Campbell, Xifaras
named to UMass
Board of
Trustees
Gov. Deval Patrick recently made seven appointments to the
University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, including
Massachusetts Bar Association President Richard P. Campbell and
Margaret D. Xifaras, the chair of Southern New England School of
Law's Board of Trustees.
The board, which comprises 19 voting members and three nonvoting
members, establishes the university's general policies. The
trustees, who serve five-year terms, are given broad responsibility
to assure that university funds are spent properly.
"These board members all care deeply about the University of
Massachusetts and will work to strengthen our already robust system
of state colleges and universities," Patrick said. "I know they
will focus on providing affordable and accessible world-class
educational opportunities to all residents of the
commonwealth."
Campbell is the founder of the national trial law firm Campbell,
Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, the founding chair of the Board of
Overseers for Boston College Law School and a graduate of Boston
College Law School and the University of Massachusetts
Boston.
Xifaras, a partner in Lang, Xifaras & Bullard, is a graduate
of Boston University School of Law and Southeastern Massachusetts
University, now known as the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth.
Members receive "Top Women of Law" Award
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly honored three dozen "Top
Women of Law" on Sept. 23 at an event at the Hynes Convention
Center in Boston, including 16 MBA members. The award "celebrates
legal educators, trailblazers and role models who have demonstrated
outstanding accomplishments in social justice, advocacy and
business."
MBA Vice President Marsha V. Kazarosian, of Kazarosian Law
Offices, was among those recognized. The other MBA members honored
were:
- Marisa DeFranco,
DeFranco Law Group
- Raya S. Dreben,
Massachusetts Appeals
Court
- Judith M. Flynn,
Elder Law Office of Judith
M. Flynn
- Janis K. Fraser , Fish & Richardson
- Ellen W. Freyman , Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin
PC
- Karen Green , WilmerHale
- Kathleen M. Guilfoyle,
Campbell, Campbell,
Edwards & Conroy PC
- Lori M. Henderson,
Albany Molecular Research
Inc.
- Patricia L. Kelly,
Esdaile, Barrett,
Jacobs
& Mone
- Stacy Malone,
Victim Rights Law Center
- Patricia Saint James,
Looney &
Grossman
- Mary T. Sullivan , Segal Roitman, LLP
- Melissa Bayer Tearney , Choate, Hall &
Stewart LLP
- Mary Ann Walsh , Governmental Strategies
Inc.
- Michele A. Whitham,
Foley Hoag, LLP
Frederick L. Sullivan named to Irish Legal
100
Frederick L. Sullivan, founding partner at Sullivan, Hayes &
Quinn, has been named to the 2011 Irish Legal 100, which honors
distinguished men and women of Irish descent in the legal
profession. The award is sponsored by Irish America
Magazine and the Irish Voice newspaper and was presented
on Oct. 13 at the home of Irish Ambassador Michael Collins in
Washington, D.C.
"It's truly an honor to be one of 100 people selected from the
legal profession," Sullivan said. "I really didn't know that a
national organization was tracking my career. After four decades of
practicing law, to be included in the same class as Chief Justice
John Roberts is extremely satisfying and personally rewarding. He
exemplifies what it means to be a lawyer."
Sullivan founded Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn, which specializes in
employment and labor law and has offices in Springfield and New
York, 35 years ago.
Patricia E. Comfort named executive director of WBA,
WBF
Patricia E. Comfort was named executive director of the Women's
Bar Association of Massachusetts and the Women's Bar Foundation,
effective Sept. 27.
The WBA is an affiliated bar of the
Massachusetts Bar Association.
"I am honored and excited to have the opportunity to move these
organizations to the next level: growing membership, providing
stellar legal services to low-income clients, and strengthening the
voice of women attorneys in law firms, government and the judicial
system,"
Comfort said.
For the past nine years, she was director of the Equal Justice
Coalition, where she built support for access to justice through
legal aid funding. Her achievements included mobilizing the private
bar across Massachusetts to advocate for legal aid and growing the
annual "Walk to the Hill."
Comfort was also assistant counsel at Massachusetts Public
Interest Research Group, director of community organizing for
Coalition for a Better Acre in Lowell, a community organizer for
Tenants United for Public Housing Progress and the assistant
director of the Cruise and Pershing Project in Washington, D.C. She
is a longtime member of the WBA and other local bar associations,
and a graduate of Boston College and Northeastern University School
of Law.
"Her dedication to our mission, extensive experience in the legal
community and strong commitment to excellence will all be valuable
assets to our organizations as we work to help women advance in the
profession and to promote a
just society," said WBA President
Nancy Cremins.
WBF President Mary Jo Johnson said, "The WBF is confident that,
under Pattye's leadership, we will continue to grow our pro bono
offerings and enhance the impact of our work on legal services for
underserved members of the
population."