The Bridge - 2020

CHANGE IN THE WORKS FINDING COMMUNITY BOSTON POLICE REFORM A look at the ever-adapting The First-Generation Program Learn more about Boston Mayor courts and clinics, and the provides extra support for students Walsh’s Task Force on challenge of access during who are the first in their families to Police Reform, chaired by attend law school. The Bridgetheglobalpandemic. Trustee Wayne Budd. New England Law | Boston Alumni Magazine Winter 2020–2021 A Tribute to the late Chairman Martin C. Foster ’80 (1953–2020)

IN THIS ISSUE 2 CHAIRMAN FOSTER TRIBUTE 16 3 A Conversation with John F. O’Brien ’77 John F. O’Brien reflects on Chairman Martin C. Foster’s life and legacy 4 A Man for Every Moment The leadership and legacy of Chairman Martin C. Foster ’80 7 Principled Practice Perspectives on the driving force behind Foster & Eldridge, LLP 8 The Measure of the Man Friends, family, and colleagues share their memories F E AT U R E S 10 Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice Ginsburg was a friend to our law school and will be remembered fondly 16 Change in the Works How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the courts and clinical programs? 20 Finding Community Instead of Isolation Hear from students themselves why the First-Generation Program is so important Bridge Winter 2020–2021 | Volume XVIII Published by Photography The Office of Communications Bruce Benner Photography; The Bridge magazine serves to connect alumni, faculty, students, and Marketing Del Benson; Renee DeKona; and administrators. The name is also directly linked with the bridge Design Rick Friedman Photography; in our logo, which celebrates our Boston home and the school’s Stoltze Design Group Steve Petteway, Collection of the innovators, and recalls the spirit of graduate Leonard P. Zakim ’78, Cover Image Supreme Court; Tony Rinaldo; for whom the Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston is named. New England Law | Boston Hillary Schwab Photography; With a legacy of more than a century, we also honor our past and Merrill Shea; Metzger Studios; maintain a bridge to our history as Portia Law. Miller Studios; Nicki Pardo; Brian Phillips; Additional photos courtesy of the New England Law | Boston Library Archives

IN THIS ISSUE 1 10 14 Spotlight: Wayne A. Budd Trustee Wayne A. Budd ’81 (honorary), ’89 (honorary) chaired the Mayor’s Task Force on Police Reform 22 Meet the New Chair of the Board Diana L. Wheeler ’90 was elected Chair of the Board in June 2020 24 News Faculty share their expertise in the media Ambassador Scott Brown selected as President and Dean 26 Asked/Answered Embracing Treatment Over Incarceration Guiding a City Through a Pandemic 28 Annual Giving Program Thank you to our generous donors! 34 Class Action Find out what your classmates have been up to . . .  42 In Memoriam Remembering those we’ve lost in the last year 26 NewEnglandLawBoston Change of address and @NewEnglandLaw inquiries about Alumni New England Law | Boston Relations or the Annual @NewEnglandLawBoston Giving Program: NewEnglandLaw 617-422-7422 alumni@nesl.edu 154 Stuart Street Boston, MA 02116

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 AM TARRITBIUNT CE.  TFOO STER ’80 The entire New England Law community mourned the passing of Chairman Foster in June 2020. He was a tireless leader, advocate, and friend to our community for decades. Upon graduation from New England Law, he joined the school’s Board of Trustees, became Vice Chairman in 1987, and assumed the role of Chairman in 2007. 2020 marked his 40th year of service as a member of the Board.

MARTIN C. FOSTER ’80 TRIBUTE 3 JAO CHONN FV. EOR’BSRAITEINO N’7 7WITH  Last month, we asked his friend and colleague of 40 years, New England Law President and CEO John O’Brien, to reflect on Marty’s life and legacy. THE BRIDGE: possible about the operations of the Marty. He was not afraid to lead, school before learning how we might but he never made anyone feel like How did you and Chairman contribute. When it came to our roles, he was the boss. He was a genuinely Foster develop such a close Marty and I had similar philosophies. nice human being, and almost working relationship? Trustees bring — ​in varying degrees — ​ everyone he met felt that they had a work, wisdom, and wealth to the job. real connection with him. He never JOHN F. O’BRIEN: We met as young Neither of us were wealthy, but we had wavered in his devotion to seizing any trustees when the board was headed a passion for the work. Judge Lawton opportunity to give others the same by Judge James R. Lawton. Marty encouraged us and helped us soak up experience he’d had as a New England and I each were recruited for our insights from a variety of sources and Law student. alumni work shortly after we graduated assignments. We came to understand from New England Law. We were the that, as an independent law school, New THE BRIDGE: youngest trustees of that generation, England Law had to excel in all areas of and Judge Lawton became a great its operations — f​rom teaching, research, What do you think he would be mentor and friend to us. He invited us and clinical practice opportunities to most proud of? to dinners and sought our perspectives bar passage rates, flexible study on the school and its future. It wasn’t options, and quality administration. We JOHN F. O’BRIEN: Two things come to long before Marty and I became also agreed that agility was one of our mind — b​ uilding the largest, most- close friends. greatest advantages. Unfettered by the respected medical malpractice firm in bureaucracy of an overarching university, Massachusetts from scratch and THE BRIDGE: we could (and still do) launch timely promoting the steady ascent of New new initiatives within a very short time. England Law. Marty left our school How did Chairman Foster’s vision a better place than he found it. He for the school align with yours? THE BRIDGE: helped New England Law recruit stellar faculty and staff and cultivated our JOHN F. O’BRIEN: Coming in as trustees Why was Chairman Foster so wonderful alumni. He saw us through at relatively young ages, we shared devoted to New England Law? economic and enrollment roller a thirst for trying to learn as much as coasters. He kept us debt free even JOHN F. O’BRIEN: He and I were similar as the school acquired ownership in our appreciation for the way New of additional buildings. And he did all England Law not only welcomed us this while staying true to New England with open arms, but inspired us to Law’s core culture and mission — t​o excel in collegiality, friendship, and deliver high-quality, flexible, practice- collaboration, as much as in the study ready legal training to an ever-more and practice of law. From the dean diverse and public-spirited student body and professors to the career services in a genuinely friendly and supportive staff and department administrators, environment. As humble a person as everyone enjoyed working at the Marty was, I hope, too, that he would be school and supporting one another’s gratified to know how much he inspired best efforts. It was a natural fit for all of us to be our best selves. 

A MAN FOR  “Marty was instrumental in building an effective EVERY MOMENT board. Over the years, its members have helped New England Law navigate some challenging THE LEADERSHIP AND LEGACY OF times — t​he Great Recession, which took an CHAIRMAN MARTIN C. FOSTER ’80 unprecedented toll on legal education, and the unchartered waters created by COVID-19.” “Marty’s personal warmth and genuine friendliness are legendary in the New England Most recently, Foster spearheaded a pandemic- Law community — d​ eservedly so,” says Chair related task force to oversee the working groups of the Board of Trustees Diana Wheeler ’90. that developed plans for a safe return to school and “These attributes are monumentally important work for the New England Law community. “Up to for the Chair of a law school. Our Chair is the end, Marty was giving his all to ensure that our the face of the institution at the numerous students have the opportunities they deserve in functions that take place each year. Strong an environment that is respectful and supportive of engagements — w​ ith the local legal community, everyone’s needs,” says Wheeler. “Marty definitely with potential employers for our graduates, set us up for success, yet again.” and with our alumni — a​ re incredibly valuable to New England Law.” Keeping the original promise New England Law Trustee, President of the Wheeler notes that another key focus for a Corporation, and Connecticut Superior Court Chair is the composition of a board of trustees. Judge Peter Brown ’87 remembers being struck by Foster’s deep affinity for New England Law’s storied role in the history of legal education and

MARTIN C. FOSTER ’80 TRIBUTE 5 the regional legal community. “Marty never lost Foster grew up in Massachusetts, son of a BELOW sight of our Portia Law School origin story — ​ Cambridge police officer, and remained friends Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy III ’17 an institution exclusively for women who mostly with the kids he grew up around. “I think his (honorary) with Martin C. Foster ’80 came from working-class and immigrant families,” upbringing made him very down to earth,” says at the 2017 Law Day Banquet he says. “That has always been at the heart Calamare, “and he carried that spirit into of our brand, and Marty was as astute as he was every role he filled at New England Law. He LOWER LEFT passionate in carrying that promise forward.” valued everyone’s opinions and knew how to ask Martin C. Foster ’80, Lieutenant questions without giving the impression that he Governor Karyn E. Polito ’91, and Brown notes that Foster was fiercely already had the answers. He often reminded us John F. O’Brien ’77 at the 2017 committed to another core Portia value — p​ ractical that you learn a lot more if you really listen.”  Dean’s Reception legal knowledge and skills. “For decades, most of the women who passed the Massachusetts bar exam were Portia graduates, and our pass rate remains one of the best in the country,” says Brown. “Marty also used his strong connections in private practice and government to bolster the practical side of our students’ training. He helped create more opportunities for our students to learn how to represent a client, argue before a judge, and contribute to public policy development.” An enduring connection to his roots Despite Foster’s many years working for congressional powerhouses Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, Bella Abzug, Harold Ford, and Joseph Moakley, former New England Law Associate Dean Susan Calamare notes that Foster reveled in the everyday relationships essential to solving people’s problems. “Marty possessed innate political acumen, and his stints in Washington definitely honed those skills,” she says. “But he retained his authenticity, ability to listen, and collaborative spirit. Marty worked in politics so he could help others, and he never forgot where he came from.” ABOVE Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’09 (honorary) and Martin C. Foster ’80 at the 2009 Law Day Banquet

6 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 BELOW RIGHT Patricia A. Connolly-Foster, Hon. Anthony David Libbey, Martin C. Foster ’80, and Donald M. Kennedy ’05 (honorary), and Martin C. H. C. Libbey ’97 at the 2018 Washington, D.C. Foster ’80 at the 2005 Law Day Banquet Alumni Reception LEFT ABOVE John F. O’Brien ’77, Hon. Martin J. Elizabeth Nicastro, John F. O’Brien ’77, Walsh ’14 (honorary), Mayor, Boston, Amy Nicastro Clark, Christine and Martin C. Foster ’80 at the 2014 Nicastro ’94, Cosmo Nicastro ’57, and Law Day Banquet Martin C. Foster ’80 at the 2018 Alumni Reunion Weekend ABOVE Martin C. Foster ’80 with Trustees Chair Diana L. Wheeler ’90 and Trustee Wayne A. Budd ’81 (honorary), ’89 (honorary), Spring 2012 “Three leaders and their commitment to service”

MARTIN C. FOSTER ’80 TRIBUTE 7 PRINCIPLED PRACTICE PERSPECTIVES ON THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND FOSTER & ELDRIDGE, LLP RIGHT Larry Lucchino ’08 (honorary); Sharon Shelfer Casey ’91; Hon. David A. Lowy, adjunct professor of law; Lieutenant Governor Karyn E. Polito ’91; Hon. Thomas F. Reilly; Trustee Wayne A. Budd ’81 (honorary), ’89 (honorary); John F. O’Brien ’77; Martin C. Foster ’80; Trustee Peter G. Flaherty ’92 at the 2017 Dean’s Reception BELOW Martin C. Foster ’80 with Hon. Roderick L. Ireland ’92 (honorary), Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Retired) at the 2014 Law Day Banquet LEFT “Marty was so down to earth that he flew under fronts. He was a great mentor to the junior the radar in many settings — b​ ut never in court,” associates in his firm, giving them second-chair Steven M. O’Brien ’83 and Martin C. says New England Law Trustee Kathy Spurling ’88, trial opportunities and coaching them in their Foster ’80 at the MassDLA 2019 a senior claims specialist at Coverys insurance. examination of witnesses and statements to the Annual Meeting and Spring Seminar, “Most people who met him would never have court. Marty also brought a lot of young talent recipients of the Defense Lawyer guessed that he’d built the most successful to the Rule 73 medical malpractice committee, of the Year Award and the President’s medical malpractice firm in Massachusetts. He which was essential to our completing the work Award, respectively was a phenomenal trial attorney, and he was in a timely manner.” deeply respected by the plaintiffs’ bar, too.” Massachusetts Superior Court Associate Repeatedly named a Massachusetts “Super Justice Anthony Campo ’88 saw Foster as Lawyer” by Boston Magazine, Foster was ranked someone whose success never overtook his among New England’s “Top 100 Lawyers — ​ common touch or his uncommon decency — ​ Massachusetts,” “Top 100 Lawyers,” and “Boston’s traits Campo attributes to Foster’s upbringing as Best Lawyers.” He also was cited as one of a regular city kid in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “The Best Lawyers in America” and received the “I had the honor of representing codefendants Rx for Excellence Award honoring best practices with Marty in several cases,” says Campo. in medicine by the Massachusetts Medical Law “Occasionally, I had the misfortune of being on Report. Foster held the highest rating for Ethical the opposite side of the ‘v.’ against him. Either way, Standards and Professional Excellence from the I always marveled at how he could engage with international rating directory, Martindale-Hubbell. a jury rather than talking over or at them. And no matter how fiercely we may have battled, Marty “As a practitioner, Marty was extraordinarily had a knack for turning down the temperature with generous with his time and talent,” according to a disarming smile and a ‘you rascal.’ He was the Middlesex County Clerk of Courts Michael A. quintessential gentleman gladiator.”  Sullivan, “which was important on a couple of

