ElizabEth a. McintyrE • SuSan l. abbott • Patricia M. annino • laurEn D. arMStrong • navjEEt K. bal • julianE balliro • PaMEla E. bErMan • Mary lu bilEK • Mary l. bonauto • ElizabEth butlEr • Sarah M. a. caMougiS • Maryann civitEllo • SuSan j. cohEn • KarEn F. coPEnhavEr • MEliSSa n. DaviS • KatE nacE Day • StEPhaniE M. DEcanDia • ElizabEth g. DinEEn • KiMbErly a. DoughErty • liSa F. EDMonDS • ElainE M. EPStEin • gracE v. b. garcia • SuSan i. groSSbErg • Monica halaS • MargarEt r. hinKlE • MEliSSa a. hoFFEr • rEgina M. hurlEy • cathy M. juDD-StEin • joycE KauFFMan • cynthia b. KElihEr • anDrEa c. KraMEr • linDa l. lanDry • MEliSSa F. langa • ann MariE MaguirE • Stacy a. MalonE • barbara h. MitchEll • raDha natarajan • caMillEPRESENTS: a. nElSon • roSEMary j. nEvinS • janiS D. noblE • nnEna E. j. oDiM • conStantia t. PaPaniKolaou • MichEllE r. PEircE • liSa j. Pirozzolo • MariSa l. Pizzi • DEborah a. raMirEz • KatiE c. rayburn • lorEtta r. richarD • ElizabEth a. ritvo • Mary h. SchMiDt • ingriD c. SchroFFnEr • Sara g. Schwartz • EllEn a. ScorDino • vEronica SErrato • laura r. StuDEn • MarniE M. warnEr • janE E. williS • Sarah E. worlEy • ElizabEth a. McintyrE • SuSan l. abbott • Patricia M. annino • laurEn D. arMStrong • navjEEt K. bal • julianE balliro • PaMEla E. bErMan • Mary lu bilEK • Mary l. bonauto • ElizabEth butlEr • Sarah M. a. caMougiS • Maryann civitEllo • SuSan j. cohEn • KarEn F. coPEnhavEr • MEliSSa n. DaviS • KatE nacE Day • StEPhaniE M. DEcanDia • ElizabEth g. DinEEn • KiMbErly a. DoughErty • liSa F. EDMonDS • ElainE M. EPStEin • gracE v. b. garcia • SuSan i. groSSbErg • Monica halaS • MargarEt r. hinKlE • MEliSSa a. hoFFEr • rEgina M. hurlEy • cathy M. juDD- StEin • joycE KauFFMan • cynthia b. KElihEr • anDrEa c. KraMEr • linDa l. lanDry • MEliSSa F. langa • ann MariE MaguirE • Stacy a. MalonE • barbara h. MitchEll • raDha natarajan • caMillE a. nElSon • roSEMary j. nEvinS • janiS D. noblE • nnEna E. j. oDiM • conStantia t. PaPaniKolaou • MichEllE r. PEircE • liSa j. Pirozzolo • MariSa l. Pizzi • DEborah a. raMirEz • KatiE c. rayburn • lorEtta r. richarD • ElizabEth a. ritvo • Mary h. SchMiDt • ingriD c. SchroFFnEr • Sara g. Schwartz • EllEn a. ScorDino • vEronica SErrato • laura r. StuDEn • MarniE M. warnEr • janE E. williS • Sarah E. worlEy • ElizabEth a. McintyrE • SuSan l. abbott • Patricia M. annino • laurEn D. arMStrong • navjEEt K. bal • julianE balliro • PaMEla E. bErMan • Mary lu bilEK • Mary l. bonauto • ElizabEth butlEr • Sarah M. a. caMougiS • Maryann civitEllo • SuSan j. cohEn • KarEn F. coPEnhavEr • MEliSSa n. DaviS • KatE nacE Day • StEPhaniE M. DEcanDia • ElizabEth g. DinEEn • KiMbErly a. DoughErty • liSa F. EDMonDS • ElainE M. EPStEin • gracE v. b. garcia • SuSan i. groSSbErg2013 • Monica halaS • MargarEt r. hinKlE • MEliSSa a. hoFFEr • rEgina M. hurlEy • cathy M. juDD-StEin • joycE KauFFMan • cynthia b. KElihEr • anDrEa c. KraMEr • linDa l. lanDry • MEliSSa F. langa • ann MariE MaguirE • Stacy a. MalonE • barbara h. MitchEll • raDha natarajan • caMillE a. nElSon • roSEMary j. nEvinS • janiS D. noblE • nnEna E. j. oDiM • conStantia t. PaPaniKolaou • MichEllE r. PEircE • liSa j. Pirozzolo • MariSa l. Pizzi • DEborah a. raMirEz • KatiE c. rayburn • lorEtta r. richarD • ElizabEth a. ritvo • Mary h. SchMiDt • ingriD c. SchroFFnEr • Sara g. Schwartz • EllEn a. ScorDino • vEronica SErrato • laura r. StuDEn • MarniE M. warnEr • janE E. williS • Sarah E. worlEy • ElizabEth a. McintyrE • SuSan l. abbott • Patricia M. annino • laurEn D. arMStrong • navjEEt K. bal • julianE balliro • PaMEla E. bErMan • Mary lu bilEK • Mary l. bonauto • ElizabEth butlEr • Sarah M. a. caMougiS • Maryann civitEllo • SuSan j. cohEn • KarEn F. coPEnhavEr • MEliSSa n. DaviS • KatE nacE Day • StEPhaniE M. DEcanDia • ElizabEth g. DinEEn • KiMbErly a. DoughErty • liSa F. EDMonDSTHURSDAY, • ElainE M. OCT. EPStEin 31 |• 11:30gracE a.m.v. b. garcia - 2 p.m. • SuSan| Boston i. groSSbErg Park Plaza • MonicaHotel halaS • MargarEt r. hinKlE • MEliSSa a. hoFFEr • rEgina M. hurlEy • cathy M. juDD-StEin • joycE KauFFMan • cynthia b. KElihEr • anDrEa c. KraMEr • linDa l. lanDry • MEliSSa F. langa • ann MariE MaguirE • Stacy a. MalonE • barbara h. MitchEll • raDha natarajan • caMillE a. nElSonPLATINUM • roSEMary j. nEvinS • janiS D. noblE • nnEna E. j. oDiM • conStantia t. SPONSORS: PaPaniKolaou • MichEllE r. PEircE • liSa j. PirozzoloA PROFESSIONAL • CORPORATION MariSa l. Pizzi • DEborah a. raMirEz • KatiE c. rayburn • lorEtta r. richarD • ElizabEth a. ritvo • Mary h. SchMiDt • ingriD c. SchroFFnEr • Sara g. Schwartz • EllEn a. ScorDino • vEronica SErrato • laura r. StuDEn • MarniE M. warnErGOLD SPONSORS:• janE E. williS • Sarah E. LEADERSHIPworlEy SCHOLARSHIP • ElizabEth a. McintyrESUPPORTING SPONSORS: • SuSan l. abbott • Patricia M. annino • laurEn D. arMStrongSPONSOR: • navjEEt K. bal • julianE balliro • PaMEla E. bErMan • Mary lu bilEK • Mary l. bonauto • ElizabEth butlEr • Sarah M. a. caMougiS • Maryann civitEllo • SuSan j. cohEn • KarEn F. coPEnhavEr • MEliSSa n. DaviS • KatE nacE Day • StEPhaniE M. DEcanDia • ElizabEth g. DinEEn • KiMbErly a. DoughErty • liSa F. EDMonDS • ElainE M. EPStEin • gracE v. b. garciaYOUR PARTNER • IN SuSan THE PROFESSION i. groSSbErg • Monica halaS • MargarEt r. hinKlE • MEliSSa a. hoFFEr • rEgina M. hurlEy • cathy M. juDD-StEin • joycE KauFFMan • cynthia b. KElihEr • anDrEa c. KraMEr • linDa l. lanDry • MEliSSa F. langa • ann MariE MaguirE • Stacy a. MalonE • barbara h. MitchEll • raDha natarajan • caMillE Boston University School of Law congratulates BU Law student Elizabeth McIntyre (’14), the 2013 Leadership Scholarship Honoree BU Law congratulates our alumnae who have been named Top Women of Law for 2013: Melissa N. Davis ('02) Grace V.B. Garcia ('98) Melissa F. Langa ('96) Stacy Malone ('02) Barbara H. Mitchell ('74) Marisa L. Pizzi ('97) Mary H. Schmidt ('85) Veronica Serrato ('88) PUBLISHER / EDITOR<IN<CHIEF Susan A. Bocamazo, Esq. EDITOR Henriette Campagne Dear readers, MANAGING EDITOR David E. Frank, Esq. This special section honors Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s Top Women OPINION EDITOR Thomas E. Egan, Esq. of Law for 2013. OPINION DIGESTER This year we are adding two new components to our event. First, we will be Jill Murphy, Esq. presenting a Leadership Scholarship to a local law student to help her complete NEWS REPORTERS her legal education. This year’s winner, Elizabeth McIntyre, is a third-year student Brandon Gee Julie McMahon at Boston University who has already made significant contributions in the public WEBSITE EDITOR / NEWS REPORTER interest