MBA member Camala A. Richardson, Esq., was recently honored by the Women's Bar Foundation for her dedication to representing low-income survivors of domestic violence through the WBF’s Family Law Project for Domestic Abuse Survivors. Richardson was recognized during the WBF's 25th Anniversary Whoop It Up For Women! Comedy Night on May 17.
MBA member Vicki L. Shemin, J.D., LICSW, ACSW, a partner at the Wellesley family law firm Fields & Dennis LLP, has been elected as president of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation (MCFM). She will be serving a two-year term.
MBA member Terrence Cromwell, Esq., recently launched his own literary website, www.railbak.com, featuring his works of original, creative fiction. Cromwell, a Montana resident who has maintained his MBA membership for nearly four decades, has been writing creatively since the 1970s. Originally a writer of historical fiction, he now draws increasingly from personal experiences.
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