Fitch Law Partners LLP

Attorney Carlos A. Maycotte

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• New York
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Education:

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2010
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Performed as an Advocate in, Edward C. Stone Moot Court Competition
  • Honors: Criminal Clinic, Member
• Cornell University , 2007
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: Editor, Opinion Section for The Cornell Daily Sun
  • Major: English
  • Major: Government

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Academy for Certified Financial Litigators (Founding Member)

Languages Spoken:

• Spanish
• German
• Italian

Attorney Nathalie K. Salomon

Bar Admissions:

• New York, 2002
• Massachusetts, 2006
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• New Hampshire, 2014
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court New Hampshire, 2014
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 2014
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Massachusetts

Education:

• University of Paris School of Law, Paris, France, 1995
• J.D.
• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002
• LL.M.
• Major: Banking and Financial Law
• Faculté de Droit et Sciences Politiques, Paris XII, St Maur, France, 1995
• Equivalent of J.D. (French Law) (4-year Program)
• Major: Civil Law and European Law

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, French American Chamber of Commerce
• Member, FBWN – Women in Business Network
• Member, Ellevate (invest in women)

Languages Spoken:

• French
• Spanish

Attorney James B. Re

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• United States Supreme Court

Education:

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981
  
  • J.D.
• Boston State College, 1976
  
  • B.A.

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
• Boston Bar Association (Member)

Attorney Peter E. Ball

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 1985
• New York, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1990
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1986
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Education:

• Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1985
  
  • J.D.
  • Law Journal: Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, Executive Editor
• Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1981
  
  • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Columbia Law School Alumni Association of Boston (President)
• Boston Bar Association, Criminal Section (Member, Steering Committee)
• Boston Bar Association (Member, Criminal Justice Act Panel)
• Member, Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal
• Member, Boston Bar Association
• President, Columbia Law School Alumni Association of Boston
• Member, Columbia Law School Reunion Committees
• Member, Mass. Continuing Legal Education, Inc. Scholarship Fund Committee
• Past Vice President, Columbia Law School Alumni Association
• Past Member, Boston Bar Association, Criminal Section Steering Committee
• Past Member, Mass. Continuing Legal Education, Inc. Criminal Law Steering Committee
• Past Member, Federal Criminal Justice Act panel for the District of Massachusetts

Attorney Stephen A. Mackenzie

Education:

• Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Recipient, Public Interest Law Scholarship
• Suffolk University
  • Northeastern University
  • B.S.
  • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Honors: Recipient Sherman Griffiths Memorial Scholarship and IDF Scholarship

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Middlesex Bar Association

Attorney Kurt S. Kusiak

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 1991
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

• School One, Degree, Year
• School Two, Degree, Year

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1991
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Honors: Liacos Distinguished Scholar
  • Honors: American Jurisprudence Award
  • Law Review: Boston University Law Review, Member
• Trinity College, 1984
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: With Honors
  • Major: Economics

Attorney Andrea Peraner-Sweet

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 1987
• Rhode Island, 1995
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Education:

• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1987
  
  • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  • Honors: magna cum laude
• Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1976
  
  • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  • Honors: cum laude
• New York University, New York, New York, 1980
  
  • M.A., Master of Arts

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, Westford Board of Selectmen, 2010 to present, Chair, 2012, 2015 and 2017
• Hearing Officer, Board of Bar Overseers
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Boston Bar Association

Attorney Andrea Studley Knowles

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Vermont

Education:

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1998
  
  • J.D.
• Boston College, 1993
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, Boston Bar Association (Past Co-Chair, Insurance and Tort Litigation Section, 2020-2022; Past Co-Chair, Product Liability Committee, 2018-2020)
• Member, Defense Research Institute (Past Product Liability Committee Steering Committee Member, 2019-2023; Past Chair, Hand and Power Tools Specialized Litigation Group, 2017-2019, Past Vice Chair, 2015-2017)
• Past Member, Boston Bar Journal Board of Editors (2007-2013), 2018 Special Edition on School-to-Prison Pipeline

Attorney Ryan M. Cunningham

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Education:

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Honors: Director Esdaile Moot Court Competition
  • Honors: Edward F. Hennessey Scholar
• Wesleyan University
  
  • B.A.
  • Major: Government and French Studies

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
• Member, Alpha Delta Phi Literary Society
• Member, Wesleyan Lawyers Group

Attorney Kelly A. Schwartz

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Education:

• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Honors: Boston College Law Review; The Phillip Joseph Privitera ’95 Commencement Award
• Pomona College
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Honors: The Ada May Fitts Prize

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Women’s Bar Association
• Family Law Liaison, New Lawyers Section, Boston Bar Association (2018-2019)
• Member, Trusts and Estates Consortium
• Member, Brown Bag/CLE Committee, Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association (2019-2020)

Attorney Stephen C. Reilly

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 1989
• District of Columbia, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts

Education:

• Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  
  • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  • Honors: cum laude
• Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
  
  • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Languages Spoken:

• French

Attorney Steven E. Gurdin

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 1994
• New York, 1995

Education:

• Albany Law School of Union University, Albany, New York, 1994
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Member, Moot Court Board
• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1990
  
  • B.A.

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)
• Member and past Co-Chair of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association
• Member and past Co-Chair of the Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the Trust and Estates Section of the Boston Bar Association
• Member of the Boston Estate Planning Council
• Member of the New England Advisory Board of the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators – AACFL®

Attorney Michele E. Connolly

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• New York

Education:

• Harvard Law School
  • J.D.; Managing Technical Editor, Harvard Human Rights Journal
• Columbia College at Columbia University
  • B.A.; Co-Editor of Helvidius, Assistant Editor of the literary magazine Sister

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Women’s Bar Association
• Co-Chair, Harvard Law School Women’s Association
• Massachusetts Chair, Lawyer Moms of America
• Admitted to the Massachusetts and New York state bars, the United States District Court for the Districts of
• Massachusetts and Southern District of New York, and the United States Supreme Court.

Attorney Lisa C. Goodheart

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

Education:

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1985
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: cum laude
• Williams College, 1982
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow, American College of Environmental Lawyers
• Fellow, International Academy of Trial Attorneys
• Former President of the Boston Bar Association
• Former President of the Boston Bar Foundation
• Former President of CREW Boston (formerly New England Women in Real Estate
• Former member of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Environmental Law, and Co-Chair of an early National Law and Policy Conference on Global Warming

Attorney Heather V. Baer

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 1995
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Education:

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Edward F. Hennessey Scholar
• Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990
  
  • B.A.
  • Major: Law & Society; Core: Anthropology

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association
• Member, Executive Committee, Boston Inn of Court

Attorney Barbara L. Drury

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 2003

Education:

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Honors: Recipient, Suffolk Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in the Study of Evidence, 2002
  • Law Journal: Suffolk University Journal of High Technology Law, Member, 2002 - 2003
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1994
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: cum laude

Attorney Stephen K. Garvey

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts

Education:

• Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts
  
  • Juris Doctor
  • Honors: cum laude
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: Honors and highest distinction, Phi Beta Kappa
    
    
    

Attorney Madeline Pelagalli

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts, 2021
• New Hampshire, 2022

Education:

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Certificate in Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Honors: With Honors
• Marist College, New York
  
  • B.A., Bachelor of Arts, Paralegal Certificate
  • Honors: summa cum laude

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Boston Bar Association (Member)
• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)

Attorney Kassandra C. Tat

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts

Education:

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Law Journal: Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Case Comment Editor
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
  
  • B.A.

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Boston Bar Association (Member)

Attorney Malgorzata Mrozek

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts

Education:

• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Law Journal: Boston College Journal of Law and Social Justice, Articles Editor
• The Ohio State University
  
  • Honors: magna cum laude

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrators Forum North America Regional Representative for 2021-2023 Mandate
• Steering Committee Member, Boston Bar Association, International Law Section
• New Lawyers Forum, International Law Section Liaison, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Boston International Arbitration Council
• 2021-2023 Young ICCA Mentoring Programme Mentee
• 2019-2020 Young ITA Mentorship Program Mentee

Attorney Srish Khakurel

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Education:

• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: magna cum laude
• Trinity College
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Massachusetts Bar Association Complex Commercial Litigation Section Council (Member)

Attorney Alessandra Wingerter

Bar Admissions:

• Bar Name, Year Admitted One
• Bar Name, Year Admitted Two

Education:

• Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: magna cum laude
• Yale University
  
  • Master in Environmental Management (M.E.M.)
• St. Lawrence University
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Major: English-Environmental Studies

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Environmental Law Institute Emerging Leaders Initiative
• Boston Bar Association
• Women’s Bar Association

Attorney Caterina S. Wurman

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts

Education:

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Law Journal: Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Note Editor
• Boston University
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: magna cum laude

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Probate and Family American Inn of Court
• Member, Women’s Bar Association