Press Release  Attorney Patrick Hanley appointed to State Ethics Commission

Boston, MA — Patrick Hanley, a partner at Boston-based law firm Butters Brazilian, LLP, has been appointed by Governor Maura Healey to the State Ethics Commission. Commissioner Hanley succeeds former Commission member and Vice Chair Josefina Martinez.

Prior to joining Butters Brazilian, Commissioner Hanley worked for over ten years at the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, where he was an Assistant Attorney General and served as the office’s first Chief of Gaming Enforcement. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten, LLP, and served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. From 2003-2004, he served as Law Clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court. He also serves as outside general counsel to the State Police Association of Massachusetts.

Commissioner Hanley earned a B.A. degree from Brandeis University and a J.D. degree from Northeastern University School of Law. He teaches a Legal Ethics Seminar at Boston University School of Law. He has also been a guest lecturer at the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the National Cyber Crime Conference, and a Guberman Fellow at Brandeis University.

The State Ethics Commission is a non-partisan, independent state agency which administers, provides advice and training concerning, and civilly enforces the conflict of interest and financial disclosure laws. There are five Commissioners: three, including the Commission Chair, are appointed by the Governor, one is appointed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and one is appointed by the Attorney General. No more than two of the Commissioners appointed by the Governor, and no more than three Commissioners overall, may be from the same political party.

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