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The Top Women of Law event celebrates the achievements of exceptional women lawyers who are pioneers, educators, trailblazers and role models.
Our Circle of Excellence recognizes women attorneys who have been previously honored as Top Women, but whose continuing achievements merit additional recognition.
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Nicole M. Bluefort, Law Offices of Nicole M. Bluefort
Rachelle A. Dubow, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Shiva Karimi, McLane Middleton
Jaclyn L. Kugell, Morgan, Brown & Joy
Payal Salsburg, Laredo, Smith & Kane
Victoria M. Santoro, Santoro & Gray
Susan M. Akram, Boston University School of Law
Kate Barry, Greater Boston Legal Services
Kimberly Bielan, Moriarty, Bielan & Malloy
Sabrina Bonanno, Sweeney & Associates
Kathryn E. Caldwell, Ropes & Gray
Leah Cohen, Rich May
Maureen E. Curran, Conn Kavanaugh
Melissa M. D’Alelio, Robins Kaplan
Megan C. Deluhery, Todd & Weld
Jennifer Denker, Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow
Evey M. Diaz, Ligris & Associates
Jennifer V. Doran, Hinckley Allen
Christa Doaihy, Community Legal Aid
Sara K. Frank, Choate Hall & Stewart
Julia Frost-Davies, Greenberg Traurig
Sharon Fry, Robinson & Cole
Francine Gardikas, Bowditch
Lindsey Gil, Peabody & Arnold
Jan A. Glassman, Daily General Counsel
Kelly A. Guagenty, Justice Law Collaborative
Julia Harmatz, Greenvolt Power USA
Miranda Hooker, Goodwin
Andra J. Hutchins, Coren Lichtenstein
Tara Dunn Jackson, Mintz
Oona Johnstone, Wolf Greenfield
Nicole M. Jorge, Casner & Edwards
Alexandra H. Kalkounis, City of Worcester
Georgia D. Katsoulomitis, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Amy E. Kwesell, KP Law
Ellen E. Lemire, Littler
Reneau J. Logoria, Doonan, Graves & Longoria
Elizabeth O. Manchester, Patridge, Snow & Hahn
Alexandra A. Mitropoulos, Berklee College of Music/Hirsch Roberts Weinstein
Valerie A. Moore, Nutter
Sharmila Murthy, Northeastern University School of Law
Amy L. O’Keefe, Nixon Peabody
Alexandra P. Carroll, Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice
Nina L. Pickering-Cook, Anderson & Kreiger
Lori A. Robbins, Heller & Robbins
Jessie J. Rossman, ACLU of Massachusetts
Sonja B. Selami, Law Offices of Sonja Selami
Megan Siddal, Cloherty & Steinberg, LLP
DeAnn F. Smith, Foley Hoag
Marlies Spanjaard, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Rachel Stroup, Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein
Andrea Y. Toulouse, Rubin & Rudman
Donna L. Wexler, Bacon Wilson
Melissa Wong, Holland & Knight
Alexandra Younes, Boston College Law School
2024 Honorees – Circle of Excellence
Lisa M. Cukier, Rubin & Rudman
Lauren F. Goldberg, KP Law
Angela C. McConney, Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Christina L. Paradiso, Community Legal Aid
Ellen J. Zucker, Burns & Levinson
2024 Honorees – Top Women of Law
Lauren T. Abel, AbbVie
Kimberly A. Alley, Ruberto, Israel & Weiner
Stacey A.L. Best, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
Kate M. Carter, Dain, Torpy, Le Ray, Wiest & Garner
Melissa A. Celli, Strehorn, Ryan & Hoose
Deborah S. Cohen, Cohen Kraemer Law
Morjieta K. Derisier, Baystate Law Group
Noel M. Di Carlo, Warshaw, DiCarlo & Poncia
Patrice Dixon, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete
Eve C.S. Elliott, Veterans Legal Services
Laura W. Gal, Greater Boston Legal Services
