Appointed by Massachusetts Bar Association President Robert W.
Harnais, the 2015-16 leaders of the MBA's 18 sections and Young
Lawyers Division provide lawyers with up-to-date information on
specific areas of law, monitor law-related legislation, sponsor
professional education programs and provide information on the law
for the general public.
Here is a list of section and division leaders for this
association year.
Access to Justice
Susan G. Anderson, chair, Office
of the State Treasurer, Boston (left)
Raymond A. Yox, vice chair, South Coastal
Counties Legal Services Inc., Hyannis (right)
Business Law
Kelly Kneeshaw-Price, chair, Finneran &
Nicholson PC, Newburyport (left)
David A. Parke, vice chair, Bulkley,
Richardson & Gelinas LLP, Springfield (right)
Civil Rights & Social Justice
Robert B. Graham, chair, Danvers
(left)
Kevin G. Powers, vice chair, Rodgers, Powers
& Schwartz LLP, Boston (right)
Civil Litigation
Scott M. Heidorn, chair, Bergstresser &
Pollock LLC, Boston (left)
Eric P. Finamore, vice chair, Weston Patrick,
Boston (right)
Complex Commercial Litigation
Paul E. White, chair, Sugarman, Rogers,
Barshak & Cohen PC, Boston (left)
Laurence A. Schoen, vice chair, Mintz, Levin,
Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC, Boston (right)
Criminal Justice
Adam J. Foss, chair,
Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, Boston
(left)
Peter Elikann, vice chair, Law
Office of Peter T. Elikann, Charlestown (right)
Family Law
Jennifer R. Clapp, chair, Grindle Robinson LLP,
Wellesley (left)
Lloyd M. Godson, vice chair, Godson
Legal Group PC, Lynnfield (right)
Health Law
Lorianne M. Sainsbury-Wong, chair,
Health Law Advocates Inc., Boston
(left)
Donald Whitmore, vice chair, DEW Advisory
LLC, Watertown (right)
Judicial Administration
Lori A. Cianciulli, chair, Cianciulli Law
Offices, Beverly
Thomas M. Bond, vice chair, Kaplan Bond
Group, Boston (pictured)
Juvenile & Child Welfare
Holly T. Smith, chair, Committee
for Public Counsel Services -- Youth Advocacy Division, Boston
(left)
Alisia E. St. Florian, vice chair, Murphy
Hesse Toomey & Lehane LLP, Quincy (right)
Labor & Employment
John F. Tocci, chair, Tocci &
Lee LLC, Boston (left)
Margaret H. Paget, vice chair,
Kurker Paget LLC, Waltham (right)
Law Practice Management
Damian J. Turco, chair, Turco Legal PC,
Newburyport (left)
Susan Letterman White, vice chair, Letterman
White Consulting, Braintree (right)
Probate Law
Timothy D. Sullivan, vice chair,
AndoverLaw PC, Andover (left)
Kevin G. Diamond, vice chair, Rico, Murphy
& Diamond LLP, Millis (right)
Public Law
Brandon Harris Moss, chair, Murphy, Hesse,
Toomey & Lehane LLP, Quincy (left)
Kerry T. Ryan, vice chair, Morrissey, Wilson
& Zafiropoulos LLP (right)
Real Estate Law
Elizabeth J. Young, chair, WFT National
Title Insurance Company, Lynnfield (left)
Melanie Hagopian, vice chair, Law Offices Of
Melanie Hagopian, Arlington (right)
Sole Practitioner & Small Firm
Leo M. Spano, chair, Gay & Gay PC,
Taunton (left)
Val C. Ribeiro, vice chair, Law Office of Val
C. Ribeiro, Fall River (right)
Taxation Law
David G. Saliba, chair, The Law
Offices of Saliba & Saliba, Boston (left)
Patricia Ann Metzer, vice chair,
Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer LLP, Newton (right)
Workers' Compensation
Deborah Kohl, chair, Law Office of Deborah
G. Kohl, Fall River (left)
Marianne Swenson, vice chair, Curtin, Murphy
& O'Reilly PC, Boston (right)
Young Lawyers Division
Melissa Ann Conner, chair, Conner Law
Offices, Boston (left)
Victoria Santoro, chair-elect, Meehan,
Boyle, Black & Bogdanow PC, Boston (right)
