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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
John Adams Courthouse
One Pemberton Square
Boston , MA 02108
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Supreme Judicial Court
Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services
Presents John Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
The
Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Committee on
Pro Bono Legal Services honored four recipients with
the Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards in a ceremony held
at the John Adams Courthouse on June 6. Supreme Judicial
Court Justice Francis X. Spina presented the awards to
the attorneys in recognition of their outstanding commitment
in providing volunteer legal services for poor and disadvantaged
citizens in Massachusetts.
Justice
Spina said, “The awards are a formal recognition
of the importance of pro bono service to the profession,
both in the direct benefit derived by the client or in
some cases by the public at large, and from the good
will and respect their efforts bring to the profession
as a whole. Lawyers who regularly perform pro bono services
do so out of a sense of humility and respect for their
fellow human beings and their profession. They are truly
virtuous people who deserve our recognition.
”The
recipients are the Springfield law firm of Heisler, Feldman,
McCormick & Garrow, P.C.; Attorney Samuel B. Moskowitz,
a partner in the law firm of Davis, Malm, & D’Agostine,
P.C. in Boston; Attorney Marion E. Broidrick, Second
Assistant Clerk-Magistrate of the Barnstable District
Court; and Attorney Lawrence A. Zalis, a sole practitioner
in Barnstable.
Established
in 1999, the Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing
Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services promotes volunteer
legal work in Massachusetts to help people of limited
means in need of legal representation, in accordance
with SJC Rule 6.1. The Committee has presented the awards
annually to lawyers and legal organizations since 2002.
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From left to right: Supreme
Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H.
Marshall; Supreme Judicial Court Justice
Francis X. Spina; Attorney Suzanne Garrow,
Attorney Thomas McCormick, partners in Heisler,
Feldman, McCormick & Garrow, P.C.; Attorney
Sarah Lazare, Access to Justice Fellow at
Heisler, Feldman, McCormick & Garrow, P.C.;
Attorney Joel Feldman, partner in Heisler,
Feldman, McCormick & Garrow, P.C.; Housing
Court Chief Justice Steven D. Pierce; and
Hugh Heisler, partner in Heisler, Feldman,
McCormick & Garrow, P.C.
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From left to right: Supreme
Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H.
Marshall; Boston Housing Court First Justice
Jeffrey M. Winik, member of Boston Bar Association’s
Pro Bono Committee of the Real Estate Section;
Attorney Joanna Allison, BBA Pro Bono Committee
member and an attorney on the BBA Volunteer
Lawyers Project; Attorney Samuel B. Moskowitz;
Attorney Barbara Zimbel, BBA Pro Bono Committee
member; Supreme Judicial Court Justice Francis
X. Spina; Housing Court Court Administrator
Harvey J. Chopp, BBA Pro Bono Committee member;
Housing Court Chief Justice Steven D. Pierce;
Boston Housing Court Clerk-Magistrate Robert
L. Lewis, BBA Pro Bono Committee member;
and Attorney Andrew H. Cohn, co-chair of
the BBA Pro Bono Committee.
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From left to right: Barnstable
District Court Presiding Justice Joseph J.
Reardon, Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice
Margaret H. Marshall, Attorney Lawrence A.
Zalis, Attorney Marion E. Broidrick, Supreme
Judicial Court Justice Francis X. Spina,
and Attorney Mary Ryan of Nutter McLennen & Fish
LLP, chair of the Supreme Judicial Court
Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services.
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