arena. You’ll learn more about her in the profile included in this section. Noah Schaffer We’ve also created a Circle of Excellence to recognize those women who have ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Yas been honored in the past, but whose continuing achievements and contributions ________________________________ to our community merit additional recognition. Five individuals have been AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER elevated to the Circle. JoAnn Griffin ________________________________ All our honorees were selected by a panel comprised of members of the VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES community and representatives from Lawyers Weekly’s editorial department. Charlene J. Smith Our judges looked for individuals who have made significant contributions to SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE our profession and are role models for young women entering the law. Enjoy Melanie Footer learning more about the impressive women featured in this special section. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Jahna Barbar BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS < CLASSIFIED Joan McGonagle Susan A. Bocamazo, Esq. EVENTS LIAISON Publisher, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Kelsey Karimi 617-218-8191 ADVERTISING SALES ASSISTANT Carla Haddad ________________________________ ART DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP Melissa N. Davis . 13 Rosemary J. Nevins . 30 Terry Driscoll SCHOLARSHIP Kate Nace Day . 14 Janis D. Noble . 30 RECIPIENT Stephanie M. DeCandia . 14 Nnena E.J. Odim . 31 GRAPHIC ARTISTS Elizabeth G. Dineen . 15 Constantia “Dena” T. Victor Watch Elizabeth A. McIntyre . 2 Kimberly A. Dougherty . 15 Papanikolaou . 31 John Mecklenburg Lisa F. Edmonds . 16 CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE Michelle R. Peirce . 32 Nate Silva Elaine M. Epstein . 16 Lisa J. Pirozzolo . 32 ________________________________ Navjeet K. Bal . 5 Grace V. B. Garcia . 17 Pamela E. Berman . 7 Marisa L. Pizzi . 33 VICE PRESIDENT, CIRCULATION Susan I. Grossberg . 18 Mary L. Bonauto . 9 Deborah A. Ramirez . 34 Malee S. Nuesse Monica Halas . 18 Susan J. Cohen . 12 Margaret R. Hinkle . 19 Katie C. Rayburn . 34 CIRCULATION MANAGER Stacy A. Malone . 28 Melissa A. Hoffer . 19 Loretta R. Richard . 35 Scott Murdoch Regina M. Hurley . 20 Elizabeth A. Ritvo . 35 TOP WOMEN OF LAW ________________________________ Cathy M. Judd-Stein . 22 Mary H. Schmidt . 36 Susan L. Abbott . 3 Joyce Kauffman . 22 The Dolan Company Ingrid C. Schroffner . 36 Patricia M. Annino . 3 Cynthia B. Keliher . 23 Sara G. Schwartz . 37 Lauren D. Armstrong . 4 Andrea C. Kramer . 24 CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT/CEO Ellen A. Scordino . 38 James P. Dolan Juliane Balliro . 6 Linda L. Landry . 24 Mary Lu Bilek . 8 Melissa F. Langa . 25 Veronica Serrato . 38 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/COO Elizabeth Butler . 10 Ann Marie Maguire . 26 Laura R. Studen . 39 Scott J. Pollei Sarah N. A. Camougis . 10 Barbara H. Mitchell . 26 Marnie Warner . 39 Maryann Civitello . 11 Radha Natarajan . 29 Jane E. Willis . 40 VICE PRESIDENT/CFO Karen F. Copenhaver . 13 Camille A. Nelson . 29 Sarah E. Worley . 40 Vicki Duncomb VICE PRESIDENT/BI PROFILES