The Massachusetts Bar Association will hold its Annual Dinner on Thursday, May 2, at the Westin Boston Seaport District, 425 Summer St., Boston.
The event will feature a keynote address by Sean K. Ellis, director of the Exoneree Network of the New England Innocence Project, and the presentation of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Scholarship, with other awards to be announced.
Sponsorships
Consider joining our growing list of sponsors by selecting one of the options below.
Click here for a sponsorship form.
Champions of Justice — $10,000
- Up to two tables for 10
- Full-page ad in dinner program
- Firm name/logo projected at the dinner
- Sponsorship-level recognition in Lawyers eJournal and displayed on MBA website
- Additional prominent recognition at the dinner
Gold Sponsor — $5,000
- Table for 10
- Full-page advertisement in program
- Logo/firm name projected at event and featured on MBA website
- Additional prominent recognition at the event
Silver Sponsor — $2,5000
- Table for 8
- Half-page advertisement in program
- Logo/firm name projected at event and featured on MBA website
Bronze Sponsor — $1,750
- Table for 8
- Logo/firm name projected at event
- Firm name included in program
Thank you to our current sponsors:
Gold:
Kenney & Sams PC
Rubin & Rudman LLP
Turco Legal
Silver:
Breakstone, White, & Gluck PC
Eden Rafferty
FAZ Forensics
Kazarosian Costello LLP
Keches Law Group PC
Robins Kaplan LLP
About Sean K. Ellis
Ellis is an exoneree, motivational speaker and fierce advocate for reforms to the criminal legal system. At the age of 19, Ellis was arrested for the murder of a police officer and was wrongfully convicted at his third trial, only after two juries could not reach a unanimous verdict. He was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Significant police corruption and misconduct, including witness coercion, evidence tampering and misleading forensic evidence, led to Ellis’ wrongful conviction.
He was fully exonerated in 2021 after spending nearly 22 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, and his story is now the subject of the Netflix docuseries
Trial 4. In 2020, he co-founded the Exoneree Network, a peer-led program funded by the New England Innocence Project, to support the practical, emotional and spiritual reentry needs of exonerees as they process the trauma of long-term incarceration and work to rebuild their lives in freedom.
Ellis is frequently invited to speak to help spread awareness about wrongful convictions throughout New England. He spoke at NEIP’s 2020
Voices of the Innocent: Power in Community virtual event and was an exoneree storyteller at the inaugural
Voices of the Innocent: Still We Rise in 2019.
Individual Tickets and tables
Click here to purchase individual tickets and
here to purchase a table for eight.
Registration for this event is due by Friday, April 26, at noon.
Questions regarding this event can be directed to MBA Membership and Marketing Manager Heather Robertson by email at Hrobertson@massbar.org. To register over the phone, please call (617) 338-0561.