36 Notable alumni of
New England Law - Boston
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New England Law - Boston is 2290th in the world, 790th in North America, and 746th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 36 notable alumni from New England Law - Boston sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Glenn Kirschner
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- analystlawyer
- Biography
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Glenn Louis Kirschner is an American attorney, a former U.S. Army prosecutor, a former assistant U.S. Attorney in the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst.
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Karyn Polito
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Karyn Ellen Polito is an American attorney, businesswoman, and politician who served as the 72nd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2023. Polito was a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 11th Worcester district from 2001 to 2011. Polito was first elected lieutenant governor in 2014 with her running mate, Charlie Baker. They were both re-elected in 2018, and declined to seek reelection in 2022.
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Andrew Vachss
- Occupations
- writernovelistlawyerpoet lawyer
- Biography
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Andrew Henry Vachss was an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths.
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Robert J. Healey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert J. Healey Jr. was an American attorney, businessman, and political activist. He was the founder of Rhode Island's Cool Moose Party, the state's third-largest political party from 1994 until 2002, and was a perennial candidate for statewide office. Healey ran for governor or lieutenant governor a total of seven times. Running as an independent candidate in 2010, he won 39% of the vote for lieutenant governor, running on a platform of abolishing the office. As the Moderate Party nominee for governor in 2014, Healey won 22% of the vote while spending less than $40 on the campaign.
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Kathleen O'Toole
- Enrolled in New England Law - Boston
- In 1982 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Kathleen M. O'Toole is an American law enforcement officer who served as Chief of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) from June 23, 2014, to January 4, 2018. She was previously the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department, when appointed by Mayor of Boston Thomas M. Menino in February 2004.
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Joseph Curtatone
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Anthony Curtatone is an American politician from Somerville, Massachusetts who formerly served as the city's mayor from 2004 until 2022.
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Joseph Petty
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph M. Petty is an American attorney, politician and the current mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Susan J. Crawford
- Enrolled in New England Law - Boston
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Susan Jean Crawford is an American lawyer, who was appointed the Convening Authority for the Guantanamo military commissions, on February 7, 2007. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates appointed Crawford to replace John D. Altenburg.
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Thomas J. Curry
- Occupations
- accountant
- Biography
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Thomas James Curry is an American government official who served as the 30th Comptroller of the Currency of the United States from April 9, 2012, until May 5, 2017. Prior to becoming Comptroller of the Currency, Curry served as a Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and as the chairman of the NeighborWorks America Board of Directors. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut and raised in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Jeff Benedict
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- journalistjurist
- Biography
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Jeff Benedict is an American author, a special features writer for Sports Illustrated, and a television and film producer. He has written for The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and his stories have been the basis for segments on 60 Minutes, 20/20, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS Evening News, the NFL Network, HBO Real Sports, Good Morning America, 48 Hours, and the Discovery Channel.
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Joseph Mondello
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Joseph Nestor Mondello was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee until September 2009 and as the chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee from 1983 to May 24, 2018.
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Peter Koutoujian
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter John Koutoujian is an American politician who is the current Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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John Simpson
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- police officerU.S. Secret Service agentlawyer
- Biography
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John Richard Simpson was the first U.S. Interpol President (1984–1988) and was the sixteenth Director of the United States Secret Service (1981–1992).
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Helene Weinstein
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Helene E. Weinstein is an American politician who represented District 41 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises Sheepshead Bay, Flatlands, East Flatbush, Midwood and Canarsie, in Brookyn.
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Thomas M. McGee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas M. McGee is a former mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts, and current chair of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority board of directors. Previously, he served as a Massachusetts state senator for the Third Essex district. He is a Democrat.
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Brian Darling
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Brian Darling is the president and founder of the firm Liberty Government Affairs. He was Senior Communications Director and Counsel for Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and a former senior fellow in government studies at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank based in Washington, D.C. Darling has been involved in U.S. politics since the early 1990s, in roles as a congressional aide, lobbyist and legal counsel. Darling resigned as legal counsel to Republican Senator Mel Martinez of Florida after admitting he was the author of the Schiavo memo.
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Virgil Darnell Hawkins
- Occupations
- lawyer
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Virgil Darnell Hawkins was an African-American educator and Florida attorney who spent several decades of his life fighting for admission to practice law in Florida after having initially been denied admission to the University of Florida School of Law on the basis of his race.
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Joseph R. Driscoll
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph R. Driscoll is an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011, representing the 5th district of Norfolk County.
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Michael J. Connolly
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Connolly is a former politician who served as Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1979 to 1994.
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Robert Craven
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Emmett Craven, Sr. is an American politician and a Democrat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 32 since January 1, 2013. He serves as Chairman of the House Municipal Government Committee and a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Craven also serves on the R.I. Governor's Justice Reinvestment Working Group.
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Sheila Harrington
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sheila Curran Harrington is an American politician and attorney. She represented the 1st Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2011 until February 2022, when she resigned to take up the position of Clerk Magistrate of the Gardner District Court. She is a member of the Republican party.
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Kirsten Hughes
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kirsten L. Hughes is an American political figure, singer, and attorney who is the clerk magistrate of Stoughton District Court. She was the Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 2013 to 2019 and a member of the Quincy, Massachusetts City Council from 2012 to 2020.
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John James McGlynn
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- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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John James "Jack" McGlynn was an American politician who served as mayor of Medford, Massachusetts, and as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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Louis Kafka
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- politician
- Biography
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Louis L. "Lou" Kafka is an American former politician. He represented the 8th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2021.
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David E. Harrison
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- lobbyistpoliticianlawyerjudge
- Biography
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David Eldridge Harrison was a former American politician, lobbyist, and judge who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
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Gerald O'Leary
- Years
- 1933-2014 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gerald F. "Gerry" O’Leary was an American politician from South Boston, Massachusetts.
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Steven Walsh
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Steven Myles Walsh is an American politician who represented the 11th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2005 to 2014. He is also a practicing attorney and adjunct faculty member of North Shore Community College's Public Policy Institute. He received his J.D. (2005) from the New England School of Law and his B.A. (1995) from Wesleyan University. He resigned March 5, 2014, to become executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals.
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John J. Finnegan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John J. Finnegan is a former American politician who served as Massachusetts State Auditor from 1981 to 1987. Before this, he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives between 1967 and 1981.
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Martha Ware
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
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Martha Ware was an American district court judge in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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John Joseph Conte
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John Joseph Conte is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate and was the District Attorney for Worcester County, Massachusetts, which includes 59 cities and towns in Worcester County and the town of Bellingham in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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Robert A. Antonioni
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert A. Antonioni is an American attorney and politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court and on the Leominster City Council.
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Valerie Barsom
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Valerie Barsom is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 13th Hampden district from 1993 to 1996.
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Michael F. Flaherty, Sr
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Michael F. Flaherty Sr. is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and former associate justice of the Boston Municipal Court. A South Boston Democrat, he represented the 4th Suffolk district from 1967 to 1991. He was appointed to the Boston Municipal Court by Governor Jane M. Swift in July 2001, and retired in 2006. He is a former attorney who graduated from Boston College and the New England School of Law. He is the father of Michael F. Flaherty, a former Boston City Council president.
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Thomas N. George
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas N. George is a Massachusetts politician who represented the First Barnstable District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1997 to 2005. He served 25 years as the Town Moderator of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
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James R. Lawton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James R. Lawton was an American jurist and politician who served as a probate judge in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a Brockton city councilor.
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Francis X. Coppinger
- Years
- 1935-2020 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Francis X. Coppinger was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973 and 1975 to 1977.