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Honoring 100 Women of Distinction in Law and Public Service

Hon. Ruth I. Abrams (Ret)

First female appointee to Supreme Judicial Court; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award

Hon. Joyce London Alexander United States Magistrate
Juliane Balliro, Esq. President MAWL 1991-1992
Suzin Bartley Executive Director - Children's Trust Fund
Mary L. Bonauto, Esq. Director - Civil Rights Project, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders [GLAD]
Hon. Beverly W. Boorstein Probate and Family Court Department , Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Ellen B. Bransfield, Esq. Court Administrator - Land Court Department
Cynthia Brophy Administrator of Mediation Services - Boston Municipal Court Department
Frances M. Burns, Esq.

President MAWL 1984-1985

Andrea J. Cabral, Esq.

Sheriff - Suffolk County

Henriette Campagne Editor, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Diane J. Capozzoli, Esq. President MAWL 2000-2001
Hon. Dorothy Caprera President MAWL 1976-197
Hon. Paula M. Carey Probate and Family Court Department; Recipient 2004 Judge of the Year Award - Massachusetts Judges Conference
M. Ellen Carpenter, Esq. President - Boston Bar Association
Lori A. Cianciulli, Esq. President MAWL 1999-2000
Maryann K. Clark, Esq. President MAWL 1981-1982
Martha Coakley, Esq. District Attorney ~ Middlesex County
Hon. Lynda M. Connolly

Chief Justice - District Court Department

Hon. Judith A. Cowin

Associate Justice ~ Supreme Judicial Court

Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem Massachusetts State Senator: Chair-Taxation Committee; Senate Vice-Chair - Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Lisa Madeleine Cukier, Esq. President - Massachusetts Family and Probate American Inn of Court
Hon. Kathleen Ryan Dacey Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Danielle E. deBenedictus, Esq.

President MAWL 1978-1979

Mira Dandridge Affirmative Action Officer ~ Administrative Office of the Trial Court
Hon. Suzanne Delvecchio Former Chief Justice Superior Court Department; President of MAWL 1982-1983; Prior Recipient~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Hon. Barbara A. Dortch-Okara

Superior Court Department; former Chief Justice for Administration and Management

Margaret Kelly Doyle, Esq. President MAWL 1970-1971
Margaret B. Drew, Esq.

President MAWL 1996-1997

Mary Jane Drinkwater, Esq. President MAWL 1988-1989
Hon. Mary Ann Driscoll Boston Municipal Court; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Hon. Fernande R.V. Duffly Appeals Court; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Lois M. Farmer, Esq.

President - Barnstable County Bar Association

Phyllis E. Federico, Esq. Second Vice President Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
Lisa Ferrara, Esq. Executive Director - Flaschner Judicial Institute
Hon. Mary C. Fitzpatrick(Ret.)

Former Chief Justice - Probate and Family Court Department ; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award

Hon. Ellen Flatley District Court Department; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Elissa A. Flynn-Poppey, Esq Former Executive Director - Judicial Nominating Committee; 2005 Massachusetts Rising Star
Bridget J. Gassner, Esq. President MAWL 2002-2003
Hon. Nancy Gertner Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Hon. Nancy M. Gould Probate and Family Court Department ; President of MAWL 1980-1981; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Hon. Martha Grace Chief Justice - Juvenile Court Department; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Marianne H. Greeno, Esq. General Counsel - Department of Mental Health
Dianne W. Hayes, Esq. President MAWL 1993-1994
Elena Kagan, Esq. Dean ~ Harvard University Law School
Joan Kenney

Public Information Officer, Supreme Judicial Court

Jean M. Kennett, Esq.

First female clerk of Supreme Judicial Court

Teresa Heinz Kerry Chair ~ Howard Heinz Endowment and Heinz Family Philantropies
Renee M. Landers, Esq.

Professor - Suffolk University Law School; immediate past president - Boston Bar Association

Marianne C. LeBlanc, Esq. President - Womens Bar Association
Antoinette E. M. Leoney, Esq. First Vice President Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.
Elizabeth Lynch Executive Director ~ Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Maria A. Luise, Esq President MAWL 1997-1998
Hon.Bonnie M. Macleod-Mancuso

Superior Court Department; Massachusetts Bar Foundation Fellow 2001-2004; Professor @ Northeastern University Law School, Suffolk University Law School; New England School of Law...simultaneously!

