Three BU Law Alumni Selected for BBA Public Interest Leadership Program
Boston University School of Law congratulates Max Riffin (’07), Rachel Irving Pitts (’08), and Maria Granik (‘05) on their selection for the thirteenth iteration of the Boston Bar Association’s Public Interest Leadership Program. The three BU Law grads join a group of seventeen attorneys representing a wide variety of practice areas and professional expertise.
The Public Interest Leadership Program promotes civic engagement and public service by advancing the leadership role of lawyers in service to their community, their profession and the Commonwealth.
Maria Granik (’05)– Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Maria Granik is an associate at Sullivan & Worcester LLP, where she focuses on complex commercial litigation, as well as on environmental law and employment cases. In her pro bono work Maria has helped clients in a variety of criminal, administrative and civil cases ranging from a habeas petition to asylum proceedings and restraining order hearings. She is also the firm’s representative on the Domestic and Sexual Violence Council, an advocacy organization for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. As a law student, Maria was selected as a Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy, working at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services on issues such as equal access to healthcare and mental health law. Before becoming a lawyer, Maria earned a PhD in philosophy and taught at Boston University and at the College of the Holy Cross. Her teaching and academic research focused on questions of ethics, political philosophy, and history of philosophy. Maria is a graduate of Tufts University and Boston University where she earned both her PhD and JD.
Rachel Irving Pitts (’08)– Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
Rachel Irving Pitts has been practicing in Mintz Levin’s Health Care practice since 2008. She relocated to Boston in 2002 from Illinois, and worked for the Massachusetts Medical Society before attending Boston University School of Law. Her practice primarily involves healthcare transactions and regulatory matters, and she has represented a variety of pro bono clients for Mintz Levin, assisting a small business and arguing for a client’s Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Rachel was a Special Assistant District Attorney as part of Mintz Levin’s rotation program with the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. Rachel is on the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program’s Emerging Leaders Board, and is a member of the BBA, MBA, ABA and AHLA.
Max Riffin (’07)– Chu, Ring & Hazel LLP
Max Riffin is a corporate associate at Chu, Ring & Hazel LLP. His practice focuses on the representation of investment funds, mature private companies, and emerging growth companies through all stages of the company lifecycle. He regularly counsels clients in connection with entity formation, capital structure, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, private placements, and general corporate matters. He also assists clients with licensing matters, the negotiation of commercial agreements, employee benefit and equity ownership plans, and employment matters. In addition, Max advises the firm’s investor clients in connection with equity and debt financings and matters related to their portfolio companies. Prior to joining the firm, Max practiced as a corporate bankruptcy and restructuring associate in the Delaware and Boston offices of a few national and international law firms.