8 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 ABOVE Martin C. Foster ’80 with Hon. Charlotte A. Perretta ’84 (honorary) at the 1984 commencement BELOW Kate Foster with her husband Joseph Shannon, Kris Foster ’08 with her husband Stephen Troiano ’11, and Martin C. Foster ’80 with his wife Patricia A. Connolly-Foster ABOVE RIGHT Martin C. Foster ’80 with Martin C. Foster ’80 Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor ’91 at the Centennial (honorable) and John F. O’Brien Convocation and ’77 at An Evening with Justice Celebration in 2008 Sandra Day O’Connor Honoring Dean John F. O’Brien in 2012 THE MEASURE OF THE MAN FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES REFLECT ON HOW MARTIN FOSTER TOUCHED THEIR LIVES “Our father had two loves in his life — ​ “I remember being so impressed that “I was still in college when I got to know our mother, Pat, and New England Marty came to almost every law Marty. My family’s real estate office Law | Boston. He made it one of his school event I attended as a student. was down the street from his firm. life’s goals to give back to the The one that still stands out is the Whenever I stopped in to say hi, Marty school that had given him so much, bar exam afterparty the school hosts would sing the praises of a new intern by serving on various committees, each year. I happened to mention to or the latest hire from New England including the Board of Trustees. him how much I wanted to stay in the Law. His enthusiasm for the practice We are forever thankful to the New Northeast and stay connected to the of law and the quality of the education England Law community for honoring school. Before I knew it, he was helping he received inspired me and many our father’s legacy with the school me locate opportunities throughout the others to follow in his footsteps.” with this tribute.” region. Thirty years later, I’m remarkably honored and humbled to have the NEW ENGLAND LAW TRUSTEE MARTIN FOSTER’S DAUGHTERS, chance to build on his legacy at New BRENDAN NOONAN ’93 KATE FOSTER AND KRIS FOSTER ’08 England Law.” President, C. Brendan Noonan CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES & Company, Inc. DIANA WHEELER ’90 Secretary of the Board of Directors, ORBIS International

BELOW RIGHT Martin C. Foster ’80 with his John F. O’Brien ’77, Professor Emeritus daughter Kris Foster ’08 Philip K. Hamilton, Professor Charles W. at the 2008 commencement Sorenson, Professor Paul F. Teich, Professor Allison M. Dussias, and Martin C. Foster ’80 at the 2011 Dean’s Reception ABOVE Trustees Chair Diana L. Wheeler ’90; Trustee Albert A. Balboni ’83; Trustee Hon. Peter L. Brown ’87; Trustee Kathleen Pfeifer Spurling ’88; Trustee Judith A. Wayne ’76; Sara Goldman Curley ’02; Martin C. Foster ’80; John F. O’Brien ’77; Trustee C. Brendan Noonan ’93; Trustee Peter G. Flaherty ’92 at the 2018 commencement LEFT Martin C. Foster ’80 and his wife Patricia A. Connolly-Foster with their grandchildren “One of my favorite memories of “Marty’s way was always to make more HAVE A MEMORY OF CHAIRMAN Marty involves a 1991 road trip from of others and less of himself. Many of FOSTER YOU’D LIKE TO RECOUNT? Boston to Brooklyn in a rented van. us who knew him fairly well only learned My bride-to-be Kathy and I knew Marty of his weekly volunteer work at Harvard We’re collecting them now and and his wife Pat were coming, but Square Churches Meal Program when hope to share more with the we were amazed when the vehicle the story was shared at his memorial New England Law community soon. driven by Dean John O’Brien disgorged service. Marty had a very quiet way of Email marketing@nesl.edu. not only the two of them but Chairman making everything he touched better. of the Board Judge Lawton, his wife He’s one of the most amazing people Jeanne, and their son Mark and his I’ve ever known.” wife Pat. That’s when I began to fully appreciate how infectious Marty’s zest NEW ENGLAND LAW TRUSTEE for life could be.” KATHY SPURLING ’88 NEW ENGLAND LAW TRUSTEE, Senior Claims Specialist, Coverys Insurance PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION, SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE PETER BROWN ’87 State of Connecticut, Judicial Branch



REMEMBERING JUSTICE RUTH BADER GISNESCBTUIORNG 11 REMEMBERING JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s tremendous impact on society is undisputed. As the second woman elected to the Supreme Court of the United States, she served for more than 27 years and played an iconic role in American jurisprudence for several generations. Throughout her legal career she was also an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights. Our founding history as Portia, the first law school for women, likely contributed to her affinity for New England Law. Not only did she help the law school celebrate its Centennial with a personal recording, but she was incredibly generous with her time on several occasions. To celebrate the Centennial during the 2008–2009 academic year, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor ’91 (honorable) visited in the first semester and Justice Ginsburg in the second. Justice Ginsburg spoke to honored guests at our spring Law Day Banquet, where she received an honorary Doctor of Laws from New England Law. Then Dean John O’Brien ’77 recalled, “We were thrilled that Justice Ginsburg helped us celebrate the school’s 100th birthday. When we OPPOSITE New England Law commissioned a portrait of Justice Ginsburg for the law library, painted by Georgianna Nyman Aronson using this photo among others as a model. LEFT Justice Ginsburg addresses students, staff, and faculty at New England Law.

12 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 ABOVE Justice Ginsburg meets with the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education summer abroad participants in Valletta, Malta in 2017. LEFT Justice Ginsburg hosts a Q&A session for New England Law students, staff, and faculty on campus. “Justice Ginsburg will be missed for her intellect, Prior to the evening event, Justice Ginsburg her wit, and her authenticity. Both the court and visited the law school for a question-and-answer our country have suffered a huge loss.” session with New England Law students. During her talk, she discussed the challenges she faced JOHN F. O’BRIEN ’77 as a young female attorney and what was at the time her recent diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. realized her birthday was just two days after Law Day, I knew we needed to do something special.” Reflecting on her passing in September, John On stage, O’Brien informed the audience of F. O’Brien shared his thoughts: “Justice Ginsburg the Justice’s upcoming birthday and invited the was brilliant, she was authentic, and somehow, 1,300 in attendance to join him in singing happy as she said in a speech later on in life, in her wildest birthday to her. dreams she never would have thought that she would come to be known as the notorious RBG. Justice Ginsburg’s warm and personal keynote I know she’ll be missed for her intellect, her wit, speech included reflections on the deep friendships and her authenticity. Both the court and our country among the justices; despite their differences, have suffered a huge loss.” she noted that the justices “remain good friends, people who respect each other and genuinely New England Law students also had a enjoy each other’s company.” once-in-a-lifetime opportunity through our summer abroad program in 2017. The Consortium for Innovative Legal Education (CILE) — w​ hich includes

REMEMBERING JUSTICE RUTH BADER GISNESCBTUIORNG 13 LEFT Justice Ginsburg shakes the hand of Law Day co-chair Holly A. Gryko ’09, greets SBA President Tara N. Cho ’09. BELOW Then Dean John O’Brien ’77 visits with Justice Ginsburg at a luncheon with faculty prior to the 2009 Law Day address where she received an honorary degree. LEFT Justice Ginsburg speaks to Jessica Revils, a student from South Texas College of Law Houston attending the CILE summer abroad program in Malta. New England Law | Boston and its partner schools through CILE-affiliated schools in Malta, England, California Western School of Law, Mitchell Ireland, Chile, and the Czech Republic. Hamline School of Law, and South Texas College of Law Houston — h​ osted Justice Ginsburg during Most recently, Justice Ginsburg visited with New the third session of CILE’s study abroad program England Law alumni at a 2018 reception preceding at the University of Malta’s Valletta campus. the Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony. Justice Ginsburg provided the future lawyers The entire New England Law community with a retrospective of prominent Supreme Court remains grateful for the time she spent with us, her cases over the past year, conducted a Q&A commitment to ensuring equal rights under the law, session, and attended a reception for participating and her many contributions to our legal system.  students and faculty in her honor. Justice Ginsburg followed in the stead of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and the late Justice Antonin G. Scalia, who previously taught in international study abroad programs offered

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 A  NSWERING THE CALL — ​ YET AGAIN WAY N E BU DD’S WOR K AS CH A IR OF THE BOSTON POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE LEADS TO HISTORIC CHANGES The legendary legal career of New when I started to believe that I could joining a select list of past honorees England Law | Boston trustee Wayne make this my profession.” that includes Howard Baker, Budd ’81 (honorary) and ’89 (honorary) Christopher Warren, Judith Kaye, and is all the more remarkable for the Budd moved to Boston in 1967 and Walter Mondale. Budd currently serves fact that he hadn’t planned to become twelve years later cofounded one of as senior counsel in the litigation an attorney — e​ ven as he was enrolling the country’s largest minority-directed department at Goodwin in Boston. He in law school. The son of the first law firms, Budd, Reilly, and Wiley. He originally joined the firm as a partner Black police officer in the history of left the firm in 1989 when he was in 1993. Springfield, Massachusetts, Budd appointed U.S. Attorney for the District matriculated as a night student at of Massachusetts. Budd was the No challenge too large or small Wayne State University Law School in first African American to hold such a If there’s a through-line in Budd’s the mid-1960s without ever having post in a New England state. Under wide-ranging career, it’s that he’s met a successful lawyer of color. his tenure, the office was recognized for always embraced a challenge — w​ hether its work combating drugs, street crime, on the national stage or behind the speaker’s podium at New England Law. “Tackling this agenda within a 14-week timeframe in One such moment came in the early the midst of a nationwide racial reckoning and global years of his relationship with the school. pandemic was as difficult a task as I can remember. The “I was in town for the 1992 Law Day fact that we reached unanimous consent on so many Dinner,” Budd recalls, “and the weather substantive, systemic recommendations is a credit to the was terrible. My boss, then Attorney expertise and dedication of every member of the group.” General William Barr, was scheduled to deliver the keynote address. Try as TRUSTEE WAYNE BUDD ’81 (HONOR ARY), ’89 (HONOR ARY) he might, however, AG Barr couldn’t get out of Washington because all the “I had no awareness that a Black and gang violence. Budd also served flights were grounded.” person could build a career in the law,” as president of the Massachusetts says Budd. “I viewed my legal education Black Lawyers Association (1974–1975) Reviewing his options, then New as a springboard to a career in business and the Massachusetts Bar Association England Law Dean John O’Brien ’77 or government service.” Through his (1979–1980). He was not only the sought advice from then Middlesex day job, however, in the industrial first African American to head a state District Attorney Tom Reilly, who was relations department of Ford Motor bar association anywhere in the U.S. also in attendance. Reilly is reported to Company (his Boston College A.B. but also the youngest president in the have said, “It’s time to bring in the lefty was in economics) and the Wayne history of the MA Bar Association. from the bullpen. Ask Wayne.” Budd State network, Budd met a number of agreed, with two conditions. “Tom was successful Black attorneys. “That’s In 2011, Budd received The American my dearest friend, but time was short,” Lawyer’s Lifetime Achievement Award, says Budd. “I asked for 30 minutes and a quiet room in which to collect my

ANSWERING THE CALL — YET AGAIN 15 thoughts. I guess it went okay, because bias training, the body camera program, Commissioner William Gross officially John and I have been close friends and strengthening community oversight. embraced the group’s entire slate ever since.” of changes on October 13, 2020. In “Such a brief would be challenging committing to a 180-day implementation That small, unexpected challenge under normal circumstances,” notes period, Walsh pledged to “use every came at a time when Budd was Budd. “Tackling this agenda within tool at my disposal to make this a reality.” prosecuting one of the highest-profile a fourteen-week timeframe in the civil rights cases of the decade, the midst of a nationwide racial reckoning While pleased with the immediate videotaped police beating of Rodney and global pandemic was as difficult outcome, Budd emphasizes that King. Budd was number three at a task as I can remember. The fact systemic reform is a long-term, the U.S. Justice Department, and that we reached unanimous consent community-wide project. “We’ve made the litigation came in the wake of a on so many substantive, systemic some progress with the adoption California state jury verdict that recommendations is a credit to of these measures,” he says, “but this acquitted three L.A. police officers. The the expertise and dedication of every work is never done. We can always outcome sparked several weeks of member of the group.” make things better. And the obligation riots — a​ nd heightened public scrutiny of to help is on all of us in the legal the federal case. Charting a steady In framing the specific points in its community. It may be police reform, it course through the storm, Budd and his report, the Task Force urged Mayor may be the public education, or some team secured the conviction of two Walsh to “view these recommendations other area. Wherever your passion officers for violating King’s civil rights. as the floor rather than the ceiling and expertise lay, answer the call and on police reform,” a spirit which Walsh get engaged.”  A reckoning in the midst embraced when he and Police of a pandemic Budd’s most recent high-profile assignment came in June of 2020 when Boston Mayor Marty Walsh convened an eleven-member Boston Police Reform Task Force with Budd as its chair. Wayne Budd’s friend, President John O’Brien commented, “Wayne is an incredibly busy man. Yet, he took on this role out of a sense of duty to the community. He knew he could make a difference, so he didn’t hesitate. That tells you a great deal about who Wayne Budd is.” The Task Force comprised community leaders, advocates, legal professionals, and members of the law enforcement community. Its mission was to review and recommend changes in four areas: use-of-force policies, implicit Leadership runs in the family Wayne Budd often remarks that his finest achievement is being the father of three daughters who are making positive contributions to society. Budd’s oldest daughter Kim — w​ ho taught at New England Law and maintains her connection with the school — r​ ecently gave Dad yet another reason to be proud. In October 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker nominated Kimberly S. Budd to be the next Chief Justice of the Commonwealth’s Supreme Judicial Court. Budd will be the first Black woman to lead Massachusetts’s highest court.

