[Republished with the generous permission of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly]
PHOTO CREDIT: Sylvia Stagg-Guiliano, http://www.stagg-giuliano.com/
Boston-area lawyers gathered at Foley Hoag for a cocktail reception in recognition and support of the New England Innocence Project. NEIP aims to raise public awareness of the prevalence, causes and costs of wrongful convictions, and provides pro bono legal representation to wrongfully convicted New Englanders. Among the speakers at the event were Foley Hoag partner Martin P. Murphy, NEIP Executive Director Denise McWilliams, NEIP board member and exoneree Dennis Maher, and NEIP board Chairman David M. Siegel, a professor at New England Law Boston.
Maher (left) with Jill Reilly and Foley Hoag’s Murphy
From left: David P. Rosenblatt, Douglas M. Henry, NEIP board member William Swenson and NEIP Treasurer Cheryl Schaffer
From left: Claire Ward, Janice Bassil, Jennifer Sunderland and Joana Stathi
Michael K. Loucks (left) with Jill Reilly and Murphy
Joana Stath
Joseph F. Savage Jr. (left) with Maher
David P. Rosenblatt (left) and Joseph F. Savage Jr.
Janice Bassil
Howard D. Medwed (left) and Siegel
From left: Elaine Emmerich, Eve Horwitz, NEIP staff attorney Radha Natarajan and NEIP Executive Director McWilliams
Siegel, chair of NEIP’s board