Sheila B. Giglio, Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford
Jordana R. Greenman, Jordana R. Greeman, Attorney At Law
Antoinette L. Hall, A.L. Hall & Associates
Jill Havens, Workplace Justice Law Group
Anne-Valerie P. Imparato, UMass Boston
Kelley A. Jordan-Price, Hinckley Allen
Danielle M. Justo, Rich May
Elizabeth K. Keeley, Butters Brazilian
Colleen E. Laduzinski, Jones Day
Veronica M. Lei, Eli Lilly & Company
Lauren R. MacLellan, Boston Consulting Group
Ingrid S. Martin, Todd & Weld
Michaela C. May, Bennett & Belfort
Jameel Moore, Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Desiree Murphy, CVS
Margaret C. Nash, Vicente
Ramona Y. Nee, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
AiVi Nguyen, Prince, Lobel, Tye
Amy T. M. Oakley, Partridge Snow & Hahn
Lauren F. Olanoff, Egan, Flanagan & Cohen
Jennifer E. Ollington, MetroWest Legal Services
Nicole R.G. Paquin, Law Office of Nicole Paquin
Lynne M. Parker, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
Ellen P. Pesch, Sidley Austin
Michelle M. Porter, Goulston & Storrs
Meredith P. Rainey, Morrison Mahoney
Elizabeth S. Reinhardt, Law Offices of Elizabeth S. Reinhardt & Associates
Amy E. Sheridan, Sullivan & Worcester
Lorraine P. Stark, Casner & Edwards
Johanna L. W. Sullivan, Nutter
Amanda Vanderhorst, Kates & Barlow
Mian R. Wang, Greenberg Traurig
Jamie Weiler, Northeastern University
Andrea M. Wells, Turco Legal
Kathryn J. Wickenheiser, Thomas & Wickenheiser
Gillian A. Woolf, Barclay Damon
Lynne B. Xerras, Holland & Knight
Diane Young-Spitzer, Massachusetts Securities Division
Andrea E. Zoia, Morgan, Brown & Joy
2024 Honorees – Scholarship Recipient
Kanika Chitnis, Northeastern University School of Law
2023 Circle of Excellence
Marie Chafe, Conn Kavanaugh
Renee Landers, Suffolk University School of Law
Bonnie MacLeod, JAMS
Allison O’Neil, Locke Lord
Sara Jane Shanahan, Sherin & Lodgen
2023 Top Women of Law
Lisa Adams, Mintz Levin
Allison Ahern Fillo, Davis Malm
Allison Anderson, Foley Hoag
Kristina Barclay, United States Attorney’s Office
Shamis Beckley, Cooley
Gavriela M. Bogin-Farber, Segal Roitman
Asya Calixto, 3Play Media
Sarah Clinton, Ropes & Gray
Theresa Coney, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Sarah Connolly, Nixon Peabody
Judith Dein, United States District Court
Heather DiPietrantonio, Wolf Greenfield
Amanda Eckhoff, Robinson & Cole
Sarah Fay, Schwartz Hannum
Kristen Ferris, Goulston & Storrs
Nicole Forbes, Globalization Partners
Elizabeth Fraser, Greenberg Traurig
Farah Gerdes, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Cynthia Gilbert, Blueshift IP
Deborah Gold-Alexander, Deborah Gold-Alexander, Attorney at Law
Kathleen Gregor, Skadden Arps
Anne Gugino Carrigan, Law Office of James J. Carrigan
Margaret Guzman, U.S. District Court
Amelia Holstrom, Skoler Abbott
Stephanie Holt, Victim Rights Law Center
Suzanne King, Pierce Atwood
Karen LaFond, Fletcher Tilton
Elizabeth Marino, Sidley Austin
Courtney E. Mayo, Hassett & Donnelly
Samantha McDonald, Bowditch & Dewey
Dawn Mertineit, Seyfarth Shaw
Beth Myers, Burns & Levinson
Karis North, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane
Erika O’Donnell, Shepard O’Donnell
Lynette Paczkowski, Bowditch & Dewey
Hathaway Pease Russell, Foley Hoag
Maria Puppolo, Hampden County Sheriff’s Office
Rosemary Reilly, WilmerHale
Gabriela Robin, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Hema Sarang-Sieminski, Jane Doe Inc.