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 COURTS, CLINICS, AND THE CHALLENGES OF ACCESS DURING A PANDEMIC CHAWNGOERKSIN THE

CHANGE IN THE WORKS 17 “Make no mistake — w​ e will never go back to the are becoming experts on Zoom. We’re harnessing way things were in our courts before COVID-19,” the power of video tools to support live hearings, says Massachusetts Trial Court Chief Justice real-time breakout sessions, and individual Paula M. Carey ’86, “and we are doing everything attorney-client consultations.” At the same time, in our power to make sure that is a good thing. Justice Carey and her colleagues are mindful that We have an incredible opportunity to improve many individuals with business before the courts access to justice for lower-income, under-resourced, don’t have access to the necessary technology. and historically marginalized communities.” “We don’t want the widespread adoption of these Securing this outcome will require new and tools to exacerbate the already troubling divide accelerated initiatives by the courts and the legal between the haves and have-nots.” community to analyze the root causes of inequities, reconceive methods of engagement, “I hope students are motivated by recent events and rebuild trust in just outcomes. The short-term to learn more about the history of institutional challenge, however, is to keep courts operating injustice in our country, and that they will safely under pandemic-related precautions without use that knowledge to tackle the root causes,” compromising that larger vision. she says. “At the same time, they have the opportunity to change the narrative with every New options for remote business client interaction they have — a​ s we all do.” When stay-at-home orders and limitations on in-person business activities took effect, the MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE PAULA M. CAREY ’86 trial courts quickly transitioned from in-person operations to the virtual handling of a wide range Ramping up community outreach LEFT of emergency proceedings. New permissions and assessment for electronic signatures, for example, enabled In recent months, the Massachusetts Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey ’86 judges and clerks to efficiently issue court orders. has gone on the road — v​ irtually, of course — ​ held a number of Virtual Town Litigants were empowered to file pleadings to spread the word about interacting with the Halls with communities throughout remotely and serve documents to opposing parties courts under COVID-related restrictions for the Commonwealth. via email. To encourage wide adoption, the physical distancing. In communities such as Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) temporarily waived Chelsea, Lawrence, Brockton, and Worcester, electronic filing fees for indigent parties. court personnel have partnered with mayors, town administrators, and community health and “We launched additional support tools early on housing officials to share information about to help litigants navigate the new landscape when, where, and how individuals can access the of virtual courts,” Justice Carey says. “We staffed legal system. At the same time, public and a new centralized telephone help line with nonprofit service providers are supplying details court employees to field general questions about about available food, medical, employment, and pending civil and criminal cases. We also housing assistance programs. established new email addresses for more than 100 courts to expand access for people seeking Justice Carey and her colleagues also are information about their proceedings.” working to identify spaces in individual jurisdictions where litigants without access to technology The courts ramped up their use of live video can safely participate in Zoom hearings — l​ocal platforms, too. “We’ve had virtual conferencing for libraries, for example, or courthouse resource years,” Justice Carey notes, “but adoption was far rooms. “We’re even providing remote training for from universal. Now, all of us in the courts system people who could connect with us via their mobile phones,” she says. “The bottom line is that we are trying to be much more creative about how we engage with the communities we serve. If we can connect people to services that help stabilize their lives amidst this crisis, they stand a much better chance of having a productive interaction with the court system.”

18 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 New opportunities for confronting completely upended. “Our externships depend systemic racism heavily on the operation of outside law offices,” One of the Trial Courts’ most far-reaching explains Russell Engler, Professor of Law and initiatives is a series of community conversations Director of Clinical Programs. “COVID-19 hit in the around racism within the legal system. “We know middle of our spring semester, and firms that were that we’re not where we should be in the staffing hosting our students temporarily had to stop what of the courts,” says Justice Carey. “Despite they were doing and reimagine their law practices.” considerable effort, we’ve yet to achieve the diversity we need in the ranks of the judiciary. We Engler and his clinical law colleagues went to also need to hear more from Black and Brown work immediately to tap their extensive networks individuals who view the system more negatively in the legal and access-to-justice communities and, as a result, are reluctant to participate.” to locate active projects that could replace assignments that had been halted. “Many of our “Our students’ lives are wonderfully diverse, and students needed clinical hours to graduate in their placements must respect that diversity.” the spring,” Engler says. “The new activities had to be remote and adequately supervised to RUSSELL ENGLER, PROFESSOR OF LAW AND qualify. As it turned out, the crisis created new DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL PROGRAMS opportunities — c​ onsulting with clients via Zoom, analyzing emergency court orders, researching Justice Carey believes that law schools and new guidelines and privacy questions, conducting law students will play a key role in confronting remote negotiations — a​ nd we were able to get systemic racism. “I hope students are motivated everyone across the finish line.” by recent events to learn more about the history of institutional injustice in our country, and that Engler notes that in planning for the fall they will use that knowledge to tackle the root semester, the keys were flexibility and causes,” she says. “At the same time, they have customization. “We identified a number of the opportunity to change the narrative with relevant subject areas where the client needs every client interaction they have — a​ s we all do. were high — u​ nemployment, housing, healthcare, Gaining cultural competency, providing excellent custody, and visitation, for example — a​ nd we legal service, and truly understanding the distinct tackled the ones that were appropriate for our hurdles and stresses confronting individuals in-house clinical law office.” of color are essential to remedying the injustices caused by racism in our nation.” As school began, the New England Law clinical faculty conducted one-on-one meetings with Clinics pivot to urgent projects students to determine the best option for each In the early days of the pandemic, programs in individual. “Our students’ lives are wonderfully New England Law’s Clinical Law Office as well diverse, and their placements must respect that as its thirteen legal externship specialties were diversity,” says Engler. “Some can’t work remotely and need in-person hours in the school’s law office. RIGHT Others need to work from their remote locations to accommodate personal health issues or family Social distancing, circumstances. We’re committed to finding the face coverings, and right opportunity for each student and keeping other safety protocols every person’s educational journey on track.” help keep staff and visitors safe. What the future could be “From the standpoint of legal practice, the twin crises of COVID-19 and racial reckoning offer wonderful opportunities for systemic change,” says Clinical Law Professor Caryn Mitchell- Munevar ’98. “Clinical students today will be on the frontier of long-term change. The skills they learn during the pandemic and the insights they gain from the communities they serve will lay the foundation for what could be a much brighter future for equity in the justice system.”

BELOW RIGHT Courthouses across In-person hearings were the Commonwealth limited to attorneys, reopened to the public the parties involved, and on a limited basis witnesses. Jury trials with safety protocols were postponed in place. for several months. Key, in Mitchell-Munevar’s view, is how in the face of compelling client needs. “Most well lawyers, court officials, and community of us chose legal careers because we wanted organizations listen to the individuals they to help people,” says Mitchell-Munevar. “As serve. “I don’t think the legal profession or the instructors and mentors, we’ve embraced that justice system should be relied upon to spirit and trained our students to show up and equitably determine the needs of historically do the job. Now, we need to adjust that mindset underserved and disadvantaged litigants. and remind each other to stay home when Instead, we need to create opportunities for we have a sniffle or sore throat — n​ ot only for people to share their stories, whether in ourselves but to protect our clients from the risk online community forums, client consultations, of exposure. Fortunately, the new technologies or judicial outreach initiatives.” we all are mastering enable us to err on the side of caution and complete our work safely.” A holistic approach to client service Mitchell-Munevar is proud of the fact that clinical Calling on alumni to be the change students at New England Law learn to support When asked how New England Law alumni the whole person when providing legal services. can help, Chief Justice Carey, Mitchell-Munevar, She cites a recent case of a survivor of domestic and Engler are united in their advice. Assist violence who was seriously injured when she and legal aid organizations in identifying gaps and her then-husband were living in an apartment loopholes in the needs of self-representing owned by her in-laws. “On one level, the survivor’s individuals. Create and disseminate materials immediate legal needs were for a restraining that help self-representing litigants navigate order, criminal complaint, and divorce proceedings,” virtual hearings. Volunteer with a Lawyer for says Mitchell-Munevar. “Her deeper needs the Day program. And find creative ways to included protection from eviction, safe housing, employ and mentor digitally-savvy students who and counseling. In addition to securing her can contribute to forging the new methods of divorce, we were able to partner with the Greater practice needed during and after the pandemic. Boston Legal Services housing unit to connect her with those other essential services.” “We are on the threshold of massive technological and cultural change,” says Engler. The pandemic also has highlighted the need “New England Law, through its students, faculty, for students and attorneys to exercise self-care staff, and alumni, is well-positioned to serve the legal and access-to-justice communities in the way that teaching hospitals serve the medical community. If we bring empathy and humility to our work, we can use our positions of power for good and help engineer the change we seek.” 

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 FININSDTIENAGD C OOFM ISMOULNAITTIOYN THE FIRST-GENER ATION STUDENTS PROGR A M, LED BY PROFESSOR MONICA TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED, ENCOURAGED, AND HEARD. Professor Monica Teixeira de Sousa leads the First-Generation Students program. Prior to the pandemic, students would meet in person to connect and discuss important topics. These meetings are now conducted virtually, and students are able to join from all over the country.

FINDING COMMUNIT Y INSTEAD OF ISOLATION 21 “Law school is a confusing and get advice. The program also allows you of feeling to it through Zoom,” said often intimidating place that can to connect and network with alumni, and Stephen Dougherty ’22. “I think my law easily overwhelm you,” said Marysol to build skills needed in this profession.” school experience would have been Velazquez ’22. “The first-generation a lot more lonely without the First-Gen program is a place to process these In the first year of the program, Program. It really helped with the very changes and the additional obstacles Professor Teixeira de Sousa hosted hard transition back to school after an you face as the first person in your monthly events where students were almost 25-year hiatus.” family to pursue this career. It’s a place invited to come and meet one another, of support and understanding.” talk about the struggles (and joys) of Marysol Velazquez ’22 shared, law school, and share their experiences. “The program has become a space The First-Generation Students Students of all ages and from all where I can be vulnerable and talk Program at New England Law | Boston backgrounds would find commonalities about things I am struggling with and was established in 2018 when and feel less isolated. know I will be supported and validated. Professor Monica Teixeira de Sousa — ​ When I shared about the anxiety whose own parents were unable to Professor Teixeira de Sousa worried attacks I was experiencing, the other pursue higher education — s​ aw the need though, “If things got too heavy in students in the group reached out in for this type of community and decided terms of what students were discussing, support and helped me with resources. she would make it happen. I might not know how to successfully That experience helped me feel more steer them.” So in its second year, comfortable seeking outside help to “In my own law school experience, the program gained a second impactful better manage my anxiety. I’ve become I often felt somewhat alienated,” said leader in Barbara Bowe, a licensed really good friends with people I met Teixeira de Sousa. “I wanted to find a clinical social worker with decades in the first-gen program. I think and way to make sure our students felt like of experience at Lawyers Concerned hope these will be friendships that will they belonged here, because they do. for Lawyers where she and others last far beyond law school.” There are so many of us going through help law students, lawyers, and judges similar situations, but you don’t always in Massachusetts. “Students who attend frequently are realize you’re not alone.” especially comfortable sharing with When asked what makes New us,” said Professor Teixeira de Sousa. In fact, over 30 percent of the fall England Law’s First-Generation Bowe added, “We don’t shy away 2020 incoming class at New England Students Program unique, Kyle Cullen from any topic. We talk about everything. Law identified as first generation. ’21 said, “The pairing of Professor We really try to help these students Teixeira de Sousa and Barbara Bowe see the value in their life experience Caitlin Whitman ’22 made an is incredibly helpful because we and how it’s going to play out in their important observation that “first- can focus on the unique experiences futures as lawyers.” generation students have many of being a first-generation student intersections of identities.” She said, “Professor Teixeira de Sousa does a “We don’t shy away from any topic. We talk about great job allowing space to explore all everything. We really try to help these students see the of those intersections. It feels good to value in their life experience and how it’s going to play have a community where we can all out in their futures as lawyers.” speak freely, confide in each other, and BARBARA BOWE, LICSW, STAFF CLINICIAN AT LAWYERS CONCERNED FOR LAWYERS through the experiences of someone As for the future of the program, who has walked this path, and address Professor Teixeira de Sousa and our concerns from the perspective Barbara Bowe certainly plan to continue of someone who has professionally their work in supporting first-generation assisted practicing lawyers for many students. Teixeira de Sousa said, “I years — t​ruly a dynamic duo!” honestly hope to see the greater law school space change to accommodate Since the Coronavirus pandemic these students, so that all first- began in March 2020, the program generation students can feel this level sessions have gone virtual. “The of comfort and camaraderie, at any transition to online was pretty flawless law school, in any state.”  and it still had that round table type

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 CMHEAEITR T OHFE T NHEEW BOARD Long-term trustee, Diana Wheeler Ms. Wheeler is a 1990 cum laude health care and over-the-counter ’90 was elected Chair of the Board graduate of New England Law | Boston. consumer products, which has since in June 2020. A devoted alumna, She has served as the Regional been acquired by GlaxoSmithKline. Ms. Wheeler has served as a trustee President of the New York/New Jersey for 22 years, most recently as Vice Chapter of the Alumni Association As a member of the Board of Chair of the Board. and on the Board of Directors of the Trustees, Ms. Wheeler has provided Alumni Association. expertise to a variety of committees “It is an honor to serve as Chair of the including the President’s Task Force Board of New England Law,” said Ms. Wheeler brings a wealth of advising the school on COVID-19 Ms. Wheeler. “I think our distinct niche leadership experience to the Board. issues, Dean’s Search Committee, and in the law school ecosystem attracts Most recently, she served as the Senior the Development, Endowment, and special types of individuals — i​ntelligent, Vice President of Human Resources Tenure and Retention Committees. creative, public-spirited, tireless, at FlightSafety International Inc. until gritty, and genuinely friendly. That’s May 2020. FlightSafety is a Berkshire Chair Wheeler has stayed what accounts for the staff, faculty, Hathaway subsidiary with approximately connected to New England Law since and students who create the truly 5,000 employees at 50 locations around graduation because she has a passion special environment we have at New the world. Previously, she served as for our law school and the collective England Law.” pro bono General Counsel and interim dedication of our Trustees, faculty, and CEO for Project ORBIS International, staff to our student body. “When I think Inc. ORBIS is a nonprofit organization about our friendly, modest-sized law dedicated to blindness prevention school — t​he experiences we create for in developing countries. ORBIS trains deserving students, the engagement ophthalmologists, nurses, biomedical we have with U.S. Supreme Court engineers, and other health care justices, the caliber of our faculty, the workers, and has directly treated millions clinical opportunities — ​New England of people for blindness-related diseases Law is an exceptional place.”  and conditions. ORBIS has long-term projects in Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India, Vietnam, South Africa, and South America. She has also served on the ORBIS Board of Directors since 2011. A member of the New York Bar, Ms. Wheeler had a successful corporate career in New York. She served as Corporate Counsel at FlightSafety International for several years before her volunteer service at ORBIS. Prior to that, Ms. Wheeler was Associate Counsel at Block Drug Company, Inc., an international manufacturer and marketer of oral

