ. Thursday, May 31 ◆ Westin Boston Waterfront 5:30 p.m. Reception ◆ 7 p.m. Dinner Honoring Also honoring MBA LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR 2012 ACCESS TO JUSTICE AWARDS RECIPIENTS Legal Services Award Thomas Mela Massachusetts Advocates for Children Pro Bono Law Firm Award Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten LLP Boston Pro Bono Publico Award Linda Hickman SPEAKER ROBERT A. DELEO Neighborhood Legal Services Inc. (D-Winthrop) Defender Award Dulcinea (Duci) Goncalves Sponsorship and registration CPCS Youth Advocacy Department information at Prosecutor Award Michael Fabbri www.MassBar.org/AD12 or (617) 338-0530. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • May 2012 • B3 in the law TABLE OF CONTENTS Up & Coming Lawyers Excellence in Diversity Excellence in Firm Alison R. Bancroft . 5 Wayne A. Budd . 19 Administration Jason G. Benzaken . 5 Angela McConney Scheepers . 19 Fangli Chen . 6 Catherine E. Reuben . 20 Lorraine Curry . 23 Zachary N. Coseglia . 6 Minita Shah-Mara . 20 Sherley E. Cruz . 8 Excellence in Operations Vikas S. Dhar . 8 Excellence in Pro Bono Steven E. Gagne . 9 Julie C. Pease . 23 Daniel K. Gelb . 9 Hanishi T. Ali . 21 Cynthia M. Gilbert . 10 Susan M. Finegan . 21 Rebecca A. Jacobstein . 10 William E. Kelly . 21 Excellence in Legal Joseph P. Kennedy III . 11 William O’Brien . 22 Journalism Adam J. Kessel . 12 William L. Patton . 22 John B. Koss . 12 Michael N. Sheetz . 22 Kevin Cullen . 24 Stephen M. LaRose . 13 Brown Rudnick . 22 Katharine L. Milton . 14 WilmerHale . 22 Daniel F. Toomey Keith A. Pabian . 14 Jason S. Pinney . 15 Excellence in Marketing Judicial Excellence Noah C. Shaw . 15 Vanessa Schaefer . 23 Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf . 24 Danielle K. Sheer . 16 Louis W. Tompros . 16 Photos by Merrill Shea Profiles written by Amy E. Burroughs Natasha N. Varyani . 18 DANIEL K. GELB An extraordinary lawyer and an extraordinary person. Congratulations to you and all of the honorees. GELB & GELB LLP boston university trying and settling cases since 1987 school of law www.gelbgelb.com congratulates alumni BUSINESS & SECURITIES LITIGATION zachary n. coseglia (j.d. ’05) CRIMINAL DEFENSE REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS sherley e. cruz (j.d. ’03) PROBATE & DOMESTIC RELATIONS and john b. koss (j.d. ’05) for their recognition as up & coming lawyers 84 State Street 4th Floor Boston, MA 02109 Phone (617) 345-0010 vw B4 • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • May 2012 in the law Letter from the Publisher Dear Readers, This special section honors excellence throughout the legal community. Our Up & Coming Lawyers are rising stars in the legal community — Massachusetts attorneys who have been members of the bar for 10 years or less, but who have already distinguished themselves in some manner and appear poised for even greater accomplishments. Our honorees for Excellence in Diversity were chosen for their commitment to diversity, whether through helping a law firm to develop a more inclusive culture or advocating for the legal rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. We have added a new category this year, and the firms and individuals chosen as our honorees for Excellence in Pro Bono are all terrific role models for their work in giving back to the community. In addition, we are honoring the often unsung heroes who make sure our offices run smoothly and the trains run on time with our Excellence in Firm Administration, Marketing and Operations awards. The honorees for Judicial Excellence and Excellence in Legal Journalism, chosen by our partner in this event, the Massachusetts Bar Association, are also featured in this section. This year, the MBA is honoring Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf and Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen. The pages that follow hopefully offer some intriguing insights into the individuals selected for their contributions this year. Please join me in congratulating all our honorees. Susan A. Bocamazo, Esq. Publisher, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly ATTORNEYS AT LAW Trusted Advisors. Strong Advocates. Congratulations to our “Excellence in the Law” Honorees CATHERINE E. REUBEN EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY AND KEITH A. PABIAN UP & COMING LAWYERS EMPLOYMENT • LITIGATION LABOR • IMMIGRATION DATA SECURITY 24 FEDERAL STREET, 12TH FLOOR WWW.HRWLAWYERS.COM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110 BLOG.HRWLAWYERS.COM (617) 348-4300 vw Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • May 2012 • B5 & Lawyers UpAlisonComing R. Bancroft