Jennifer Schultz, Sullivan & Worcester
Tamara Smith Holtslag, Peabody & Arnold
Dawn Stolfi Stalenhoef, Casner & Edwards
Sasha Tulgan, Harvard Law School
Sarah Turano-Flores, Nutter
Arianne Waldron, 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kate Wallace, Jones Day
Sophie Wang, Choate
Jessica Wilson, DLA Piper
Connie Wong Boston, Fire Department
Click here to read a special section about the 2022 honorees.
2022 Circle of Excellence
Ingrid Schroffner, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Jane Peachy, Federal Public Defender Office
Kate Cook, AG’s Office
Kimberly West, Ashcroft Law Firm
Patricia Washienko, Washienko Law Group
2022 Top Women of Law
Kirby Aarsheim, Farrell, Smith, O’Connell, Aarsheim, Aprans
Kathryn Alessi, Sidley Austin
Laura Angelini, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
Sapna Annicelli, Fragomen
Elizabeth Brusie, De Novo Center for Justice and Healing
Caroline Bullerjahn, Goodwin
Gina Calabro, Brick Jones McBrien & Hickey
Julia Devanthery, Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
Suzanne Durrell, Whistleblower Law Collaborative
Kristin Dzialo, Rubin & Rudman
Lindsey Egan, Egan Law Center
Tiffanie Ellis-Niles, Lyles & Niles
Stesha Emmanuel, McCarter & English
Jennifer Fang, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Julianne Feliz, Law Office of Julianne Feliz
Heather Gamache, Moriarty, Troyer & Malloy
Marisol Garcia, Health Law Advocates
Laura Gregory, Sloane & Walsh
Geraldine Gruvis-Pizarro, Volunteer Lawyers Project
Giselle Joffre, Foley Hoag
Sarah Kelly, Nutter, McClennen & Fish
Louise Kennedy, West Hill Technology Counsel
Kimberly Kroha, Baker, Braverman & Barbadoro
Rebecca MacGregor, Bowditch
Robyn Maguire, Barnes & Thornburg
Jo-Ann Marzullo, Ligris + Associates
Lynn McCormick, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Kristin McGurn, Seyfarth
Lisa Mead, Mead, Talerman & Costa
Becky Michaels, Office of Northwestern District Attorney
Caryn Mitchell-Munevar, New England Law Boston
Kathryn Murphy, Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane
Alisha Nanda, Skadden, Arps
Gina Plata-Nino, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Kathleen Porter, Robinson & Cole
Linda Ricci, Greenberg Traurig
Soraya Sadeghi, Soraya Law
Victoria Santoro Mair, Sweeney Merrigan
Paula Schlosser, Law Office of Paula Schlosser
Laura Schneider, Wilmer Hale
Jill Seeber, Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice
Melanie Shapiro, Law Office of Melanie Shapiro
Manleen Singh, Robins Kaplan
Shana Solomon, Preti Flaherty
Sharona Sternberg, Sunstein
Karen Stuntz, McEvoy & Stuntz
Katie Von Kohorn, Casner & Edwards
Megan Watts, Goulston & Storrs
Emily Whelan, WilmerHale
Jennifer Whelan,
MG+M
2022 Leadership Scholarship Recipient
Kaija Townsend, Boston University School of Law
Click here to read a special section about the 2021 honorees.