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THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 NEWS New England Law faculty are often asked by the media to share their insights and expertise on various legal matters, from groundbreaking local cases with national ramifications to human rights issues of global consequence. Here are some recent highlights. THE HILL inequities, then colorblindness just YALE JOURNAL OF RECOGNITION solidifies that disparity,’ said Wilton B. “What if the Supreme Court Hyman, a professor at New England “Nativists are Instrumentalizing has to become involved in Law in Boston who has authored Administrative Law” the Election?” articles on the intersection of tax and race. ‘So even though it seems By Professor Dina Francesca Haynes, By Professor Lawrence Friedman, fair, in a general sense, in a more July 2020 September 2020 substantive sense it’s basically creating a permanent disparity, a permanent “While lawyers are mobilizing to respond, “The Supreme Court decision in the bias, a permanent unfairness to that we have had to do so thousands of historic case of George Bush person who’s on the bottom.’” times . . . If we are constantly operating versus Al Gore casts a long shadow. in emergency mode, responding to Should the Supreme Court be asked BOSTON HERALD changes in regulations and procedures, to address any disputes for the next we are less available to represent election, such as how mail ballots must “New England Law | Boston individuals, further eroding due process be counted, it will need to tap into Professor Wins Greater Boston for migrants.” the respect that Americans have for it Pro Bono Award” and the reputation it has earned. At THE HILL the very least, the justices can point to August 2020 the 2000 decision to show that such “This National Reckoning legal intervention is not unprecedented.” “Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) is Overdue” announced Caryn Mitchell-Munevar BLOOMBERG TAX as this year’s Denis Maguire Award By Professor Lisa Laplante, June 2020 recipient. In over 10 years with “Tax Code Inequities Fuel VLP, she has taken pro bono cases, “The United States needs a sincere Call for IRS to Collect participated in the Elder Law reckoning that must start with a truth Race-Based Data” Project, worked with the Guardianship commission to address and redress Clinic, and served as a mentor for the painful legacy of slavery and the Commentary by Professor Wilton Hyman, other attorneys. VLP provides equal modern day manifestation of racism. August 2020 access to legal services for the people Each time that an officially ordered, of Greater Boston. In regards to tolerated, or sanctioned killing of a “The collection and analysis of race- the Denis Maguire Award, Pro Bono black person occurs, a whole people in based tax data would make it Manager Miranda Black said, ‘our our nation becomes traumatized. We easier for lawmakers to see who is staff nominates volunteers who have should learn from the numerous nations disproportionately benefiting from been reliable, committed, and that started a reckoning with a truth tax breaks or bearing the brunt of IRS show a passion for pro bono work.’” commission, yet there has been minimal enforcement, enabling them to craft discussion of this option. American more equitable legislation. Passing exceptionalism keeps us stuck in cycles laws without that knowledge can widen of injustice. It will take strong political gaps between people of different races will to start and sustain a truth and ethnic backgrounds, according commission. This demand needs to to academics and researchers. come from all of us, and that time may finally be here.” ‘If you’re equal to me and I’m equal to you, colorblindness is fine. But if there are built-in disparities and

BOSTON 25 NEWS Ambassador Scott Brown Selected as President and Dean “25 Investigates: The Murder of New England Law | Boston of Amanda Dabrowski” The Board of Trustees of New England Law | Boston Commentary by Professor Victor Hansen announced in November 2019 that it had selected and Adjunct Professor Wendy Murphy, United States Ambassador to New Zealand and the February 2020 Independent State of Samoa and former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown to lead the school “25 Investigates’ Kerry Kavanaugh as its next president and dean. reviewed Amanda’s case with New England Law Boston professor Said Brown, “For more than 100 years, New England Victor Hansen. ‘[He] struck me as Law has prepared students from all walks of life for a somebody who was determined to get successful career in the legal world, and it’s an honor to after this victim in any way he could, join their community. Throughout my time in public and he probably wasn’t going to stop life, I’ve worked hard to bring people together, and at anything,’ Hansen said, adding that’s an approach I intend to apply every day in my new that often times domestic violence role. John F. O’Brien has a proven track record of success, cases are hampered by the lack of and I’m looking forward to building on his outstanding adequate resources: legacy. Ensuring the next generation of legal minds has the tools and training to succeed and give back is a ‘You should not be fired because tremendous responsibility, and I look forward to getting you suffered the misfortune of started at the conclusion of my current job.” somebody else’s violence against you,’ Murphy said. ‘If you tell your employer “After a diligent and extensive search that considered that you’ve been victimized by domestic leaders in all fields of the law as well as corporate, higher violence and two days later you get education, government, and nonprofit leaders, we feel fired, I’d say there’s a pretty good that the best candidate emerged and are excited that argument you got fired because you are Ambassador Brown will be leading our law school into a victim of domestic violence. The the future,” said Attorney Janine Brown-Smith, who problem is, in Massachusetts, we don’t served as alumni representative on the search committee. have a law that specifically forbids that.’” Said New England Law President John O’Brien, READ MORE STORIES AT “We were fortunate to have three exceptional finalists, all of whom would make outstanding deans. Scott nesl.edu/news Brown is a particularly good fit for our school given the unique nature and needs of an independent law school, My Law School Story: Arleigha Cook ’21, which requires strong management and development Made Stronger After Trauma skills in addition to legal acumen.” Pivoting in a Pandemic: How COVID-19 Ambassador Brown joined the school on Has Impacted Immigration Cases January 4, 2021 at the end of his commitment to the State Department. 1L Student Farnaz Daneshvaran Named Boston Bar Association Diversity & Inclusion Summer Fellow

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 ASKED / ANSWERED “Embracing Treatment Over Incarceration” Associate Judge Teresa K. Kim-Tenorio ’01 oversees the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island’s (CNMI) first treatment court program, Adult Drug Court. Tell me about your path from What inspired you to advocate one or two AA meetings held a week. New England Law to your current for Drug Court in the CNMI? There weren’t a lot of places for Drug role as a CNMI Superior Court I’m actually embarrassed to say that Court participants to turn to when Associate Judge? in the very beginning, I actually didn’t they weren’t in a great place. Today After attending New England Law, advocate for Drug Court. Back then, there are about twenty AA/NA/CMA I moved ‘back home’ (to the CNMI). I was somewhat oblivious to treatment meetings a week. And that’s been I worked in the private sector for a little courts. But the judge at the time, driven by recovering peers. while, then as the legal counsel for Judge Wiseman, had the wits to start the local Legislature. Later on, I was exploring the idea of treatment courts How does incorporating programs asked by the Speaker of the House, in the CNMI. And when he retired, with a focus on rehabilitation who was elected Governor, to move to the project fell into my lap. into the judicial system make the Executive Branch. In 2013 there communities as a whole better off? was a vacancy on the bench, and I was I started reading up on treatment First off, recidivism rate. Here in the nominated by the Governor. It was courts. Not everyone realizes that Drug CNMI it’s about $32,000 a year to confirmed by the Senate and I started Court is one of the most researched house a healthy inmate. And after those serving as a Judge in December of criminal justice programs in the United initial years are served, when that 2013. I went through my first retention States. Drug Court programs are inmate comes out, they’re usually in election last year, and here I am! needed because when people come survival mode. More often than not they out of jail, there’s a high recidivism rate end up back in the system. Which When you were in law school, when they haven’t been rehabilitated. means more taxpayer dollars. Currently what do you recall peaking your And at that particular point in time, as it’s costing us about $7,500–$10,000 interest the most? Drug Court was being considered, for each participant in our program. So I’ll admit I probably watched too many the CNMI was getting hit with a second first, we’re actually saving the taxpayers TV shows growing up that depicted the large wave of methamphetamine use. money. And second, we’re making action that takes place in courtrooms. We had to do something. the community safer. Once participants So I knew right when I started law graduate from the program, they’re school that I wanted to get involved with What kind of impact has Drug ready to reintegrate into the community mock trial. I competed in mock trial Court had on your community as productive citizens. both my 2L and 3L years. As 3Ls, my thus far? partner and I went to regionals. We When we started Drug Court, I think Is there a project or initiative that didn’t end up winning, but I knew by the biggest skeptics of the program you’re especially excited about then that I wanted to be a trial attorney. were actually the families of the addicts right now? themselves. We had to get them to The Superior Court as a whole is understand that drug addiction is moving towards implementing more a disease, and that there is treatment treatment court programs. We’re available. One of the biggest impacts really looking to get mental health and that the program has had so far is that family wellness courts off the ground the community now sees that addiction here. Additionally, we’re excited to is a treatable disease. explore new possibilities such as juvenile drug court, veteran treatment What I’m also really proud of is court, post-conviction drug court, and how the community has built up our possibly environmental court programs. resources for those battling addiction. Before Drug Court started, we only had

ASKED / ANSWERED 27 “Guiding a City Through a Pandemic” Robert F. Sullivan ’96 is a lifelong resident and the Mayor of the City of Brockton, Massachusetts, which is currently in the midst of battling the COVID-19 health pandemic. Tell me about your path from political campaigns over the years. COVID-19 dashboard. Brockton is New England Law to becoming The legal education and excellent a very diverse community and we have the Mayor of Brockton. utilized multi-language informational After New England Law, I worked in professors at New England provided endeavors to educate and reiterate Boston for a telecommunications me with a sound foundation to be an the importance of following the health company drafting license and contract effective advocate and elected official. guidelines and standards. agreements and handling real estate I still use the legal principles and matters. I then attended Boston concepts taught to me at New England In addition, I have used executive College to obtain my MBA degree (’01). Law on a daily basis. orders to create mandatory curfews Eventually, I opened up a solo practice and closures of City-owned parks and in the City of Brockton, MA where How has your legal education playgrounds in an effort to protect I was born and raised. For five years influenced your work in politics the general welfare of the residents. (2009–2014), I was the in-house town thus far? These legal mechanisms have been attorney for Randolph, MA and I also Through my career, I have utilized both important efforts to attempt to minimize served on two occasions as an attorney my law and business degrees. During the spread of the virus. at the Massachusetts State House. my time as a City Councilor, I drafted local ordinances that have enhanced Lastly, I have worked to increase Politics, civics, and public service the lives of City residents and business funding and financial assistance, and were always of interest to me. My father, owners. Now as the Mayor, I use my have instituted a fundraising campaign Robert E. Sullivan, was a history teacher legal and business training in dealing called the “Brockton Together Fund” at Brockton High School. As a youth, with budgets, contracts, negotiating, to assist our residents and businesses. I volunteered on many local and state and anything else that is thrown my way. elections. I attended Boston College Whether you are a lawyer working for What advice do you have for and received my political science your client or a Mayor preparing a $400 someone starting out in politics? degree (’92). During my undergraduate million city budget, you must work hard, In politics, you will win some elections years, I interned in Washington, D.C. stay positive, and collaborate with and you will lose some elections. for the U.S. House of Representatives others to achieve the desired end result. Always remember to treat people and in Boston at the MA State House. with respect, be an advocate for the I always had a strong desire to give back How have you balanced the constituents that you serve, and to the community of Brockton. In 2005, needs of your community through continue to “add to your base, do not I ran for City Council and I was elected this pandemic? subtract from it.” as city-wide Councilor-At-Large, serving The COVID-19 pandemic has had all 7 wards and 28 precincts. After an emotional, physical, and economic serving as a City Councilor for 14 years, impact on my community with over I decided to run for the office of Mayor. 280 deaths and 4,700 cases. As Mayor, On November 5th, 2019, I prevailed my job is to provide residents and in the general election and was elected business owners with assistance, the 50th Mayor of the City of Brockton. resources, and services. I have worked diligently with other local, state, and What sticks out when you federal elected officials to increase our look back on your time at testing capabilities, provide PPEs, New England Law? and develop strategies to minimize the The relationships that I built during spread of this deadly virus. my time at New England Law were really part of what made the experience As a mayor, husband, and dad to so wonderful. Those friendships have three children, I fully understand been and continue to be extremely and appreciate that there is a lot of important to me both personally and uncertainty, disappointment, and professionally. In fact, many of my fear caused by COVID-19. Thus, it has friends and classmates at New England been important to keep everyone have helped out on my numerous informed and updated through social media, the City’s website, and our daily