Hon. Margaret H. Marshall Chief Justice - Supreme Judicial Court; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Rosemary McAuliffe, Esq. President MAWL 2001-2002
Maureen McGee, Esq. Legal Counsel to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court
Susan Mellen, Esq. Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth
Marie Monahan, Esq.

President MAWL 1986-1987

Elizabeth W. Morse, Esq. President - Worcester County Bar Association
Lois Morse, Esq.

President MAWL 1994-1995

Maria Z. Mossaides, Esq Massachusetts Technical Collaborative; former Executive Director of the Supreme Judicial Court
Hon. Mary B. Muse (Ret.) Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award
Paula H. Noe, Esq. President Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
Ellen M. O'Connor, Esq. Director of Judicial Education - Judicial Institute, Administrative Office of the Trial Court
Kathleen M. O'Donnell, Esq. President - Massachusetts Bar Association
Maureen O'Rourke, Esq. Dean ~ Boston University School of Law
Kathleen M. O'Toole, Esq.

Boston Police Commissioner

Deborah J. Patterson Recorder - Land Court Department
Gillian E. Pearson, Esq. Executive Director - Commission on Judicial Conduct
Maria I. Peña, Esq. General Counsel/Associate Court Administrator - Superior Court Department
Hon. Charlotte Anne Peretta

Appeals Court; Prior Recipient ~ MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award

L. Kimball Pino, Esq. President MAWL 1992-1993
Regina M. Pisa, Esq. Managing Partner - Goodwin Proctor LLP
Hon. Doris R. Pote

President MAWL 1972-1973

Carol L. Reiter, Esq.

President MAWL 2004-2005

Alice Richmond, Esq. Former President - Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Hon. Barbara J. Rouse Chief Justice - Superior Court Department
Martha Rush O'Mara, Esq. President MAWL 2003-2004
Barbara M. Senecal, Esq.

President MAWL 1989-1990

Hon. Martha B. Sosman

Supreme Judicial Court

Emily A. Speiler, Esq. Dean ~ Northeastern University School of Law
Elaine Weddington Steward, Esq. Vice President and Club Counsel, The Boston Red Sox
Jane Strickland, Esq.

Court Administrator - Juvenile Court Department

Laura R. Studen, Esq. President MAWL 1990-1991
Evelyn W. Suchecki, Esq.

President MAWL 1983-1984

Evelynne L. Swagerty, Esq. Vice President - Bank of America
Elizabeth V. Tavares, Esq. Second Deputy Commissioner - Office of Commissioner of Probation
Belinda A. Taylor, Esq. President - Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys
Lucinda Treat, Esq. Chief Legal Officer, The Boston Red Sox
Jayne B. Tyrell, Esq. Executive Director Massachusetts IOLTA (Interest On Lawyers Trust Account ) Program
Maureen E. Walsh, Esq. President - Worcester County Bar Association
Celia B. Weinstein, Esq. President MAWL 1995-1996
Patricia Williams, Esq Professor - Columbia University School of Law; author and columnist for The Nation
Pamela J. Wood, Esq. Jury Commissioner

In Memorium

Carol DiMaiti, Esq.

Tax attorney in whose name the first MAWL scholarship was created fifteen years ago.
Norma M. Karaian, Esq. First American-born Armenian female attorney in the USA; President of MAWL 1954-1955
D. Ring Kelleher, Esq.

President of MAWL 1998-1999; known as a skilled advocate dedicated to representing criminal defendants who could not afford private counsel.

Hon. Sheila E. McGovern First Justice Middlesex Probate and Family Court; former recipient MAWL Distinguished Jurist Award; known as a friend to all children involved in cases coming before her.
Gertrude K. Weiner, Esq. Founder - Senior Law Center; known as tenacious counsel to the downtrodden while practicing and to her MAWL colleagues for over 60 years as a resounding voice of reason, logic and wisdom.

 

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