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Our Board...
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Richard Moore is a Co-Chair of the Mass LGBTQ Bar. He practices in the Corporate Department at Ropes & Gray LLP, is a founding member of GLAD's Boston Leadership Council, a member of GLAD's Spirit of Justice Dinner Committee, pro-bono counsel to Friendfactor, an online social networking platform for straight allies seeking civil rights for their LGBTQ friends, and counsel to Boston's Friends, Lesbian and Gay (FLAG) Flag Football league. Email Richard at Richard.Moore@ropesgray.com or co-chairs@masslgbtqbar.org.
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Lisa Wilson is a Co-Chair of the Mass LGBTQ Bar. Lisa has been a board member since 2005. She is a partner in the law firm of Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie, P.C, in Newton. Her practice includes all areas family law and real estate law. Lisa represents the Mass LGBTQ Bar on the MBA/Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments and also serves on the BBA Family Law Steering Committee. Lisa has been selected as one of the "Massachusetts Super Lawyers" in the field of family law by Boston Magazine for the past three years. Contact Lisa at wilson@wmblawfirm.com or co-chairs@masslgbtqbar.org.
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Elizabeth Roberts is the Mass LGBTQ Bar's Clerk. Elizabeth joined the Board of Directors in 2011. She is currently the Chairperson of the Family Law Section and was a member of the 25th Anniversary Dinner Committee. Professionally, Elizabeth is an Associate at Todd & Weld LLP. She joined Todd & Weld LLP's Domestic Relations practice in Fall 2008, following the completion of a judicial clerkship with the Massachusetts Probrate and Family Court. She is a 2001 graduate of Vanderbilt University (B.A.) and received her J.D. in 2007 from Suffolk University Law School. In addition to being an active member of the Mass LGBTQ Bar Association, she is also a member of the Boston Bar Association; the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the American Bar Association, including the ABA Alternative Families Committee for the section of Family Law. She was a panelist at the Mass LGBTQ Bar Association and GLAD seminar entitled "Representing Transgender Clients in the Family Setting" in May 2011, and she is the author of Removal in Massachusetts: the Silent Statute, 25 Mass. Fam. L.J. 19 (2007). Elizabeth resides in Cambridge with her wife and fellow Mass LGBTQ Bar Association member, Liz Doherty. You can email Elizabeth at eroberts@toddweld.com.
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Daniel E. Levin is the Mass LGBTQ Bar's Treasurer. He first joined the Mass LGBTQ Bar during the fall of his first year of law school and found the organization to be a vibrant and welcoming group. Since that time, Dan has taken full advantage of the many board meetings, networking events, workshops and special events that the Mass LGBTQ Bar organizes throughout the year and makes it his mission to encourage others to do the same. Dan is very excited to have the privilege of sitting on the Mass LGBTQ Bar's Board of Directors and to serve as the organization's Treasurer. Email Dan at daniel.levin@ropesgray.com. |
 M. Barusch ("Barusch") is an active member of Mass LGBTQ Bar's Committee on Transgender Inclusion ("CTI"). As a Mass LGBTQ Bar board member, Barusch co-chairs the Mentorship and Nominations Committees. Barusch was a founding advocate at Massachusetts Transgender Legal Advocates and presently serves as an Attorney Mentor there, supervising law students who represent low-income transgender clients. Barusch serves on the Steering Committee of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, has been one of several members of CTI to present workshops for lawyers on representing transgender clients, and has helped plan social and community events for transgender and ally lawyers. In the last few years, Barusch has worked several places, including as a Law Clerk at the Massachusetts Appeals Court and as an Associate at the Law Offices of Joyce Kauffman. Barusch is now a proud Public Defender in Roxbury and Dorchester at the Committee for Public Counsel Services. Email Barusch at barusch@gmail.com. |
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Kelly Bonnevie is a partner at Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie, PC, in Newton where she handles real estate and employment matters. Her practice has included representing members of the LGBTQ community in numerous employment discrimination matters. In 2006, she was named one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s “Lawyers of the Year” for her work on a landmark race and sex discrimination case. She has been named a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer” from 2006-2010. Email Kelly at bonnevie@wmblawfirm.com.