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021  A20N1N9–U2A0L20 GIVING PROGRAM 1908 PORTIA Richard C. Bardi ’83  Thomas J. Cole, Jr. ’89  PRESIDENT’S CLUB LAW SOCIETY Coverys Community Hon. Alfredo T. Conte ’87  Hon. Susan J. Crawford ’77  $500–$999 PLATINUM MEMBER Healthcare Foundation Hon. Jean M. Curran ’88  $10,000 AND MORE Taci R. Darnell ’92  Mary J. Drinkwater ’81 Anonymous Lewis C. Eisenberg ’76  John P. Fitzgerald ’67  Albert A. Balboni ’83  AccessLex Institute Peter G. Flaherty ’92  Hon. Newman A. Flanagan ’57  Brouillard Family Sara Goldman Curley ’02  Michele D. Forzley ’76  William J. Flanagan ’90  Julianna L. Bruce ’13  Dr. Elizabeth C. Dooling  Joan C. Gallivan ’93  Charles G. Ged ’91 Michael T. Carenzo ’94 Barry A. Feinstein ’77  Judith Greenberg  Thomas A. Goonan ’83  Hon. Louis D. Coffin (Ret.) ’77  Martin C. Foster ’80   Kenneth Greenberg  Robert B. Harris ’85  Alan E. Collins ’89  Marlene J. Goldstein Barbara J. Kroncke ’90 Roger W. Higgins ’77  Oliver T. Cook ’63 President John F. O’Brien ’77  Joan Kupersmith Larkin ’76  Jacqueline E. Hon. Jackie A. Cowin ’02  Richard J. Lawton ’82  Henry J. Curtis, Jr. ’61  GOLD MEMBER Steven H. Mankodi ’02  D’Alleva Lange ’91  Hon. Charles P. Daglian ’78  $5,000–$9,999 Gary Monserud  John Lange  Rachel P. Daly ’10  Natashia M. Tidwell ’03  Hon. David A. Lowy Patrick Duffy ’82  Hon. Anthony M. Campo ’88  Anne Marie Martorana Hugh F. Ferguson ’02  Donald H. C. Libbey ’97  FOUNDER’S CLUB Susan M. Mooney ’87 Paul A. Finn ’76  Sarah C. Libbey  Thomas D. Mooney Patricia M. Giordano ’85  Joanne Migliaro ’91  $1,000–$1,907 Phoebe A. Jacob Moore ’96 George F. Hailer ’88  Anastasios Parafestas ’84  Hon. MaryLou Muirhead ’83  Elaine M. Hartnett ’90  Edward J. Reddish ’95  Barbara Aferiat  Elizabeth N. Rachel A. Horman ’08 Reddish Foundation Inc.  Stuart Aferiat  Carolyn Hughes Diana L. Wheeler ’90  Thomas E. Badway ’96  Schneider Rothenberg ’83 James F. Hughes, Jr. ’55  Mitchell W. Becker ’78  Howard A. Rothenberg ’83 Dora L. Kripapuri ’02 SILVER MEMBER Jacqueline Budd Maria Scaramuzzo-Conte ’87  Boni Lamson $1,908–$4,999 Hon. Wayne A. Budd Michael J. Schelzi ’78  Roger W. Lamson, Jr. ’78  Shirley A. Casey  Rudolf Selami Albert H. Manwaring IV ’92  James M. Adrian ’90 William M. Casey ’90  Sonja Selami ’06 Keith L. Moore ’84 Terri-Ann Adrian ’90 Shirley M. Sheridan ’84  George R. Morad, Jr. ’85  Anonymous  Guy D. Singer ’92 Ernest J. Nedder ’95  Samantha R. Smith ’06 Bennett L. Nussbaum The Purple and Gold Loyalty Society James L. Smithson ’71 Carole Weidman New England Law | Boston’s consecutive-giving Lois G. Smithson recognition club. Named for our school colors, William F. Spallina ’80 Nussbaum ’76  it honors our dedicated supporters who give Kathleen M. Curtis Nyquist  to the law school every year for three or more Eugene S. O’Brien ’81  consecutive years. Your annual contribution, Pfeifer Spurling ’88  Hon. Robert A. Onofry ’75  regardless of the monetary amount or fund Deborah Tate ’81  Linda E. Pfatteicher ’95 designations, is an investment in the high-quality Judith A. Wayne ’76  Erin Richmond ’01 legal education New England Law offers its Richard Ricker ’79  students and is an investment in every degree Lisa M. Sabitoni ’94  received at the law school. Barry S. Scheer ’77   Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

ANNUAL GIVING 2019–2020 29 George R. Schlossberg ’76  Ronald F. Cahaly ’79  Sherman D. Drew ’88  Kelleen P. Forlizzi ’10 Frank A. Scioli  Hon. Peter J. Cahill (Ret.) ’73  Kevin B. Drolet ’99  Miri C. Abrams Forster ’93 Nicholas J. Scobbo, Jr. ’80 William J. Cahill ’90 Mark S. Drucker ’74  Annlee Foster Barry T. Stearns ’84  Dennis C. Callahan ’93 Mark W. Dubois ’01 Kris C. Foster ’08 Roseann E. Kevin D. Callahan ’82  Gail Duffy Robert G. Fowler ’68  Norman A. Campbell ’68  Jay J. Friedrich ’71 Feldeisen Stearns ’85  Richard M. Capalbo ’73  John P. Elterich ’76  Jason R. Sutherland ’99 Michael V. Caplette ’76 Bill Engel Robert J. Gaines ’77  John A. Testaiuti ’92  Ferdinand Capone ’95 Linda Engel Lizbeth A. Galdamez ’96 George K. Tonna ’94  Hon. Daniel M. Robert J. Galey, Jr. ’99  Joseph E. Toochin ’63  F. H. Peterson Machine Beth M. Geller ’90 Hon. Stephen R. Ucci ’96  Cappiello (Ret.) ’73 Corporation Marc Gervais Eric J. Vasquez ’91 Jason M. Carrozza ’03  Susan Gervais Melissa A. Gay Vasquez ’91 Christopher T. Casey ’92  Lauren S. Fackler ’16  Shelagh A. Gibbons ’88  Susan Sprague Walters ’89  Sharon M. Shelfer Casey ’91 John C. Farrissey ’81  Deborah L. Robert C. Wickham ’77  Thomas H. Casey ’86 James M. Felix ’80  Elizabeth Wiers William C. Casey ’83  Marybeth G. Ferrarini ’01 Gold-Alexander ’85  Michael A. Wiers ’75 Stephen Cesso ’80  Christie Feyen Paul J. Goldstein ’75  Paul M. Chazan ’75 Robert E. Fierman ’75  Christopher S. Gontarz ’84  CENTURY CLUB William H. Chen ’95  Eric J. Fierro ’06  Eric L. Green ’99 Joseph M. Chirico ’63  Stephanie A. Fierro ’05  Lewis Greenberg ’75  $100–$499 Steven A. Ciulla ’05  Ephraim J. Fink ’99  Richard G. Greene ’84  William R. Clark ’76 Francis Fiore ’89  Christopher A. Grillo ’75  George J. Abdy ’73 Bonnie R. Clendenning ’00  Brian T. Fisher ’94 Richard G. Grossack ’84  Hon. John T. Adams ’90  Jocelyn J. Coletti ’05  Fernanda B. Dau Fisher ’94 Nancy B. Gruskin ’04 Lauren J. Adrian ’83  Matthew P. Coletti ’05  Thomas J. Flaherty ’87 David C. Ahearn ’60  William S. Colwell ’76 Roy J. Fleischer ’73  Lawrence M. Halman ’75 Matthew J. Amero ’06 Hon. Michael J. Connolly ’76 Richard J. Florino ’80 Samuel A. Hans ’07 Laurie S. Applefeld ’83  Hon. John M. Conroy ’82 Thomas B. Ford ’99  Hon. Maura T. Hardiman ’92 James P. Atkinson ’80  Hon. John J. Conte (Ret.) ’58  Holly A. Harney ’02  Andrej Ausing Bradley R. Cook ’66  Kevin P. Harrington ’78 Cynthia A. Aziz ’87  Patrice Cooper  Fred H. Copeman ’82 Nicholas H. Babanikas ’88  Kelly R. Cordray ’94  Kevin F. Barber ’81 Grace C. Cashman Ilene B. Belinsky ’80  Jean H. Bell and Family Corkery ’78  Robert J. Berks ’76  Christine M. Costello ’81  Susan A. Bernstein ’90  Richard E. Cottone ’75  Anthony J. Bertolino ’74 David E. Cunningham ’85  Brian J. Bisciotti ’95  Pamela Cunningham  Minerva S. Blanchette ’98 Paul J. Curtin, Jr. ’76  Curt F. Bletzer ’86  Jeffrey M. Cutillo David G. Boniello ’78  Wendy Cutillo Jeffrey B. Bove ’79  James M. Brady ’84  Charles L. D’Amour ’78 Jonathan D. Braun ’92  Nicholas W. Davila ’06  Kevin M. Bresnahan Hon. Peter S. Doft ’79  Hon. Peter L. Brown ’87  Judith E. Dolan ’85 Eric W. Bruenner ’75  Martha Donahue Louis F. Burke ’70 Michael C. Donahue ’89  Cynthia Cafasso Donaldson William A. Donaldson James M. Donelan ’81   Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

30 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 Paul L. Harris ’01 Janice Longendorfer Paul S. Rapo ’75  Peter J. Shurn III ’77  Warren T. Harris ’80  Orlando Lopez ’05  Mark E. Reilly ’89 Clare T. Jabour Sidman ’87  Edward T. Hart ’99  Virginia J. Cronan Lowe ’84 Patricia J. Reilly ’93 Ronald J. Silver ’62  Hon. Michael Hartmere ’73 Catherine L. Lyons ’01  Cathy A. Roberts ’85  Stellio Sinnis ’91  John C. Hilinski ’73  Patricia B. Feeney Rowan ’88  Robert B. Slatkin ’75  Hon. David M. Hodge ’82  Melissa A. Blake Mannino ’93 David A. Rubin ’75  Eugenia Slone Ariane Hofstedt Ian C. Markley ’95 Neil S. Ruskin ’72 Richard Slone Matt Hofstedt Peter R. Masciola ’83  Hon. James H. Smith (Ret.) ’57 Mary T. Holohan ’96 Thomas P. Masiello ’93 Hon. Catherine P. Sabaitis ’78  Timothy J. Smyth ’99  Robert C. Horgan ’95  Richard H. Maynard ’91  Marcia L. Sahagian  Paula A. Sollami-Covello ’89  James P. Huang ’99  Robert E. Mazow ’94 Adam L. Salamoff ’95 Charles S. Soloveitzik ’79  Patrick E. Hunt ’82 John McCormack ’92 Rachel K. Sanders ’99 Paul C. Somers ’84 Ralph J. McKenna ’60  Donald Santacroce Jill S. Soule ’02 James D. Iacobellis ’85 Edward J. McKenney ’83  Stephen Santacroce Jennifer T. Stanton ’90 Dominick M. Ianno ’98 Annellen M. McNamara ’94  Jennifer S. Santini ’09 Charles E. Staunton Elliott Ichimura  Mark D. Mermel ’74 Robert K. Sarafian ’85 Helen J. Staunton ’87 Edward B. Miller ’67  Thomas W. Savage ’75  Alan Stempel ’77 Mark L. Janos ’82 Donald F. Mofford ’85  Hon. Robert A. Howard E. Stempler ’85  Carl W. Johnson ’02 Leonard E. Mondschein ’73 Gerald C. Sternberg ’76  James A. Johnson, Jr. ’66  Philip H. Mondschein ’75  Scandurra (Ret.) ’74 Francis X. Stone ’80  Susan D. Joslow ’81  Mark B. Morse ’83  Ryan C. Scarpa ’10 Sheila Tobie Swan ’78  Francis L. Jung ’74 John P. Moylan ’58  Albert J. Schulz ’76 Bernard L. Sweeney ’75 Eugene M. Mullen ’87 Stuart M. Schwartz ’85  Richard J. Sweeney ’00  Bernard E. Kaplan ’80 John F. Mulvihill ’77  Benedict J. Sciortino ’76  Richard L. Switzer ’80 Randy E. Kaston ’83  William H. Murphy ’70  William R. Scopa ’91  Kathleen A. Kavey ’90  Danielle Murray Feng Shan ’06 Todd C. Kazlow ’82 John S. Murray ’98  Richard J. Keefe ’95 Scott M. Murray ’96  G. Preston Keyes ’81 Stephen F. Kiley ’79  Peter R. Nadel ’81 Robert A. Klein ’85  Hon. Anthony R. Nesi (Ret.) ’78  Deborah Knight Susan J. Nicastro ’83  Peter A. Knight Gerald P. Noone ’88  Frank P. Kolodzieski ’87  Martha E. Krache ’93  Karalyn R. O’Brien ’09 Edward C. Krawiecki, Jr. ’79  Hon. Michael D. O’Keefe ’81  Hannah Krispin ’03 Jeffrey L. Ontell ’76 Edward D. Kutchin ’78  Frederick T. O’Sullivan ’62 Roger F. O’Sullivan Francis J. Lamir ’82  Paula LaMonica  Donna M. Paruti ’87  John C. Lane ’81  Maxine Paul ’77 Hon. Mark E. Lawton (Ret.) ’74  Hon. Angela M. Patricia Lawton John F. Leahy, Jr. ’74 Bucci Paulhus ’90  John T. Leddy ’78  Brian W. Perry ’94  Hon. Antoinette E. David M. Pinansky ’78  Rosemary Purtell ’88  McLean Leoney (Ret.) ’84  Hon. Matthew G. Levin ’91 Suellen E. Seabury Quinlan ’93 Therese J. Libby ’80 Gail E. Quinn ’87  Liberty Square Group David Longendorfer  Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

