Prisoners’ Legal Services and other advocates honored with BBA President’s Award
Six lawyers with Prisoners’ Legal Services were part of a team honored by the Boston Bar Association for their work representing incarcerated individuals during the COVID pandemic.
The BBA presented its President’s Award to the group at its annual meeting Nov. 10. The lawyers, from the public and private sector, worked diligently to file lawsuits on behalf of vulnerable Massachusetts prisoners facing unsafe conditions in prisons across the Commonwealth.
Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, Executive Director of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, accepted the award on behalf of all the attorneys.
“The lawyers we honor put aside the personal challenges we all faced when the pandemic hit to bring impact litigation on behalf of individuals detained in prisons and houses of correction who faced—and continue to face—extraordinary risks as a result of COVID-19. We are proud to recognize these lawyers for fulfilling the very best tradition of our profession by representing the most vulnerable among us, even as we recognize that their work will and must continue,” said BBA President Marty Murphy.
The honorees from Prisoners’ Legal Services include: Elizabeth Matos, Michael Horrell, David Milton, James Pingeon, Bonita Tenneriello, and Jessica White.
The honorees also included:
Amy Barsky
Fick & Marx LLP
Saraa Basaria
Todd & Weld LLP
Max Bauer
Suffolk County
Superior Court
Daniel Cloherty
Todd & Weld LLP
William Fick
Fick & Marx LLP
Ruth Greenberg
Jennifer Honig
Mental Health Legal Advisors
Rebecca Jacobstein
CPCS
Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal
Lawyers for Civil Rights
Phillip Kassel
Mental Health Legal Advisors
Benjamin Keehn
CPCS
Victoria Kelleher
MA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Rebecca Kiley
CPCS
Jessica LeClair
Mental Health Legal Advisors
J. Leon Smith
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Daniel Marx
Fick & Marx
Adam McCall
WilmerHale
Laura McCready
ACLU Massachusetts
Katherine Naples-Mitchell
Harvard Law School
Oren Nimni
Lawyers for Civil Rights
Brien O’Connor
Ropes & Gray
David Rassoul Rangaviz
CPCS
Jessie Rossman
ACLU Massachusetts
David Rudin
WilmerHale
Matthew Segal
ACLU Massachusetts
Oren Sellstrom
Lawyers for Civil Rights
Meredith Shih
Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute
David Siegel
New England School of Law
Chauncey Wood
Wood & Nathanson LLP