Ben Giumarra (’12) Named in Top 25 General Counsels in Financial Services of 2024
Attorney Intel is pleased to announce The Top 25 General Counsels in Financial Services of 2024. In the evolving landscape of financial services, the role of General Counsels has remained instrumental, navigating complex legal frameworks while steering their organizations toward compliance, innovation, and sustainable growth. For every 1,750 employees in the financial sector, there is […]
Partner Grace V.B. Garcia (’98) Elected as Managing Partner at Morrison Mahoney LLP
Morrison Mahoney LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Grace V.B. Garcia has been elected Managing Partner of the firm. As Managing Partner, Grace will be responsible for all firm operations across Morrison Mahoney’s 10 offices throughout the Northeast as she maintains her active practice. Grace brings a wealth of experience and a distinguished track […]
Founder and CEO of Studs Anna Harman (’10) Was Invited to the Podcast Everyone Talks to Liz Claman
Originally set on becoming a lawyer, our guest today graduated from Boston University Law School during the 2009 recession, finding herself unfulfilled in traditional legal roles. Founder and CEO of Studs Anna Harman joins Liz to share her transformative experience at a tattoo parlor that inspired her career pivot to owning a stylish and sterile piercing […]
Kabbas Azhar (2024) and Olivia Pickard (2024) Are Featured
Equal Justice Works, the nation’s largest facilitator of opportunities in public interest law, today named its 2024 class of Fellows. Each of the 84 law school graduates, in collaboration with a nonprofit organization, has designed a two-year Equal Justice Works Fellowship project to address unmet legal needs of the community they will serve. Read more.
Lara K. Eshkenazi (’95) to Serve as Magistrate Judge
The Board of Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) announced the selection of Lara Eshkenazi on Tuesday to serve as a magistrate judge for an eight-year term. Magistrate Judge Eshkenazi will preside at the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Courthouse at 225 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn. Read […]
Alison M. Vallot (2012) Is Featured
The location of Alison M. Vallot’s desk when she was a summer associate turned out to have a significant impact on her career. Although she was ostensibly working for the litigation group at WilmerHale, her office was located on the floor where the real estate practice group was located. That meant that partners would often […]
Lizette M. Perez-Deisboeck (’91) Is Featured
“I like helping people — taking difficult problems and trying to solve them,” she says. “As it relates to corporate law, I appreciate outcomes where everybody feels like something good has happened to them.” After a clerkship with Judge Michael A. Telesca of the Western District of the U.S. District Court of New York, Perez-Deisboeck […]
Stephanie S. Lovell (’85) Is Featured
Stephanie S. Lovell has been surprised by her entire legal career. Although she originally wanted to be a sports lawyer representing female athletes when she graduated from law school, she headed instead for private practice. Lovell spent almost six years at Hill and Barlow as a litigation associate, working on general litigation matters representing midsize […]
Bowditch & Dewy’s Managing Partner John Shoro (JD’87, LLM’92) Is Honored by Mass. Lawyers Weekly
John F. Shoro, managing partner at Bowditch & Dewey LLP, was recently named a Go-To Taxation Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Shoro helps business owners, professionals and executives with sophisticated tax and planning needs. He works with clients in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida, often serving as a personal representative and trustee for trust and estate […]
Policy Director Heather Slavkin Corzo (2005) Leaves Securities and Exchange Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Policy Director Heather Slavkin Corzo will leave the agency. Corey Klemmer, most recently the Corporation Finance Counsel to Chair Gary Gensler, has been appointed Policy Director. “Heather has been one of my most trusted advisers over the last three years,” said Chair Gensler. “She has provided sound […]