ANNUAL GIVING 2019–2020 31 The Resource Group James M. Condon ’90 Catherine M. Alman Theresa Thyden Barbara M. Theberge ’83 Kathleen A. Corbett ’77  MacDonagh ’90  James J. Trahon ’82 Peter J. Thomas ’85  Ronald C. Coutu ’78 Lee S. Trumbull, Jr. ’73 Ann P. Tobin ’85  William Z. Cullen ’80  Colin MacDonagh Catherine A. Tocci ’87  Brian A. Mahler ’08  James F. Vetelino ’66  Michael A. Torrisi ’83  Joseph F. D’Antonio, Jr. ’93  Elizabeth Mahoney and Family Sharon Vetelino Hon. John P. Toscano, Jr. ’63  Daniel R. D’Isidoro ’06 Elana H. Margolis ’00 Tom G. Vukmirovits ’93 Stephen Troiano ’11 Chelsea M. Doogan ’13 Michael S. McCabe ’11 William E. Doogan IV ’13 Chanal McCain ’17 Edward A. Walton ’85 Anthony M. Vignone ’55  Christina C. Duddy ’87  Christine A. McClave ’80 Richard J. White ’78 Ruy Santos Villela ’66  Donald G. McGregor ’75  Sasha J. Wiesen ’02  Hon. Netti C. Vogel ’75 Jeremy B. Eisemann ’05 Paul E. McIver ’97 Joanna Willard Ronda L. Ellis ’91 Patricia B. McMullin ’95 Richard L. Wulsin ’81  Elissa J. Griffith Waldron ’87 Edward L. Englert ’86  Christopher H. Meade ’06  Hon. Lawrence F. Jodi B. Meade ’06 SPECIAL FUNDS Pamella M. Fairclough ’93 Jennifer M. Monto ’04  Warhall (Ret.) ’75 Ann Falbo Richard A. Morocco, Jr. ’66 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES Dana Weber Jerome E. Falbo ’66 Constance A. Morrison ’86 David H. Weinstein ’84 Donald E. Feener ’76  John F. Murphy ’75  Matthew J. Amero ’06 Richard P. Weiss ’79  George E. Foote, Jr. ’75 Hon. Marshall B. Murray ’86 Mitchell W. Becker ’78 Thomas L. Wesner ’95 Monica C. Fraser ’88 Curt F. Bletzer ’86 Carol P. Wessling ’81   Daniel S. Noonan ’90  Hon. Peter J. Cahill (Ret.) ’73 Mark R. Wester ’85  Carol T. Vittorioso Richard M. Capalbo ’73 Jennifer M. Wetmore ’02 Gallagher ’91  Anthony T. O’Brien ’02  William C. Casey ’83 Michael A. Wheeler William F. O’Connell ’96  Kevin B. Drolet ’99 James P. White  Marc S. Gentile ’96  Michael J. O’Donnell ’99  Mark W. Dubois ’01 Kathleen M. White ’11  Sandra E. Goldsmith  Owen L. O’Malley ’90 Richard J. Florino ’80 Christian A. Gonsalves ’00 Anita M. Fulwiler O’Meara ’85 Lewis Greenberg ’75 Lisa Zalkind Joseph M. Griffin, Jr. ’97 Frederic N. Ornitz ’76  Joseph M. Griffin, Jr. ’97 Kimberly A. Zayotti ’97  Paul L. Harris ’01 Benjamin F. Harley ’74  R. Gregory Park ’76  Susan D. Joslow ’81 SUPPORTER Raymond P. Harrington ’89 C. William Petrics ’76  Robert A. Klein ’85 Ansis M. Helmanis ’73 Elizabeth M. Plaushin ’82  Francis J. Lamir ’82 Victoria Amalfitano Sandra J. Langlais ’09 Marie E. August and Family Peter M. Iascone ’84 Ann E. Rascati ’84  Frederic N. Ornitz ’76 Robert F. Resnick ’91  Elizabeth M. Plaushin ’82 Lucille Bailey Sahbra B. Smook Jacobs ’83  Annmarie Roark ’80 George R. Schlossberg ’76 Gladys Balleste-Miller ’87 Robert M. Josovitz ’73 Nancy Roberts Guy D. Singer ’92 Moshe S. Berman ’07 Richard J. Jurczak ’78 Virginia M. Giroux Rollow ’73 Timothy J. Smyth ’99 Donald A. Berube ’89 Kristine P. Romano ’02 Ruy Santos Villela ’66 Laurence J. Bravman ’91  Michael J. Katzman ’95 Mark B. Ryan ’05 Robert C. Wickham ’77 Thomas F. Breen ’76  Mary E. Kelly ’79 Denise K. Kenneally ’89 David S. Shiffman ’73  CENTERS AND CLINICS Christopher J. Campbell ’97 Stephen D. Kessler ’76 Steven C. Siegel ’82  Patrick J. Campbell ’87 Elizabeth N. Spar ’08 Cynthia A. Aziz ’87 Paul B. Casey ’89 Susan Laffin Randy F. Stabile ’92 Patrick J. Campbell ’87 Scott C. Cashman ’97  Christopher J. Laline ’04 Richard T. Sullivan ’65 Mark S. Drucker ’74 Kathleen A. Sandra J. Langlais ’09  John J. Svagzdys ’58  Robert J. Galey, Jr. ’99 Rachel C. Lapidus ’93  Patricia M. Giordano ’85 Cashman-Kramer ’84 Robert L. Lapointe ’89  Lydia L. Tallent ’03 Eric L. Green ’99 Carole Casner Valerie J. Lithotomos ’81  Talene J. Tarvezian ’09 Robert L. Lapointe ’89 Constance M. Castro ’94 John F. Lydon ’78  Edward P. Thompson ’69 Peter R. Masciola ’83 Kara M. Colby ’07 John Thyden  Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

32 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 Donna M. Paruti ’87 GENERAL Hon. Antoinette E. ROBERT S. MARCUS Samantha R. Smith ’06 SCHOLARSHIP FUND McLean Leoney (Ret.) ’84 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP James F. Vetelino ’66 FUND Sharon Vetelino Lauren J. Adrian ’83 Orlando Lopez ’05 Thomas E. Badway ’96 Brian A. Mahler ’08 Donald H. C. Libbey ’97 MARK CHARBONNIER Lucille Bailey Albert H. Manwaring IV ’92 Sarah C. Libbey SCHOLARSHIP FUND Gladys Balleste-Miller ’87 Christine A. McClave ’80 President John F. O’Brien ’77 Ilene B. Belinsky ’80 Jennifer M. Monto ’04 Rachel K. Sanders ’99 Laurence J. Bravman ’91 Eugene M. Mullen ’87 KENNEDY J. & ANNA B. Ronald F. Cahaly ’79 Gerald P. Noone ’88 O’BRIEN MEMORIAL MARTIN C. FOSTER Kevin D. Callahan ’82 Maxine Paul ’77 SCHOLARSHIP FUND BUILDING FUND Christopher T. Casey ’92 Ann E. Rascati ’84 Sharon M. Shelfer Casey ’91 Erin Richmond ’01 Martin C. Foster ’80  Victoria Amalfitano Thomas H. Casey ’86 Cathy A. Roberts ’85 President John F. O’Brien ’77 Anonymous William S. Colwell ’76 Hon. Catherine P. Karalyn R. O’Brien ’09 James P. Atkinson ’80 Rachel P. Daly ’10 James P. White Marie E. August and Family Chelsea M. Doogan ’13 Sabaitis (Ret.) ’78 Andrej Ausing William E. Doogan IV ’13 Adam L. Salamoff ’95 PULGINI BUILDING FUND Kevin M. Bresnahan Lauren S. Fackler ’16 Jennifer S. Santini ’09 Brouillard Family Ann Falbo Clare T. Jabour Sidman ’87 Martin C. Foster ’80  Christine M. Costello ’81 Jerome E. Falbo ’66 Elizabeth N. Spar ’08 Coverys Community John C. Farrissey ’81 Francis X. Stone ’80 PAULINE ROGERS Christie Feyen Richard T. Sullivan ’65 MEMORIAL LOAN FUND Healthcare Foundation John P. Fitzgerald ’67 Ann P. Tobin ’85 William Z. Cullen ’80 Thomas J. Flaherty ’87 Hon. Lawrence F. Dr. Elizabeth C. Dooling William A. Donaldson Kelleen P. Forlizzi ’10 Cynthia Cafasso Donaldson Lizbeth A. Galdamez ’96 Warhall (Ret.) ’75 MATCHING GIFTS Gail Duffy Joan C. Gallivan ’93 Jennifer M. Wetmore ’02 Bill Engel Charles G. Ged ’91 Joanna Willard Aetna Foundation, Inc. Linda Engel Shelagh A. Gibbons ’88 ExxonMobil Foundation Barry A. Feinstein ’77 Nancy B. Gruskin ’04 JUDGE JAMES R. LAWTON Fidelity Foundation Marybeth G. Ferrarini ’01 Hon. Maura T. Hardiman ’92 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Hanover Insurance Group Annlee Foster Elaine M. Hartnett ’90 Kris C. Foster ’08 Elliott Ichimura Barry A. Feinstein ’77 Foundation, Inc Martin C. Foster ’80  Mark L. Janos ’82 Martin C. Foster ’80  Massachusetts Mutual Life Marc Gervais James A. Johnson, Jr. ’66 Hon. Mark E. Lawton (Ret.) ’74 Susan Gervais Kathleen A. Kavey ’90 Patricia Lawton Insurance Company Ariane Hofstedt Todd C. Kazlow ’82 Richard J. Lawton ’82 Raytheon Company Matt Hofstedt Richard J. Keefe ’95 Donald H. C. Libbey ’97 Standard Insurance Company Deborah Knight Martha E. Krache ’93 Sarah C. Libbey State Farm Companies Peter A. Knight Edward D. Kutchin ’78 President John F. O’Brien ’77 John C. Lane ’81 Foundation Richard J. Lawton ’82 State Street Foundation, Inc. Donald H. C. Libbey ’97 Textron Inc. Sarah C. Libbey The GE Foundation Liberty Square Group Travelers Anne Marie Martorana UnitedHealth Group President John F. O’Brien ’77 Verizon Foundation Roger F. O’Sullivan Frank A. Scioli THANK YOU! Eugenia Slone To all our alumni and friends who participated in our Richard Slone 2019–2020 Annual Giving Program, we send our deepest Kathleen M. Pfeifer Spurling ’88 appreciation. For more information on how you can Stephen Troiano ’11 make a gift, go to alumni.nesl.edu/give or call 617-422-7422. Dana Weber Lisa Zalkind Please accept our apologies if your name is spelled incorrectly or has been left out of these lists. Call 617-422-7422 to inform us of the error, and we will correct our records for future lists.  Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

ANNUAL GIVING 2019–2020 33 MARTIN C. FOSTER CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEMORY OF The donors listed below have made contributions in memory of the late Martin C. Foster ’80 since his passing on June 2, 2020. DONATIONS TO THE Harvard Square Churches Meal Program Editor’s note: To contribute to the Martin C. ANNUAL FUND Anna Hess Foster Building Fund, please send a check to: Ariane and Matt Hofstedt New England Law | Boston, Office of Hon. Anthony M. Campo ’88 Anne C. Huben-Kearney Development, 154 Stuart Street, Boston, MA Matthew ’05 and Jocelyn Coletti ’05 Anthony Johns 02116. Write “Martin C. Foster Building Fund” Paula LaMonica Peter and Deborah Knight in the memo line of the check. You can Judith A. Wayne ’76 Richard J. Lawton ’82 also donate online at alumni.nesl.edu/give. Donald ’97 and Sarah Libbey DONATIONS TO THE Liberty Square Group MARTIN C. FOSTER Peter and Zenda Mancini BUILDING FUND Anne Marie Martorana Elizabeth McCarron Victoria Amalfitano Theresa McGoldrick Anonymous Hon. Jim McGovern James P. Atkinson ’80 Kevin and Andrea Neubauer Marie August and Family Jack and Patricia Newhall Kevin M. Bresnahan Curtis Nyquist Brouillard Family President John F. O’Brien ’77 Susan Calamare Steven O’Brien ’83 Ellen Epstein Cohen O’Brien, Riley & Ryan, P.C. Christine M. Costello ’81 Gregory and Mary Jane O’Meara Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation Roger F. O’Sullivan Hon. Jackie A. Cowin ’02 John W. Parcellin ’85 David and Maria DiChiara Charles F. Perrault ’84 Mary L. Disessa Pimentel Family William Donaldson and Alan and Gayle Pinshaw Stephen and Mary Lou Pires Cynthia Cafasso Donaldson Rosemary Purtell ’88 Gail Duffy John and Yumi Quinn Arthur H. Dumas ’75 Katherine Rafferty Linda and Bill Engel Frank A. Scioli Colleen Fagan Richard and Eugenia Slone Marybeth G. Ferrarini ’01 Kathleen M. Pfeifer Spurling ’88 Janet Fitzpatrick Irene Stuart Charles Flaherty Michael and Denise Sullivan Mary Ruth Flynn Roxanne Vemis, Ultra Travel Service Annlee Foster Dana Weber and Andrej Ausing Kris C. Foster ’08 and Stephen Troiano ’11 David and Joan Whelan Marc and Susan Gervais James P. White Robert and Karen Gray Lisa Zalkind

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 CLASS ACTION FI N D OU T W H AT ’S N EW W I T H YOU R N EW ENGL A N D L AW | BOSTON CLASSMATES AND COLLEAGUES... 1972 1977 and a Top 100 Lawyer by the 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers List. Joseph Valof’s article “Law School Murray I. Davis retired as of October She is the founder of Parker & Lipton Survival in the 21st Century” was 2019. He and his wife still live in in Winchester, Massachusetts. featured in the ALM’s publication, the same house that several of his Corporate Counsel. Another article, New England Law classmates helped Paul T. Rabchenuk, Salem attorney “Protecting Artificial Intelligence,” has them move into, in Swampscott, and political science professor at been featured in Law Technology Today. Massachusetts, just a few weeks Salem State University, was named before their first child was born. Now, the 2019 recipient of the Dr. Edna 1974 forty years and four grandchildren Mauriello ’44 Lifetime Achievement later, their son has a home in Wellesley, Award, presented by the Friends of Financial writer Steven M. Bavaria’s Massachusetts and their daughter Education of Salem State University book The Income Factory: An Investor’s in Needham, Massachusetts. He is and the Salem State University Alumni Guide to Consistent Lifetime Returns spending his retirement years enjoying Association. The Dr. Edna Mauriello ’44 shows investors how to earn equity their grandchildren. Lifetime Achievement Award is returns while breaking free of the given to those who have been in their financial media’s 24/7 obsession with 1980 field for at least twenty years who market price movements and the need demonstrate leadership and provide for constant growth. The book is based Gayle R. Stone-Turesky was named lasting contributions to the educational on his articles over the past several a fellow of the American Academy organization of which they are a part. years on the Seeking Alpha investment of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). She is site, where he has over 9,000 followers. partner at Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak 1982 & Cohen P.C., in Boston, Massachusetts. 1976 The Honorable David M. Hodge 1981 was appointed an associate justice of Barbara R. Keshen was honored by the Massachusetts Superior Court in the New Hampshire Bar Association Bradley D. Myerson, principal at Boston, Massachusetts. with the 2020 Distinguished Service Myerson Law Offices, in Manchester, to the Public Award. This award is Vermont, was selected for inclusion Julia S. Savage, partner at Walker presented to the attorney who best in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers Jones, PC, in Warrenton and exhibits service to the public on in America for his work in criminal Washington, Virginia, was honored by behalf of the administration of justice. defense. This is the fifteenth year he her peers as a 2020 Super Lawyer has been listed with The Best Lawyers for her excellence in practice. She also in America. wrote a guide to family law, Virginia Family Law: A Systemic Approach, Nina M. Parker was honored with the published by Virginia Continuing Legal Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2019 Education, a nonprofit division of the Top Women of Law award. She was also Virginia Law Foundation. 1 named a Top 50 Woman Super Lawyer