2021 Circle of Excellence
Kathy Jo Cook, KJC Law Firm
Elissa Flynn-Poppey, Mintz
Rebecca A. Jacobstein, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Shannon Liss-Riordan, Lichten & Liss-Riordan
Patience W. Crozier, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
2021 Top Women of Law
Heidi Alexander, SJC Standing Committee on Attorney Well-being
Amy Anthony, Volunteer Lawyers Project
Jocelyn M. Arel, Goodwin Procter
Janine Brown-Smith, Brown-Smith Attorneys at Law
Barbara H. Buell, Smith, Duggan, Buell & Rufo
Mehreen N. Butt, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Angela L. Carr, Barton Gilman
Elizabeth G. Crowley, Burns & Levinson
Marissa I. Delinks, Hinshaw & Culbertson
Kathleen A. DeLisle, Nichols, DeLisle & Lightholder
Taramattie Doucette, Greater Boston Legal Services
Erica E. Flores, Skoler, Abbott & Presser
Stefanie J. Fogel, DLA Piper
Ellen Gallagher, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General
Catherine M. Geary, Geary & Geary
Christine A. Goddard, Fish & Richardson
Stephanie E. Goldenhersh, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
Beth A. Goldstein, Sherin and Lodgen
Kavita M. Goyal, Rosen & Goyal
Maura A. Greene, Maura Greene Law Group
Jacklyn K. Gurany, Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts
Mandy M. Hebert, Hebert Law Offices
Jillian B. Hirsch, Hirsch Law
Jessica G. Kelly, Freeman, Mathis & Gary
Victoria R. Kennedy, Greenberg Traurig
Kimberly A. Kramer, McLane Middleton
Heather A. Lacey, Legal Sea Foods Restaurant Group
Danielle M. Lauzon, Goodwin
Joanna J. Lydgate, States United Democracy Center
Allison A. MacLellan, MacLellan Law Firm
Catherine A. Macris, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
Cynthia T. Mazareas, Wilmer Hale
Christine D. McCay, Locke Lord
Maura D. McLaughlin, Morgan, Brown & Joy
Beth H. Mitchell, Nutter
Suma Nair, Goulston & Storrs
Rebecca G. Neale, Law Office of Rebecca G. Neale
Robin D. O’Donoghue, O’Donoghue Law
Julie G. O’Neill, Morrison & Foerster
Krina C. Patel, Biogen
Amanda R. Phillips, Robinson & Cole
Elizabeth J. Reza, Ropes & Gray
Elizabeth A. Rodgers, Gordon Law Group
Joanne E. Romanow, Casner & Edwards
Rosemary C. Scapicchio, Law Offices of Rosemary Scapicchio
Amanda Schreyer, Morse
Emily R. Schulman, WilmerHale
B. Stephanie Siegmann, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Courtney Worcester, Holland & Knight
Kirsten Z. Young, Conn Kavanaugh
2021 Leadership Scholarship Recipient
Catherine Rutley, Boston University School of Law
Click here to read a special section about the 2020 honorees.
2020 Circle of Excellence
Betty Francisco, Compass Working Capital
Grace V.B. Garcia, Morrison Mahoney
Joan A. Lukey, Choate, Hall & Stewart
Paige A. Scott-Reed, Prince, Lobel, Tye
Anita P. Sharma, PAIR
Lisa M. Tittemore, Sunstein
2020 Top Women of Law
Nancy D. Adams, Mintz
Marianne Ajemian, Nutter
Kendra Berardi, Robinson & Cole
Inga S. Bernstein, Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein
Shahria H. Boston, Law Office Shahria H. Boston
Elise Busny, Pinkham Busny
A. Hetherwick Cahill, Burns & Levinson
Eugenia M. Carris, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Gina D. Cash, Office of the State Auditor
Laurie A. Cerveny, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Yvonne W. Chan, Goodwin
Hemmie Chang, Foley Hoag
Gabrielle Clemens, RBC Wealth Management
Jennifer K. Crawford, Smith, Costello & Crawford
Kathleen Cruickshank, Murphy & King
Deborah M. Danger, Danger Law
Paula M. Devereaux, Pierce Atwood
Maria R. Durant, Hogan Lovells
Alison Eggers, Seyfarth Shaw
April C. English, Attorney General’s Office
Michelle A. Flores, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma America
Ara B. Gershengorn, Harvard University
Elizabeth L.B. Greene, Mirick O’Connell
Holly A. Harney, Law Offices of Holly A. Harney
Maegan Hurley, Massachusetts Debt Relief Foundation
Faith D. Kasparian, Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton
Aliya S. Khalidi, Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office
Julie E. Korostoff, Mintz
Renee M. Landers, Suffolk Law School
Chiara U. LaPlume, LaPlume Law
Sharon C. Lincoln, Casner & Edwards
Stephanie H. Massey, Locke Lord
Maureen McBrien, Brick, Jones, McBrien & Hickey
Amanda McGrady Morrison, Ropes & Gray
Barbara A. O’Donnell, Sulloway & Hollis
Karen M. O’Malley, Goulston & Storrs
Lili Palacios-Baldwin, Tufts University
Jennifer L.R. Parent, McLane Middleton
Lizette M. Perez-Deisboeck, Battery Ventures
Demetra M. Pontisakos, Demetra Pontisakos Attorney at Law
Scarlett M. Rajbanshi, Peabody & Arnold
Whitney A. Reichel, Fish & Richardson
Jennifer A. Rymarski, Morrison Mahoney
Payal Salsburg, Laredo & Smith
Regina Sam Penti, Ropes & Gray
Mary B. Strother, Attorney General’s Office
Jennifer H. Suhl, Northwestern District Attorney’s Office
Michelle K. Tassinari, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Natacha Thomas, Boston Retirement Board
Kimberly P. West, Ashcroft Law Firm
Tamara S. Wolfson, Anderson & Kreiger
2020 Leadership Scholarship Recipient
Kimberly G. Flores, Boston University School of Law
Click here to view our 2019 Circle of Excellence video.
