Boston, MA --- The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court today announced the appointments of attorneys Marguerite T. Grant of Cambridge, J. Charles Mokriski of Newton, Francis J. Russell of Shrewsbury and lay members James P. Carey of Belmont and Linda R. McKenzie of Burlington to the Board of Bar Overseers for four-year terms, expiring on December 31, 2008. They fill the positions formerly held by attorneys M. Ellen Carpenter, who served as Chair; Thomas E. Peisch, who served as Vice Chair; Janet Kenton-Walker; and lay members Maryanne Frangules and Robert J. Guttentag. All of their terms have recently expired. The Court also reappointed Francis P.Keough of Foxborough to a four-year term as a lay member.

           The Justices appointed attorney Alan D. Rose of Wellesley as the new Chair of the Board of Bar Overseers and attorney Constance L. Rudnick of Marblehead as the new Vice Chair.

           The Board of Bar Overseers, which consists of eight lawyers and four non-lawyers appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court, investigates allegations of professional misconduct by attorneys. Established in 1974, the Board of Bar Overseers uses annual registration fees paid by attorneys to fund its operations and those of the Office of Bar Counsel and the Clients' Security Board.

           Marguerite T. Grant has been an appellate prosecutor in the Middlesex District Attorney's Office since 1991. Prior to joining the District Attorney's Office, she was an associate at Hill & Barlow, P.C. in Boston. Ms. Grant received an A.B. degree from Wellesley College and a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School. She is a member of the Boston Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association, where she served on the Committee on Professional Ethics. Ms. Grant was also a member of the Board of Bar Overseers Hearing Committee from 1997 to 2003. She is presently an adjunct professor at Northeastern University School of Law, and was a lecturer in Legal Writing at the Harvard Extension School from 1992 until 1997.

          Charles Mokriski is a partner in the Boston office of the law firm Day, Berry & Howard LLP. He is a member of the Technology & Intellectual Property Group and Chair of the firm's Ethics Committee. Since 2000, he has taught Professional Responsibility as an adjunct professor at Boston College Law School. A member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and of the Boston Bar Journal Board of Editors, he has also served on the Boston Bar Association Task Force on Multidisciplinary Practice and as Chair of the Boston Bar Association Committee on Ethics. Earlier, while in Connecticut, he served as Chair of the Hartford Housing Authority and Chair of the Hartford Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford Due Process Tribunal. Mr. Mokriski graduated with an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Yale College and completed two masters degrees at Yale University. He received his J.D. degree from Yale Law School.

           A partner in the Worcester law firm of Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting, Francis J. Russell's practice of law focuses primarily on probate matters. Prior to joining the firm in 1981, he was a tax specialist at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in Boston. Mr. Russell presently serves on the Executive Committee and was President from 1997 to 1998. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Worcester County Bar Association Distinguished Attorney Award. Mr. Russell is also a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the American Bar Association, and is a Life Member of the Worcester County Bar Foundation and a Life Member and trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Active in the community, he serves on the Finance Committee for the town of Shrewsbury. Mr. Russell received his B.S. degree, cum laude, from Boston College, a J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Boston University School of Law.

           James P. Carey is a certified public accountant in Boston, specializing in forensic accounting, commercial insurance claim services, litigation services, and general management consulting. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Carey worked in several managing capacities at a regional certified public accounting firm. Presently, Mr. Carey is a shareholder in Carey & Company, P.C. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Boston Association of Claims Executives. Mr. Carey received a B. S. degree from Northeastern University and an M.B.A. degree from Boston College.

           Linda R. McKenzie is vice president of McKenzie & Company, which provides human resources services to businesses. Previously, she worked for the Department of Social Services for nine years and served as a business analyst for the Greater Roxbury Development Corporation. She also has extensive experience as a volunteer. A graduate of Smith College, Ms. McKenzie obtained her M.B.A. degree at Fordham University.

           The new Chair, Alan D. Rose, is managing partner in the Boston law firm of Rose & Associates. In 2002, he was appointed as a member to the Board of Bar Overseers by the Supreme Judicial Court. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association and a board member and former Chair of the City Mission Society, an ecumenical social service agency in Boston. Mr. Rose has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for the past ten years.

           Constance Rudnick, the new Vice Chair, is a professor of legal ethics at the Massachusetts School of Law and is with the Boston law firm of Gargiulo, Rudnick & Gargiulo. The Supreme Judicial Court appointed her to the Board of Bar Overseers in 2001. She is also a member of the Boston Bar Association.