CLASS ACTION 35 1983 Demetra M. Pontisakos was honored James P. Reidy, shareholder at with the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green’s Mark B. Morse was elected treasurer 2020 Top Women of Law award. Manchester, New Hampshire of the Rhode Island Bar Association. He She is a solo practitioner in Topsfield, office, was elected as a Fellow of the is principal attorney at the Law Office Massachusetts, concentrating on American Bar Association’s College of Mark B. Morse, LLC, in Providence, divorce and family law. of Labor and Employment Lawyers Rhode Island. 2 class of 2020. Widely recognized for 1987 his work in labor and employment Law, 1984 he has been recognized by Chambers Laura E. Dwyer Angus is benefits USA, New England Super Lawyers, David C. Hagen was promoted to counselor for the Haverhill Retirement and Best Lawyers in America, where associate teaching professor in the Board in Haverhill, Massachusetts. 3 he was named the Manchester, New Security Programs at Northeastern Hampshire Lawyer of the Year for 2014, University’s College of Professional 1988 2016, 2019, and 2020. He has been Studies. He serves as special assistant recognized as the HR Hero by the to the Dean for Veteran and Military John G. Balzer of Ipswich, Granite State HR Association. He also Affairs, acting as a liaison to Massachusetts, earned the designation received the New Hampshire Business Northeastern’s Dolce Center for the of Five Star Wealth Manager. The Review Business Excellence Award Advancement of Veterans and Service Five Star Wealth Manager award is (Business and Professional Services) Members, to external agencies, annually given to financial managers and 2019 Top 200 Most Influential and to faculty and student veterans and who are identified through research Business Leaders in New Hampshire members of service families. He has conducted with peers and firms; the as well as the New Hampshire served on committees including the program analyzes internal and external Business and Industry Association’s Professional Standards Committee, research data, including a survey to BIA’s Above and Beyond Award. 6 which he currently chairs; the Academic more than 3,000 registered financial Policy Committee; the Ad hoc Grievance services professionals and all local 1990 Committee; and the Academic Policy financial service companies registered Committee of the Faculty Senate. with FINRA or the SEC, to select each The Honorable John T. Adams was year’s winners. 4 reelected to his fourth term as District 1985 Attorney of Berks County, Pennsylvania 1989 in November 2019. The office is the Patricia M. Giordano is the second sixth largest District Attorney’s Office vice president of the New Jersey The Honorable Robert W. Harnais in Pennsylvania. Association for Justice. She is partner was appointed to the Massachusetts at Feldman Shepherd in Philadelphia, District Court as a circuit court 1991 Pennsylvania, concentrating on judge. He is past president of the birth and neonatal injury and medical Massachusetts Bar Association, Gary O. Todd was named a Top 100 malpractice cases. the Massachusetts Association of Lawyer by the 2020 Massachusetts Hispanic Attorneys, the New England Super Lawyers List. He is a founding Bar Association, and Region 1 of the partner at Todd & Weld LLP in Boston, National Hispanic Bar Association. 5 Massachusetts, where he specializes in domestic relations and probate litigation. 123456

36 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 Michael E. Scott, co-managing partner Kathleen M. Williams was named a Julia Frost-Davies, partner at Morgan at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP in 2020 Star by LMG Life Sciences Lewis & Bockius LLP in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, is co-chair where she was recognized in the Patent Massachusetts, was named a rising star of the Transportation and Infrastructure Strategy & Management practice area by IFLR1000 United States 2021. Leadership Council of the Greater in the Intellectual Property section. Boston Chamber of Commerce. 7 She is a partner at Nutter McClennen & Joseph J. Manna is the president Fish LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, of the Western New York Trial Lawyers The Honorable Timothy F. Sullivan in the Intellectual Property Department Association (WNYTLA). He is senior was reappointed to a second five-year and is the co-chair of the firm’s Life partner at Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria term as the chief justice of the Sciences group. LLP in Buffalo, New York, where Massachusetts Housing Court in he has twenty-five years of experience Boston, Massachusetts. 1994 as a trial attorney, focusing his practice on commercial litigation and 1992 Anna E. Byrne was named a Top 50 plaintiff’s personal injury law, with Woman in Law and a Top 100 Lawyer a particular emphasis on medical The Honorable Maura J. Hardiman by the 2020 Massachusetts Super malpractice matters. 11 was appointed an associate Lawyers List. She is founding partner justice of the Juvenile Court in of Eckert Byrne LLC in Cambridge, Rebecca R. Vernon was promoted Boston, Massachusetts. Massachusetts. to the rank of Brigadier General and assigned as the staff judge advocate, The Honorable John M. Julian was The Honorable Joseph P. Harrington, Air Mobility Command (AMC), Scott appointed a first justice of the Jr., was appointed an associate justice Air Force Base, Illinois. As staff judge Barnstable District Court in Barnstable, of the Fall River District Court in Fall advocate, she is the principal advisor Massachusetts. River, Massachusetts. to the AMC’s commander and staff on all legal issues involving operational Albert H. Manwaring IV is the chair The Honorable Joseph E. Kelleher III law, international law, military justice, of the Corporate and Commercial was appointed an associate justice civil law claims, fiscal law, environmental Litigation Group at Morris James LLP of the Massachusetts Housing Court in law, contracts, legal assistance in Wilmington, Delaware. 8 Boston, Massachusetts. programs, and supervises the provision of legal services for more than 126,000 Katherine J. Michon was named a Brian W. Perry is shareholder of the active duty, civilians, Air Reserve Top 50 Woman in Law and a Top 100 Harrisburg office of Tucker Arensberg Component military and Air National Lawyer by the 2020 Massachusetts P.C. in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. Guard personnel. She entered active Super Lawyers List. She is partner at duty service with the United States Air Hartley Michon Robb in Boston, 1995 Force Judge Advocate General Corps Massachusetts. 9 in 1996. Jonathan B. Bruno, partner at Rivkin Stephen B. Reed of Beck Reed Riden Radler LLP in New York, New York, K. Nathaniel Yeager, assistant U.S. LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, was was named a 2020 New York attorney in Boston, Massachusetts, named a Top 100 Lawyer by the 2020 Metro Super Lawyer for his work in was honored with the Massachusetts Massachusetts Super Lawyers List. professional liability: defense. 10 Lawyers Weekly 2019 Lawyer of the His principal focus is on the defense of Year award. discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, wage & hour, and related claims. 7 8 9 10 11

CLASS ACTION 37 1996 Kaplesh Kumar was honored by from start-ups to large and small Community Saheli Boston, a corporations, nonprofit entities, and Jody E. Briandi is managing partner community-based organization in most recently in the technology transfer at Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., a Buffalo, New Massachusetts founded in 1996 with field for government commercialization York-based multistate corporate and the mission to empower South Asian offices managing intellectual property litigation defense firm. This is only the women and their families to live safe portfolios, negotiating agreements, third change in management in Hurwitz and healthy lives, for his contribution to and working closely with award-winning & Fine’s 43-year history. 12 the organization. 13 scientists. He is glad to be back in his native New England near his family Patrice Paldino is the executive 1998 and values the time he spent in the director of the Legal Aid Service of Washington, D.C. area for the past seven Broward County (LAS) in Plantation, Barbara A. Robb was honored with years working in technology transfer Florida, effective January 2021. the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for the National Cancer Institute and LAS is a not-for-profit law firm providing 2019 Top Women of Law award. She is Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. high-quality free civil legal advice, a partner at Hartley Michon Robb LLP, representation, and education to in Boston, Massachusetts. 2000 vulnerable residents of Broward County. Jeffrey R. Benedict is the bestselling The Honorable Caroline R. Shepherd 1999 author of sixteen non-fiction books, was appointed to the Fifteenth Judicial including The Dynasty, the definitive Circuit Court serving Palm Beach Ephraim J. Fink is special counsel inside story of the New England Patriots County in West Palm Beach, Florida. at the law firm Marshall Dennehey dynasty, published in September 2020. Warner Coleman & Goggin in their He has also been a special-features The Honorable Kimberly Moses Purchase, New York office. He, writer for Sports Illustrated and the Smith was appointed an associate his wife, and two children continue Los Angeles Times, and his essays have justice on the Massachusetts Probate to reside in Stamford, Connecticut. appeared in the New York Times. He and Family Court. is also a television and film producer. He resides in Connecticut. 1997 Donald P. Hart is clerk magistrate for the Nantucket District Court in Gina M. Gombar was named a 2020 Nantucket, Massachusetts. Fellow of the nationwide Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). She Jennifer A. Bingham was honored Raymond J. Walsh is associate is vice president at LPL Financial in with the Massachusetts Lawyers director, licensing at the Innovation Boston, Massachusetts. Weekly 2019 Top Women of Law award. Office of the Dana Farber Cancer She is a partner at Saponaro Bingham Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Smitha J. Mortis is the first general LLP in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He has been practicing intellectual counsel at Branch, a financial- property for twenty years, is a member technology start-up in Minneapolis, Michele Capone was appointed by of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Minnesota. 14 Governor Charlie Baker to the Board bars, and is registered to practice of Trustees of the Massachusetts before the U.S. Patent and Trademark State Library. office. His scientific specialty is biotechnology and along with his years as a research scientist in academic, government, and industry labs, he has worked for a variety of organizations 12 13 14

38 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 2001 Gregory Schiller, assistant U.S. Jeffrey R. Escobar is partner in the attorney in West Palm Beach, Florida, Real Estate and Land Use Group at Mark W. Dubois is the Braintree, participated in a Facebook Live webinar Dorsey & Whitney LLP’s New York City Massachusetts chief of police. He hosted by the Child Rescue Coalition office. His practice focuses on advising was formerly the chief in Maynard, where he shared the dangers of the horizontal and vertical project owners, Massachusetts. internet that all parents face with their real estate companies, joint ventures, children, safety tips, and how online institutional owners, closely-held Christopher R. Nicolopoulos is offenders of children are prosecuted. developers, lenders, investors, sponsors, commissioner of the New Hampshire He has been prosecuting online project companies, private and Insurance Department. Previously, exploitation of minor cases since 2009. public utility companies, and private he served as the President and CEO equity funds in their structuring and of the New Hampshire Association 2004 deployment of capital and investment of Insurance Agents for five years. in their most complex and large-scale Prior to leading the NH Association of Peter H. Dinwiddie is the executive commercial real estate, energy, Insurance Agents, he was an associate vice president of basketball operations infrastructure, transportation, and at Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios for the Philadelphia 76ers, in renewable energy projects. PLLP, and Government Affairs Director Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he at the New Hampshire Association serves as the number two executive 2005 of Realtors. behind the general manager. He previously spent fourteen years with Michael A. Curry assumed the role Nicole Clawson Pratt is vice the Indiana Pacers, most recently of chief executive officer of the president and national commercial as their senior vice president of Massachusetts League of Community sales manager at CATIC. basketball operations. Health Centers in December 2020. The Mass League represents a network 2002 Christopher F. Earley, principal of 52 community health centers, attorney at the Law Office of with nearly 250 locations, that provide Holly A. Harney was honored with Christopher F. Earley in Boston, care to 1 million mostly low-income the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Massachusetts, seeking ways to help residents across Massachusetts. 2020 Top Women of Law award. She those struggling in the wake of Prior to becoming chief executive, he specializes in divorce and family law the COVID pandemic, founded an served as the organization’s deputy at the Law Offices of Holly A. Harney employee relief fund for local CEO and general counsel. He is in Barnstable, Massachusetts. restaurants in their community. Such also the past president of the Boston funds disburse directly to the Branch of the NAACP. 15 2003 unemployed personnel in the food sector, helping them to weather the 2006 The Honorable Catherine massive drop in business in their field Hyo-Kyung Ham was appointed without endangering their health. Jeremy P. Cali is general counsel an associate justice on the for Capital Collection Management in Boston Municipal Court in Boston, Syracuse, New York. 16 Massachusetts. 15 16