2019 Circle of Excellence
Regina M. Hurley, Verrill
Andrea C. Kramer, Kramer Law
Jennifer L. Levi, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders
Denise I. Murphy, Rubin and Rudman
Marcia S. Wagner, Wagner Law Group
2019 Top Women of Law
Kristy L. Avino, McCarter & English
Katharine O. Beattie, Mintz
Sunni P. Beville, Brown Rudnick
Jennifer A. Bingham, Sapanaro Bingham
Christine P. Burak, Supreme Judicial Court
Lisa S. Burton, Ogletree Deakins
Andrea Campbell, Boston City Council
Laurie A. Churchill, LeMaitre Vascular
Lisa M. Cukier, Burns & Levinson
Brenda S. Diana, Ropes & Gray
Pamela D. Everhart, Fidelity Investments
Barbara A. Fiacco, Foley Hoag
Catherine A. Fiske, U.S. Department of Justice
Laurel J. Francoeur, Francoeur Law
Marguerite T. Grant, Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office
Monica Grewal, WilmerHale
Peggy L. Ho, LPL Financial
Tamsin R. Kaplan, Davis, Malm & D’Agostine
Shiva Karimi, McLane Middleton
Jaime Kenny, Clifford & Kenny
Nancy A. Lee, Lee Associates
Joan A. Lukey, Choate, Hall & Stewart
Naomi M. Mann, Boston University
Jeannette D. McLaughlin, Arent Fox
Melissa Sampson McMorrow, Nutter
Naomi A. Meyer, Greater Boston Legal Services
Barbara Munro, Law Office of Barbara Munro
Cara Nelson, DLA Piper
Nina M. Parker, Parker & Associates
Jane F. Peachy, Federal Public Defenders
Sheriece M. Perry, Massachusetts Trial Court
Stacey L. Pietrowicz, Sugarman & Sugarman
Desiree A. Ralls-Morrison, Boston Scientific
Maria L. Remillard, Bowditch & Dewey
Anna S. Richardson, Veterans Legal Services
Lynne F. Riley, Casner & Edwards
Barbara A. Robb, Hartley, Michon, Robb
Punam S. Rogers, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete
Carol V. Rose, ACLU
Jamie A. Sabino, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Uzma Saghir, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Hillary Schwab, Fair Work
Sudha Setty, Western New England School of Law
Ruth H. Silman, Nixon Peabody
Tracey E. Spruce, Spruce Law
Pamela S. Stevens, SederLaw
Amanda P. Strachan, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Sunila J. Thomas-George, MCAD
Anita Varma, White & Case
Dorothy Varon, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
2019 Scholarship Recipient
Sujin Han, New England Law|Boston
Click here to access the 2018 Top Women of Law special section.
