Massachusetts Bar Association leaders joined bar associations from across the country to participate in American Bar Association Day in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 10.
ABA Day brings lawyers together to advocate for issues of importance to the organized bar. Among the issues discussed this year were adequate funding for the Legal Service Corporation and federal defenders as well as the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act.
Top photo (from left): MBA President Damian J. Turco, MBA President-elect Victoria M. "Tori" Santoro, MBA Chief Legal Counsel Martin W. Healy, Boston Bar Association President Hannah Kilson, BBA President-elect Matthew McTygue and BBA Government Relations Director Michael Avitzur.
Middle photo (from left): Santoro, Turco, U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey, Kilson, Healy and McTygue.
Bottom photo (from left): Avitzur, MBA Director of Policy and Operations Lee Constantine, McTygue, U.S. Rep James P. McGovern, Turco, Kilson, Healy and Santoro.