i POSITION: Attorney, Law Office of Alison Bancroft, Foxborough AGE: 35 LAW SCHOOL: New England School of Law BAR ADMISSION: 2002 Q. What do you consider your biggest A. All of my clients are indigent. I’m the free achievement as a lawyer to date? appointed attorney through the Committee A. In this past year, I’ve had four clients who for Public Counsel Services. When I first have had new trials granted. started cases, CPCS appointed me a mentor and I call her still, seven years later. Also, I Q. What professional goal are you striving for? was a DA previously, and there’s a really nice group of attorneys down in Bristol County A. Just to get better at doing what I do that I still keep in touch with. We help each other out a lot with cases and asking ques- Q. What’s the most satisfying case or matter tions. It’s hard as a solo to work by yourself you’ve worked on so far? and not to have people to bounce informa- A. Commonwealth v. Barbosa, a case I argued tion off of. to the Appeals Court. They overturned half of the case; I argued at the Supreme Judicial Q. What was your least favorite class in law Court and they overturned the other half. school? That was a big case last year. It’s related to the A. I loved school, but constitutional law was A. The biggest challenge for me personally A. My children, ages 5 and 3 Supreme Court case of Melendez-Diaz v. Mas- not very fun. in terms of my practice is just trying to sachusetts, which was decided a month before maintain contact outside of my office with Q. What’s one thing about you that might sur- my brief in Barbosa was due. As this case went prise people? Q. If you hadn’t become a lawyer, what field other attorneys, just to keep a dialogue going along, that case file was moving along with us, would you have entered? and have connections outside of myself. I A. When I was in law school, I met five friends so it was a lot of following up with the cases and we have continued to stay in contact daily, A. I always was interested in writing. I actu- took a part-time job in a civil litigation firm and trying to figure out how the facts of [Bar- to get out more. even though we’ve all moved across the coun- bosa] should come out on the basis of the ally went to college for journalism and try. Some are in California, Washington, Penn- switched to PR. Some profession in which caselaw as it was being developed. There was Q. What talent would you most like to have? sylvania. We talk every day, all six of us, and we a lot of close reading of the cases and a lot of writing is a key component, because that’s get together as often as we can. We are just as A. I would love to be an eloquent speaker on pushing to get my client what he deserved, what I enjoy doing the most. close as the day when we all left school. which was a new trial. It was a lot of persua- the spot. I have a hard time articulating elo- sive arguing just because the law was so new. Q. If you could meet any famous lawyer in quently when I really need to. Q. What is your dream vacation? You had to think ahead a little bit to try to history, who would it be? A. All of them! I went to Italy on my honey- continue the argument. A. John Adams Q. What is the trait you most dislike in yourself? moon and would love to go back. A. I question myself so often about everything. Q. Who was your most important mentor, and Q. What’s the biggest challenge of being a Q. What word best describes you? how has that person impacted your career? lawyer? Q. What is your most treasured possession? A. Thoughtful Jason G. Benzaken POSITION: Founding partner, Benzaken & Wood, Brockton AGE: 35 LAW SCHOOL: Northeastern University School of Law BAR ADMISSION: 2003 Q. What do you consider your biggest Q. What do you consider your biggest profes- achievement as a lawyer to date? sional accomplishment? A. Any time I save someone from a very big A. It’s probably the result in Commonwealth state prison sentence, it feels pretty impor- vs. Kateley, a case I had before the Supreme tant to me. Some of my biggest wins are Judicial Court. His conviction was reversed, probably the ones that are unknown to oth- but the bigger part was the SJC agreed with ers. When you have a heavy trial load with our take on the charging requirements for the superior court, you get pretty accus- lifetime parole. So that was sort of a win that tomed to guys or women being sent to state helped people besides my client. prison for a really long time, so whenever you have a win, that feels pretty important. Q. What was your least favorite class in law school? Q. What’s the biggest challenge of being a plus because I don’t give up on things, but I Q.