Michele Liu Baillie, North Shore Patents
Nicole M. Bluefort, Law Offices of Nicole M. Bluefort
Ashley H. Brooks, Sullivan & Worcester
Sara P. Bryant, Murtha Cullina
Lindsay Manning Burke, Kenney & Sams
Esme Caramello, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
Susan E. Cohen, Peabody & Arnold
Julia Satti Cosentino, Nutter
Emily G. Coughlin, Coughlin Betke
Juliet A. Davison, Davison Law
Jay Kugler DeYoung, Fish & Richardson
Jessica R. Early, Holland & Knight
JoHanna G. Flacks, MLPB
Amy L. Fracassini, Davis, Malm & D’Agostine
Lurleen A. Gannon, Vinfen Corporation
Lauren F. Goldberg, KP Law
Laura Greenberg-Chao, Henshon Klein
Kanasha S. Herbert, State Street Corporation
Laura C. Hodges-Taylor, Goodwin
Hauwa Ibrahim, The Peace Institute
Rebecca A. Jacobstein, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Julie H. Jones, Ropes & Gray
Amy L. Kyle, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Anita Lichtblau, Casner & Edwards
Chelsea A. Loughran, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks
Hon. Bonnie H. MacLeod, JAMS
Maura K. McKelvey, Hinshaw & Culbertson
Jennifer R. Capasso Mendonça, Locke Lord
Kimberly A. Mottley, Proskauer
Monica Neuman, McDermott, Will & Emery
Karen D. O’Toole, Clients’ Security Board
Robin Painter, Proskauer
Cindy Palmquist, Volunteer Lawyers Project
Larissa Park, DLA Piper
Kelli L. Porges, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Doreen M. Rachal, US Attorney’s Office
Nan M. Sauer, Roberts & Sauer
Caren Z. Schindel, McLaughlin, Richards, Biller & Schindel
Monica R. Shah, Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein
Vicki L. Shemin, Fields & Dennis
Jessica M. Silbey, Northeastern University School of Law
Sara Silva, Hogan Lovells
Mary Beth L. Sweeney, Atwood & Cherny
Laura M. Unflat, Law Office of Laura Unflat
Raquel Webster, National Grid
Kirsten B. White, Schwartz Hannum
Gwyn Williams, Latham & Watkins
April L. Wilmar, Bernkopf Goodman
Heather R. Yountz, Demissie & Church
Ellen J. Zucker, Burns & Levinson
2018 Circle of Excellence
Lisa G. Arrowood, Arrowood
Erin K. Higgins, Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford
Hon. Margaret R. Hinkle, JAMS
Marianne C. LeBlanc, Sugarman & Sugarman
Rachael Splaine Rollins
2018 Scholarship Recipient
Disha Patel, Northeastern University School of Law
Elizabeth M. Adler, Beacon Law Group
Keeley Aleman, Waters Corporation
Angela D. Atchue, City of Boston
Crispin Birnbaum, Massachusetts Probation Service
Jessica Block, Block & Roos
Tracey J. Bolotnick, Hurwit & Associates
Tanzania C. Cannon-Eckerle, Royal
Fangli Chen, Proskauer
Susan B. Church, Demissie & Church
Deborah A. Daccord, Mintz Levin
Patricia A. DeAngelis, MassDevelopment
Felicia H. Ellsworth, WilmerHale
Mary M. Ferriter, Esdaile, Barrett, Jacobs & Mone
Inez H. Friedman-Boyce, Goodwin
Sarah Gagan, Latham & Watkins
Jennifer Gallop, Krokidas & Bluestein
Elizabeth Brody Gluck, Vinfen Corporation
Amy E. Goganian, Goganian & Associates
Angela Gomes, Skadden
Jessica A. Graf, Seyfarth Shaw
Eve T. Horwitz, Archstone Law Group
Renee Inomata, Burns & Levinson
Melissa A. Juarez, Massachusetts Department of Correction
Maritza Karmely, Suffolk University Law School
Kristen Kearney, LibbyHoopes
Shannon Capone Kirk, Ropes & Gray
Sarah J. Kitchell, McDermott, Will & Emery
Kristin M. Knuuttila, Prince, Lobel, Tye
Nora J. Mann, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Deborah J. Manus, Nutter, McClennen & Fish
