Prior Recipients of the Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
About the Awards
In furtherance of SJC Rule 6.1, Voluntary Pro Bono Publico Service, the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services annually presents the Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards to honor Massachusetts lawyers, law students, small and large law firms, government attorney offices, corporate law departments, law schools or other institutions in the legal profession that demonstrate outstanding and exceptional commitment to providing volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged. The awards are presented in a ceremony at the John Adams Courthouse.
2012 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
Supreme Judicial Court Justice Ralph D. Gants distributed the 2012 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards at the John Adams Courthouse on October 24. The award recipients were:
Click here to see photographs from the October 24, 2012 ceremony.
Governor's Proclamation
Press Release - Attorneys, Law Firm Receive 2012 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
Press Release - Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services Seeks Nominations for 2012 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
Awards Notice
2011 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
Media Advisory
Awards Notice
Governor's Proclamation of October 2011 as Pro Bono Month
Press Release - Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services Seeks Nominations for 2011 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
2010 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
Awards Notice
Governor's Proclamation of October 2010 as Pro Bono Month
Press Release - Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services Seeks Nominations for 2010 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
Press Release - Attorneys, Law Firm Receive 2010 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
2009 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
Governor's Proclamation of October 2009 as Pro Bono Month
Calendar of Events for Pro Bono Month 2009
Press Release -- Three Attorneys Receive 2009 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
Press Release -- Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services Seeks Nominations for 2009
Prior Award Recipients
2011
- Kerry Elizabeth Doyle
- Donal Eoin Reilly
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
2010
- The Boston law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP with special recognition to partners Melissa Nott Davis and Edward P. Leibensperger
- Attorney Kathleen McGrath of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston
- Attorney Alfred C. Phillips, a volunteer with MetroWest Legal Services
2009
- Andrew P. Cornell, Cambridge
- Justin H. Dion, Bacon Wilson, PC, Springfield
- Margaret M. Pinkham, formerly of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, Boston
2008
- John G. Dugan, Millis, Principal in the law firm of Doherty Ciechanowski, Dugan & Cannon, P.C., Franklin and Medfield
- Edward Notis-McConarty, Newton, Partner, Hemenway & Barnes LLP, Boston
- Francis J. (Jay) Lynch III, North Easton, Managing Partner, Lynch & Lynch, Boston and South Easton
- Christine J. Wichers, Cambridge, and Lisa M. Gaulin, South Boston, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston
2007
- Leigh-Ann Patterson Durant, Lexington, Associate General Counsel of Clinical Trials and Medical Affairs for EMD Serono, Inc., Rockland, formerly of Nixon Peabody LLP
- Holly Sanborn Dyar, solo practitioner, Plymouth
- The Boston office of the law firm of Dechert LLP
2006
- Marion E. Broidrick and Lawrence A. Zalis for their work on behalf of the Barnstable Action for New Direction (BAND) Program
- Heisler, Feldman, McCormick & Garrow, P.C., Springfield
- Samual B. Moskowitz, Partner, Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C., Boston
2005
- Mark Berson, President, Levy, Winer & Berson, P.C., Greenfield
- The Honorable Edward M. Ginsburg, retired, Middlesex Probate and Family Court; Founder, Senior Partners for Justice
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., with special recognition to partners Susan J. Cohen and Grant Sovern for their work on behalf of the Political Asylum/ Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project
2004
- John A. Burdick, Jr., Worcester
- Anna E. Dodson, Associate, Goodwin Proctor LLP, Boston
- Bankruptcy Law Section of the Boston Bar Association
2003
- Michael G. Paris, Partner, Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, Boston
- Stanford & Schall, New Bedford
- Women's Bar Foundation
2002 (inaugural awards ceremony)
- Henry Raphaelson, Raphaelson & Raphaelson, Worcester
- S. Stephen Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld & Rafik, Boston; Founder, Health Law Advocates, Inc., Boston
- Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP