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Notable & Quotable: MBA members in the news and more

Thursday, June 2, 2022

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  • "McConney Scheepers steps up at Mass. Bar Foundation," The Boston Globe (May 30). MBA member Angela McConney Scheepers was interviewed about her new role as incoming president of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. The article also quoted MBF Executive Director Susannah Thomas.

  • "Fired bus union boss can bring §1983 suit," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (May 30). MBA members Joseph L. Sulman and Christopher J. Petrini commented on a First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the president of a public transit union who was fired for giving a TV interview while driving an empty bus could sue his employer for violating his free speech rights.

  • "Committee answers SJC call for ‘Brady’ checklist," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (May 30). MBA Criminal Justice Section Council member D. Christopher Dearborn discussed a Supreme Judicial Court committee's proposal to overhaul existing discovery rules in response to a request for a checklist defining exculpatory evidence.

  • "Suspects aren't entitled to a lawyer at clerk's hearings in Mass. But having one makes a huge difference," WBUR (May 28) MBA Executive Management Board member Peter Elikann discussed the importance of legal representation in clerk magistrate hearings.
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