Lisa J. Marino, Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie
Audrey Mark, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
Siobhan E. Mee, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Anita L. Meiklejohn, Fish & Richardson
Carla M. Moynihan, Sherin & Lodgen
Angel Kozeli Mozina, Kozeli Law
Heidi A. Nadel, Cross Nadel
Hon. Amy L. Nechtem, Massachusetts Juvenile Court
Kathleen M. O’Connor, Eckel, Morgan & O’Connor
Allison M. O’Neil, Locke Lord
Emma Quinn-Judge, Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein
Paige Scott Reed, Anderson & Kreiger
Andrea L.C. Reid, Dechert
Elizabeth A. Roberts, Roberts & Sauer
Anjali Sakaria, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Tannaz N. Saponaro, Verrill Dana
Kristin W. Shirahama, Bowditch & Dewey
Michelle T. Simons, Brecher, Wyner, Simons, Fox & Bolan
Patricia A. Washienko, Freiberger & Washienko
Lisa C. Wood, Foley Hoag
2017 Circle of Excellence
Elisabeth J. Medvedow, Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy at Boston College Law School
Maureen Mulligan, Peabody & Arnold
Michelle R. Peirce, Donoghue, Barrett & Singal
Rebecca G. Pontikes, Pontikes Law
Carol A. Starkey, Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford
2017 Leadership Scholarship recipient
Devan C. Braun, Northeastern University School of Law
Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, Law Office of Tahirah Amatul-Wadud
Adrienne M. Baker, Dechert LLP
Janis M. Berry, Rubin and Rudman LLP
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College Law School
Deborah S. Birnbach, Goodwin Procter LLP
Kelly M. Bonnevie, Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie, P.C.
Sheila M. Calkins, Suffolk University
Kathy Jo Cook, KJC Law Firm, LLC
Georgia K. Critsley, Executive Office of the Trial Court, Massachusetts Trial Court
Julie Dahlstrom, Casa Myrna Vasquez/Boston University School of Law
Lisa J. Danetz, Dēmos
Melissa E. Darigan, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
Patricia A. DeJuneas, Sibbison & DeJuneas
Kara M. DelTufo, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Lori Atkins Drayton, Doherty, Ciechanowski, Dugan & Cannon, P.C.
Marylou V. Fabbo, Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C.
Phyllis E. Federico, Schmidt & Federico, P.C.
Elissa Flynn-Poppey, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Deirdre M. Giblin, Community Legal Services and Counseling Center
Annette Gonthier-Kiely, Annette Gonthier Kiely & Associates, P.C.
Lisa C. Goodheart, Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C.
Annette M. Hines, The Special Needs Law Group of Massachusetts, P.C.
Judy Zeprun Kalman, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Nancy J. Kelly, Greater Boston Legal Services
Karen J. Kepler, Murtha Cullina LLP
Kimberly A. Klimczuk, Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C.
Sandra E. Lundy, Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C.
Melanie Malherbe, Greater Boston Legal Services
Mary T. Marshall, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Patricia Keane Martin, Pabian & Russell, LLC
Sarah McClean, Law Office of Sarah McClean
Maura E. Murphy, Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster
Carmen M. Ortiz, U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts
Nancy Frankel Pelletier, Robinson Donovan, P.C.
