Joseph F. Ryan, CEO of the Boston law firm Brown Rudnick Berlack & Israels LLP, passes a ceremonial check for $25,000 to MBA President Richard C. Van Nostrand to mark the firm's 2003-4 sponsor of the statewide Mock Trial Competition. With them are M. Frederick Pritzker, BRBI litigation chair, far left, and firm partner James McGuire, far right. Through its Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest, BRBI has supported the MBA's Mock Trial Program for the past six years, donating a total of $150,000. |