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 Alex Coleman currently practices psychology, primarily with gender-nonconforming children and adults and their families. In the past, Alex’s practice has included serving as an attorney and guardian ad litem for children and families in child protection cases, and as a hearing officer for the Board of Special Education Appeals. Alex is a 1974 graduate of Boston University School of Law and earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fielding Graduate University in 1982. Alex has been a Mass LGBTQ Bar member from its inception and is an active member of the Committee on Transgender Inclusion (CTI). Alex has served as a director on many diverse boards, including the Association of Women in Psychology, Brookline Mental Health Center, Am Tikva, and Boston Women’s Fund. Alex plays banjo, electric-acoustic guitar, and percussion in 3 AM, a folk-rock band. |
Jennifer Collins joined the Board of Directors of the Mass LGBTQ Bar in June 2008. She is currently a member of Nixon Peabody’s Private Clients Group where she advises individuals on sophisticated estate planning matters. Jen serves as the co-chair of Nixon Peabody’s GLBT Affinity Group and also serves on the board of directors of East Boston Social Centers, Inc. Jen loves traveling, cooking (and eating!), exploring and reading. She lives in Needham with her wife and their two daughters. Email her at jcollins@nixonpeabody.com. |
 Matthew Duffy joined the Board of the Mass LGBTQ Bar in 2011. He is a member of the Duffy Law Group. Email Matthew at mtd3@comcast.net. |
MJ Edwards is Counsel in the Intellectual Property department at WilmerHale, where she has worked since 2002. She focuses her practice on patent prosecution, litigation and opinion work in the fields of life sciences, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, chemical engineering and materials science. MJ is a member of the Diversity Committee at WilmerHale. She previously worked as a chemist at Eli Lilly and Company in Indiana and at AutoImmune in Lexington, Massachusetts. MJ is an alum of Carleton College in Minnesota and graduated from Boston College Law School in 2002. At BCLS, she was co-chair of the Lambda Law Students Association and executive editor of the Boston College Law Review. MJ enjoys volunteering at the attorney for the day program at the Boston Housing Court, is a devoted follower of Top Chef, and looks forward to putting her kayak back in the water some day. MJ recently gave up the parkways for the Masspike, by moving from West Roxbury (brambles, how I miss you) to Needham. She and her partner of 18 years, Jill Massa, will celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary this Fall. Together they are parents of three sons, ages 3, 1, and 1. Email MJ at mj.edwards@wilmerhale.com. |
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Omar Gonzalez-Pagan joined the Mass LGBTQ Bar's Board of Directors in April 2011 and is Co-Chair of the Communications Committee. He works as an Assistant Attorney General with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and previously worked as a Special Assistant District Attorney with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. Originally from Puerto Rico, Omar obtained a Bachelor's in Biology from Cornell University, and a Master's in Environmental Studies and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania, where he served on the Board of the Penn Law's Lambda Association. Aside from the law, Omar enjoys traveling, following college hockey, and getting to know New England. Email Omar at omar.gp@gmail.com.
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Bernadette Harrigan chairs the Western Mass. Committee. She started her legal career in 1989 as a staff attorney for New York City and then as a civil trial lawyer in the New York metropolitan area. In 2000, Bernadette relocated to Western Massachusetts where she continued her civil trial practice. In 2007, she joined the MassMutual Life Ins. Co., Law Department as an AVP/Counsel. In addition to her position with Mass LGBTQ Bar, she is an active member of the Massachusetts, Hampden County, Hampshire County and Women's Bar associations, and is the chairperson of PRIDE: MassMutual's LGBTA Employee Resource Group. Email Bernadette at bharrigan@massmutual.com. |
Timothy Lynch co-chairs the Communications Committee. He is a partner at Swartz & Lynch LLP. He has dedicated himself to complex tort cases and has a wealth of trial experience dealing with complex legal matters. While the partner in charge of the Products Liability and Personal Injury Practice in the Boston office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, Mr. Lynch handled cutting-edge work, such as tobacco litigation. Mr. Lynch has many and varied interests in the law, including products liability, premise liability, negligent security, negligent hiring, and medical malpractice. Mr. Lynch has a number of publications and honors to his credit, but is particularly proud of his work with Friends of CASA, Inc. He is President of this charitable organization devoted to advocacy for abused children. Email Tim at tlynch@swartzlynch.com. |
Rolando Medina is an attorney at Choate, Hall & Stewart. Rolando has served as a mentor to law students of color through the Boston Lawyers Group and has been a supporter of local LGBTQ institutions and organizations. Rolando received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Westminster College of Salt Lake City, his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Yale University, and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, where he served as president of OUTlaw. When he is not pursuing patent protection for biotechnology clients, Rolando enjoys entertaining friends at his home, gardening, and attending the theatre, museums, and galleries as often as possible. Rolando is excited to have been elected to the Board and is looking forward to serving the Mass LGBTQ Bar community. Email Rolando at rmedina@choate.com. |
Paul C. Wagoner has been a member since 2007. He is an Assistant District Attorney in the Appeals Division of the Essex D.A.’s office. Previously, Paul externed for the Hon. Margot Botsford of the Supreme Judicial Court, externed for the Hon. David Mills of the Appeals Court, clerked for the Justices of the Superior Court (Business Litigation Session), and worked as a summer associate in the commercial litigation department of a large firm. Paul served on the International & Comparative Law Review at BC Law. A Midwestern native, he enjoys playing flag football, contributing to his book club, skiing, and exploring Boston. Email Paul at wagoner.paul@gmail.com. |
| Christine R. Williams joined the Board of the Mass LGBTQ Bar in 2011 and Chairs the Legislative Committee. She currently serves as a Special Advisor to the President and Deputy General Counsel at Bentley University. Email Christine at crwilliams@bentley.edu. |
Ex-Officio Members |
 Patience ("Polly") Crozier, Ex-Officio. Polly practices family law at the Law Office of Joyce Kauffman. Her practice includes all areas of family law, particularly co-parent adoption, divorce, paternity and guardianships, with a focus on serving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and alternative families. Polly has volunteered with a number of community legal organizations including the Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Transgender Legal Advocates and the Volunteer Lawyer’s Project. In 2010, Polly was recognized by Boston College Law School with the Daniel G. Holland Recent Graduate Award and by Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly as an Up and Coming Lawyer. In 2009, Polly was recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Polly grew up in the Boston area and now lives in Wellesley with her family. Polly is a member of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek in Newton and, in her leisure time, enjoys exploring museums and the outdoors. Email Polly at polly@kauffmanlaw.net. |
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Administrative Staff |
| Sue Stamos is the Mass LGBTQ Bar's Administrative Assistant. Email her at administrator@masslgbtqbar.org. |
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