Appointed by Massachusetts Bar Association President Jeffrey N.
Catalano, the 2016-17 leaders of the MBA's 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
Raymond A. Yox, chair, South Coastal
Counties Legal Services Inc., Hyannis (left)
Andrew P. Cornell, vice chair, Andrew Cornell Attorney
at Law, Cambridge (right)
Business Law
David A. Parke, chair, Bulkley, Richardson
and Gelinas LLP, Springfield (left)
Kevin J. Handly, vice chair, Kevin J. Handly
LLC, Boston (right)
Civil Litigation
Scott M. Heidorn, chair, Bergstresser &
Pollock LLC, Boston (left)
Eric P. Finamore, vice chair, Weston Patrick
PA, Boston (right)
Civil Rights & Social Justice
Richard W. Cole, chair, Cole Civil Rights
and Safe Schools Consulting, Boston
Complex Commercial Litigation
Laurence A. Schoen, chair, Mintz, Levin,
Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC, Boston (left)
Julie E. Green, vice chair, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts/Office of the Attorney General, Boston
(right)
Criminal Justice
Georgia K. Critsley, chair, Massachusetts
Trial Court, Boston (left)
Pauline Quirion, vice chair, Greater Boston
Legal Services (right)
Dispute Resolution
Brian R. Jerome, chair, Massachusetts
Dispute Resolution Services, Boston (left)
Sarah E. Worley, vice chair, Sarah E. Worley
Conflict Resolution PC, Boston (right)
Family Law
Lloyd M. Godson, chair, Godson Legal Group
PC, Lynnfield (left)
Kimberley J. Joyce, vice chair, Lee &
Rivers LLP, Boston (right)
Health Law
Donald Whitmore, chair, DEW Advisory LLC,
Watertown (left)
Kathryn M. Rattigan, vice chair, Robinson +
Cole LLP, Providence (right)
Judicial Administration
Lori A. Cianciulli, chair, Cianciulli Law
Offices, Beverly (left)
Thomas M. Bond, vice chair, The Kaplan/Bond
Group, Boston (right)
Juvenile & Child Welfare
Brian R. Pariser, chair, Department of
Children & Families, Boston (left)
Valerie Torpey Irving, vice chair, Law Office
of Valerie Torpey Irving, Westwood (right)
Labor & Employment
Margaret H. Paget, chair, Kurker Paget LLC,
Waltham (left)
Meghan H. Slack, vice chair, Law Office of
Meghan Slack, Arlington (right)
Law Practice Management
Susan Letterman White, chair, Letterman
White Consulting, Braintree (left)
Emily Amara Gordon, vice chair, Amara
Immigration Law LLC, Brookline (right)
Probate Law
Timothy D. Sullivan, 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, Braintree (right)
Real Estate Law
Elizabeth J. Young, chair, WFG National
Title Insurance Company, Lynnfield (left)
Melanie Hagopian, vice chair, Law Office 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
Patricia Ann Metzer, chair, Vacovec,
Mayotte & Singer LLP, Newton (left)
Thomas G. Collins, vice chair, McCarter &
English LLP, Boston (right)
Workers' Compensation
Deborah G. 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
Victoria M. Santoro, chair, Meehan, Boyle,
Black & Bogdanow PC, Boston (left)
Samuel A. Segal, chair-elect, Law Offices of
Samuel A. Segal, Boston (right)