Rebecca B. Ransom, Raytheon Company
Bronwyn L. Roberts, Duane Morris LLP
Marilynne R. Ryan, Ryan Faenza Cataldo LLC
Valerie C. Samuels, Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP
Diane M. Saunders, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Angela McConney Scheepers, Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Sandra Shapiro, Foley Hoag LLP
Anita P. Sharma, Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project
Debra Squires-Lee, Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Sheryl C. Starr, Bernkopf Goodman LLP
Rebecca L. Tepper, Office of the Attorney General Maura Healey
Barbara A. Trachtenberg, DLA Piper LLP
Anne K. Trinque, Fiduciary Trust Company
Nancy R. Van Tine, Burns & Levinson LLP
Adrienne K. Walker, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Lucy A. Williams, Northeastern University School of Law
2016 Circle of Excellence
Beth I.Z. Boland, Foley & Lardner LLP
Justice Fernande Duffly, Supreme Judicial Court
Julia Huston, Foley Hoag LLP
Marsha V. Kazarosian, Kazarosian Costello LLP
Lauren Stiller Rikleen, Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership
Jayne Tyrrell, MA IOLTA Committee
2016 Leadership Scholarship recipient
Lauren E. Rubin, Boston University School of Law
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Julie Pruitt Barry, Prince, Lobel, Tye
Catherine A. Cappelli, Law Office of Catherine A. Cappelli
Lydia G. Chesnick, Bernkopf Goodman
Claudine A. Cloutier, Keches Law Group
Sara A. Colb, Day Pitney
Sarah H. Concannon, Goodwin Procter
Leslie T. DiTrani, Ditrani Law
Amber R. Dolman, Goodwin Procter
Susan H. Farbstein, International Human Rights Clinic
Susan G. Fentin, Skoler, Abbott & Presser
Janet B. Fierman, Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green
Sheryl Koval Garko, Fish & Richardson
Katherine Garrahan, Bowditch & Dewey
Jennifer L. Hertz, Office of the U.S. Trustee
Joanne G. Hoban, Morrison Mahoney
Sarah T. Hogan, McDermott, Will & Emery
Melissa Hunter-Ensor, Saul Ewing
Brenda H. Jarrell, Choate, Hall & Stewart
Lori A. Jodoin, Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz
Barbara A. Jones, Greenberg Traurig
Lisa M. Kavanaugh, Innocence Program, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Ellen C. Kearns, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete
Jaclyn L. Kugell, Morgan, Brown & Joy
Rebecca A. Lee, Locke Lord
Christina L. Lewis, Hinckley Allen
Traci L. Lovitt, Jones Day
Jamy B. Madeja, Buchanan & Associates
Maureen E. McDonagh, Housing Law Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
Joan McPhee, Ropes & Gray
Diane B. Moes, Donoghue, Barrett & Singal
Natalie S. Monroe, Office of the Inspector General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Denise I. Murphy, Rubin & Rudman
Karen L. Nober, Massachusetts State Ethics Commission
Michelle N. O’Brien, Pierce Atwood
Andrea Peraner-Sweet, Sally & Fitch
Nancy J. Puleo, Posternak, Blankstein & Lund
Deirdre M. Robinson, Murtha Cullina
Michelle I. Schaffer, Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy
Rhoda E. Schneider, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Sara Jane Shanahan, Sherin & Lodgen
Marilyn French Shaw, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Lisa A. Sinclair, Northeastern University
Heather Egan Sussman, Ropes & Gray
Andrea M. Teichman, Benchmark Senior Living
Cynthia D. Vreeland, WilmerHale
Barbara Freedman Wand, Day Pitney
Sara A. Wells, Morga, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Hon. Catherine A. White (ret.), Cetrulo
Karen A. Whitley, Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green
Lisa M. Wilson, Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie
2015 Circle of Excellence
Elaine M. Epstein, Todd & Weld
Susan M. Finegan, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo
Karen F. Green, WilmerHale
Mala M. Rafik, Rosenfeld, Rafik & Sullivan
Nancy S. Shilepsky, Shilepsky, Hartley, Michon, Robb
Jessica T. Winn, Northeastern University School of Law
This scholarship is awarded to a student who is currently enrolled in law school in Massachusetts and who demonstrates high academic achievement, exceptional leadership qualities and involvement with community service.
Applicants should submit a resume, current transcript and essay of 1,000 words of less discussing their academic, personal and professional accomplishments.
Please contact Renee Baldwin for information on how to apply for the scholarship: 804-986-9509 or rbaldwin@lawyersweekly.com.
2023: Crystal N. Aneke, Boston College Law School
2022: Kaija Townsend, Boston University School of Law
2021: Catherine Rutley, Boston University School of Law
2020: Kimberly G. Flores, Boston University School of Law
2019: Sujin Han, New England Law|Boston
2018: Disha Patel, Northeastern University School of Law
2017: Devan Braun, Northeastern University School of Law
2016: Lauren E. Rubin, Boston University School of Law
2015: Jessica Winn, Northeastern University School of Law
2014: S. Mayumi Grigsby, Northeastern University School of Law
2013: Elizabeth McIntyre, Boston University School of Law
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