CLASS ACTION 39 Marcie A. Charles, associate at Colin J. Tarrant is a partner at Block, 2008 Grant Fridkin Pearson, P.A. in Naples, Crouch, Keeter, Behm, & Sayed LLP Florida, was accepted into Class V in Wilmington, North Carolina. He Daniel W. Collins was elected partner of the Florida Fellows Institute of the focuses his practice in business and at Harter Seacrest & Emery LLP. He American College of Trust and Estate commercial litigation, real estate is a member of the corporate practice Counsel (ACTEC). She focuses her development, land use, and zoning. group, and advises family-owned and practice in the areas of estate planning, other private businesses in a variety of estate and trust administration, 2007 legal matters. business succession planning, and tax planning, and has represented Rilwan A. Adeduntan, assistant Kirsten L. Hughes is the clerk clients before the IRS. The Florida U.S. attorney for the Southern District magistrate of the Stoughton District Fellows Institute was created by of Florida, was named the 2020 Court in Stoughton, Massachusetts. ACTEC Fellows to develop the Prosecutor of the Year by the Florida profession’s future leaders in trust and Gang Investigator’s Association (FGIA). David E. Stearns is the chief estate law through a series of in-depth administrative officer of the Chatham educational presentations led by Daniel B. Brunk joined Tentindo, Area Transit (CAT). He provides outstanding subject matter experts in Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP in Boston, leadership and oversight over each field from across the U.S. 17 Massachusetts, as of counsel. His administrative functions and activities practice includes workers’ compensation such as CAT’s compliance and ethics Amy M. Feliciano is the court clerk under Massachusetts and Federal programs, legal services, business for the Hillsborough County Superior acts, including the Longshore and negotiations, internal auditing, and Court-South in Nashua, New Hampshire. Harbor Workers Compensation Act, contract administration. 19 She previously served as the deputy and general business law. Prior to clerk for Hills-South since May 2015. joining the firm, he worked in legal Damian J. Turco is secretary of the and compliance management roles as Massachusetts Bar Association. Brian J. MacDonough was honored an expatriate in the United Kingdom, He is the owner and principal attorney by Chambers USA as one of America’s focusing on risk management, financial at Turco Legal PC in Newburyport, Leading Lawyers for Business ranking services risk consulting, and regulatory Massachusetts. 20 in Band 2 for Labor & Employment: compliance at Fortune 500 companies. Mainly Plaintiffs Representation. 2009 He is partner at Sherin and Lodgen Domingos R. Santos is a director LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, with CBRE’s Property and Transaction Adam R. Barnosky has been elevated where he serves as the employment Tax Services platform, based in Phoenix, to shareholder at Ruberto, Israel & department chair. Arizona. He focuses on the unique tax Weiner, P.C. in Boston, Massachusetts, needs of real estate private equity firms where he co-leads the Hospitality & Mark D. Szal successfully opposed and real estate development companies. Retail Services Practice Group and a petition for certiorari with the is a member of the firm’s Commercial United States Supreme Court seeking Sankeetha Selvarajah was named Real Estate Group and Cannabis review of his 2017 federal court age one of the top 100 Attorneys in the Practice Group. discrimination jury verdict. He is an United States by Top 100 Magazine. She attorney at Szal Law Group in Boston, serves as managing attorney of the civil Massachusetts, and adjunct professor transactional firm, Selvarajah Law P.C., of Legal Research and Writing at and as chief executive officer of BiztoCo, New England Law | Boston. a business educational platform designed to create profitable CEOs. 18 17 18 19 20

40 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 2010 matters locally and nationally across Shawn D. Keefe is a lawyer at various industries, including higher Connors & Connors LLP in Waltham, Nahomi S. Carlisle was appointed education, retail, health care, Massachusetts. He focuses his practice chief equity and compliance officer municipalities, and small businesses. on real estate law, estate planning (CECO) of Bunker Hill Community and administration, and business law. College in Boston, Massachusetts. In Grace C. Roessler received a this new role initiated by BHCC’s Equity 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2013 Work Group, she collaborates with recognition for family law. She is an the College’s equity leaders to advance associate in Mirick O’Connell’s Family Christina E. Liwski is senior corporate institutional equity work at BHCC. Law and Divorce Group in Boston, counsel for Logicalis, an international She also serves as the College’s Massachusetts. 22 tech services company headquartered affirmative action officer and Title IX in Chicago, Illinois. and Section 504/ADA coordinator. Paul R. Rosie was elected partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston, Michael S. Rispin is associate Jessica M. (Cullivan) O’Brien was Massachusetts, in the firm’s technology general counsel at Sprout Social, Inc., elected partner at Morrison Mahoney group. His practice focuses on general an international social media software LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. corporate representation, venture capital company headquartered in Chicago, She concentrates her practice in financings, mergers and acquisitions, Illinois. He was previously corporate the areas of premises liability, medical public offerings, and SEC compliance. counsel at Harley-Davidson, Inc. in malpractice, products liability, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. construction litigation. 21 Sadeer Sabbak, managing partner at Sabbak & Izmaylova, P.C. in Atlanta, Stephanie I. Rogers was appointed Caitlin R. Beresin is vice president, Georgia, was recognized by Georgia to the Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s legislative affairs at ML Strategies, Super Lawyers as a 2020 Rising Star board of directors. She owns her own LLC, the consulting affiliate of the law in the area of criminal defense. law practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee, firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, and specializes in family law, criminal Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., in Boston, 2012 defense, wills and estates, and Massachusetts. landlord/tenant law. 23 Kimberly A. Bielan was named Timothy P. Lynch, an attorney with principal of Moriarty Troyer & Malloy 2015 Marasco & Nesselbush, LLP in LLC, a boutique real estate firm Providence, Rhode Island, received the with offices in Braintree and Boston, Jessica D. Bardi is an associate prestigious Rising Star designation from Massachusetts. in the Real Estate and Development Thomson Reuters. Only 2.5 percent of Group at Robinson+Cole in Boston, Rhode Island attorneys earn the Rising Stacy E. Drackwicz Breaud is an Massachusetts. She concentrates her Star designation in any given year. associate at Swift, Currie, McGhee & practice on land use and environmental Hiers, LLP in Atlanta, Georgia. law and related litigation. 2011 Tamara Grossman is an associate Mary T. Connolly was named a Ryan W. Jaziri was promoted to partner with Yaffa Family Law Group in Boca Rising Star Super Lawyer by the 2020 at Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP in Raton, Florida. Upstate New York Super Lawyers List. Boston, Massachusetts. He represents She is a health care attorney at Barclay employers in labor and employment Damon LLP in Albany, New York. 21 22 23

CLASS ACTION 41 Tanya M. Larrabee is an associate Stay Connected with the Alumni Community at Sherin and Lodgen in Boston, Massachusetts. She represents LEARN UPDATE renewable energy clients in the Follow the latest from your fellow Make sure your contact info is acquisition, development, and financing alumni: alumni.nesl.edu up-to-date, so you never miss of solar, wind, and energy storage an announcement or invitation: projects, including advising on state SHARE alumni.nesl.edu/myinfo incentive programs. Promotions, accolades, gatherings with classmates —  CONNECT Ying Wang, assistant district attorney share your news with us! NewEnglandLawBoston at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s alumni.nesl.edu/classnotes office in Boston, Massachusetts, has @NewEnglandLaw been honored with a Public Rights AT T E N D Project Fellowship. As a Public Rights Join us for upcoming events, New England Law | Boston Project Fellow, she is working in the from receptions to guest speakers: Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office alumni.nesl.edu/events @NewEnglandLawBoston to help advance the criminal justice reform efforts of the District Attorney. 24 NewEnglandLaw 2016 2018 handles business disputes, personal injury cases, employment claims, and Justin L. Amos is an associate at Adam J. Harrison is an associate in fiduciary and probate suits. McGlinchey Stafford PLLC in Boston, Chartwell Law’s compensation defense Massachusetts. He is part of the firm’s team in Boston, Massachusetts, Courtney Person is the secretary national consumer financial services where he focuses on representing of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers litigation and commercial litigation insurance carriers and large self- Association. She is an associate in practice groups. 25 insureds in workers’ compensation the Boston, Massachusetts office of defense matters. 26 Morrison Mahoney. 28 Conor F. Walsh is an associate attorney at Glovsky & Glovsky in Beverly, Michael Locke is an associate 2020 Massachusetts. He focuses on real and member of the real estate team estate law, including residential at Bacon Wilson, P.C. in Springfield, Kyle A. Porro has launched a new conveyancing, commercial transactions, Massachusetts. He focuses on matters publishing firm, Stirred Stories, founded and zoning and land use. of land use, planning, and zoning. 27 to help lift up underrepresented voices. Launched in 2019, the nascent 2017 Melanie J. McCauley is an associate publishing company recently released attorney at Demoura Smith LLP in its first work — “​The Grocery Game.” Daniel R. Williams is an associate Wakefield, Massachusetts, where she attorney in the Employment Litigation Group at Peabody & Arnold LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. 24 25 26 27 28

THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 IN MEMORIAM 1951 1969 1978 Robert P. DuBois, formerly of Weston, James W. Savage, of Waban, Edward J. McCormick III, of Norfolk, Massachusetts, on November 25, 2020. Massachusetts, on February 20, 2020. Massachusetts, on February 3, 2020. Anna Willhite, of Mimbres, New Mexico, 1952 Damon R. Scarano, of Chestnut Hill, on February 14, 2020. Massachusetts, on May 3, 2020. Arthur W. Murphy, of Hingham, 1979 Massachusetts, on December 17, 2019. 1971 Lisa McDonald Dugoni, of San Mateo, 1958 William J. O’Coin, Jr., of Woonsocket, California, on November 20, 2020. Rhode Island, on June 6, 2020. John D. Murphy, of Hingham, 1980 Massachusetts, on November 18, 2019. 1972 Martin C. Foster, of Belmont, 1960 Peter M. Lovely, of St. Petersburg, Massachusetts, on June 2, 2020. Florida, and Wareham, Massachusetts, Daniel L. White, of Swampscott, on May 10, 2019. W. Joesph Gardner, of Carlisle, Massachusetts, on September 23, 2020. Massachusetts, on August 9, 2020. 1973 1962 Penny S. Lehtola, of Ft. Myers, Florida, Edward R. Dean, Jr., of Lowell, on June 11, 2020. James S. Bagnell, of Easton, Massachusetts, on February 25, 2020. Massachusetts, on October 1, 2020. Corey C. Shaw, of New Haven, 1974 Connecticut, on September 5, 2019. 1963 Anthony G. Aiuvalasit, of Salisbury, 1981 Nicholas G. Andreson, of Worcester, Connecticut, on November 3, 2019. Massachusetts, on September 20, Kent P. Davison, of Burlington, 2019. Arthur R. Stanbury, of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, on November 6, 2019. Massachusetts, on January 28, 2020. John A. Zizza, of Wayland, John P. Long, of Fall River, Massachusetts, on October 4, 2020. 1975 Massachusetts, on May 8, 2020. 1965 James A. Farrell, Jr., of Wakefield, Carol P. Wessling, of Groveland, Massachusetts, on February 15, 2020. Massachusetts, on October 10, 2020. S. Alan Williamson, of Harvard, Massachusetts, on May 5, 2019. 1976 1982 1966 Fern L. McGovern, of Bala Cynwyd, Thomas J. Freda, of Londonderry, Pennsylvania, on July 10, 2020. New Hampshire, on June 30, 2020. John T. Burns, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, on June 10, 2020. William B. Parnell, of Derry, New Robert K. Harrington, of Portsmouth, Hampshire, on February 21, 2020. Rhode Island, on June 30, 2020. Frank H. Hogan, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 3, 2020. 1977 Florence Bacas, of Orlando, Florida, on November 6, 2019. Lawrence J. Dreyfuss, of Houston, Texas, on June 1, 2020.

IN MEMORIAM 43 1984 1995 Michael W. Zinni, of Mansfield, Marlene M. Ayash Harrington, of Massachusetts, on October 15, 2019. Newton Center, Massachusetts, on July 5, 2020. 1985 1997 Victor (Viken) Manougian, of York, Maine, on December 21, 2019. Clarence A. Forman, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, on December 30, 2019. Donna L. Shatz Wisnom, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on October 1998 2, 2020. Andrea L. DeVries, of Rochester, 1986 Massachusetts, on December 4, 2019. Carolyn A. LaMarre, of Randolph, 1999 Massachusetts, on April 11, 2020. Sean A. Daly, of Hull, Massachusetts, Lynn S. Mitchell, of Plymouth, New on March 22, 2020. Hampshire, on December 25, 2019. 2000 1989 AJ D. Williamson, formerly of John W. Brien, of Salem, New Needham and Newton, Massachusetts, Hampshire, on November 10, 2020. on September 21, 2020. Nicole A. Calamita, of Swampscott, 2002 Massachusetts, on April 24, 2020. Martha J. Barrett, of Lowell, David J. Correira, of Somerset, Massachusetts, on October 7, 2020. Massachusetts, on June 30, 2020. 2005 1990 Joshua D. Fulmer, of Easton, Judith G. Darrell-Kemp, of Milton, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2020. Massachusetts, on August 13, 2020. 1991 James W. Bowers, of West Newbury, Massachusetts, on April 19, 2020. Gail S. Guglietta, of Chicago, Illinois, on March 10, 2020. 1992 Bonnie R. Sweeney, of Boston, Massachusetts, on August 9, 2020.

44 THE BRIDGE    WINTER 2020–2021 MMC. VDIERRGMINOIAT TM ’O39RRISSEY  M. Virginia Morrissey McDermott ’39 passed away October 1, 2020 at the age of 103. A proud Portia Law School graduate, her law of the American, Massachusetts, and Boston career spanned a remarkable seven decades and Bar Associations, and the International, National, she worked well into her 90s. and Massachusetts Associations of Women Lawyers, she was named Boston’s Woman of Virginia was a pioneering lawyer, the Year in 1965. businesswoman, and activist for women’s equality. While at law school, she served as editor of Learn more about Virginia Morrissey the yearbook, editor of the school newspaper, McDermott’s journey to Portia Law School and secretary of the law club council, and member of beyond in the oral history she provided in 2008. the class executive committee. Visit http://bit.ly/vmmhistory. She graduated second in her class from Portia Law in 1939 and after passing the bar — she scored high enough on the written portion that she was not required to take the oral exam — she went to work at Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley, & Ketchum, the first woman lawyer they ever hired. She later worked with Curry, Mowles, & Murdock, an all-women law firm started by three Portia Law School graduates from the class of 1930. As noted in her obituary, Virginia was a fierce advocate for the empowerment of women. She was very active in the Massachusetts Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW), rising through the organization to become its president. She was elected chair of the nominating committee for the National Federation. A regularly featured speaker at local chapter meetings and conventions, she always urged women to become involved in civic, economic, and community affairs. She was deeply concerned about the low numbers of women in representative roles in the Senate and House at both the state and national levels. “If we improve the status of women, we improve the status of the nation,” she often told her audiences. She chaired the committee that worked to establish the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women and chaired the 1965 Washington workshop of all the governors’ commissions on civil and political rights. A member



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