In addition to providing essential funding for scholarships, named scholarship funds
honor and pay tribute to outstanding lawyers and judges whose lives and work
exemplify the best of Massachusetts' rich legal heritage and who have
contributed so much to the legal profession's landscape.
The Hon. Paul A. Chernoff Fund
Hon. Paul A. Chernoff (1939-2024)
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court
As an educator in arbitration and trial advocacy, he inspired generations of law students and lawyers. As a judge, he presided over sensitive cases with a sharp intellect, penetrating wisdom, and above all, a caring nature.
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Adler, Cohen, Harvey, Wakeman & Guekguezian LLP
Hon. Peter W. Agnes
CEK Quincy, PC
Crispin Birnbaum
Hon. Carol S. Ball
Hon. Margot Botsford
Hon. Beverly J. Cannone
Debra J. Caswell
Hon. Robert C. Cosgrove
Hon. Judith A. Cowin
Hon. John C. Cratsley
Dr. Robert & Judith Chernoff, MD
Barb Chupp
Hon. Thomas A. Connors
Hon. John C. Cratsley
Hon. Judith Fabricant
Hon. Kenneth J. Fishman
Hon. Keren E. Goldenberg
John P. Graceffa
Karen Falkenstein Green
Mary K. Hickey
Hon. Geraldine S. Hines
Hon. Margaret R. Hinkle
Liz Joyce
Keches Law Group, PC
Hon. Patrick J. King
Hon. Diane M. Kottmyer
Hon. Peter M. Lauriat
Hon. Edward P. Leibensperger
Joseph D. Lipchitz
Hon. Jeffrey A. Locke
Andrew H. Lynch
Kelly MacDonald
Michael C. Najjar
Stephen E. Neel
Hon. Laurence D. Pierce
Jonathan D. Plaut
Joel M. Reck
Bruce N. Richard
Victoria C. Rothbaum
Hon. Barbara J. Rouse
Hon. Mitchell J. Sikora, Jr.
Jeremy Silverfine
Graham G. Van Epps
David Weingarten
Hon. Paul D. Wilson
Hon. Valerie A. Yarashus
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