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The Massachusetts Bar Association thanks the law firms and organizations that have already signed up to sponsor the 2024 MBA Annual Dinner, which will take place on Thursday, May 2, at the Westin Boston Seaport District, 425 Summer St., Boston:

Champions of Justice:

MBA Insurance Agency

Gold:

CNA Insurance
Kenney & Sams PC
Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow PC
Peabody & Arnold LLP
Rubin & Rudman LLP
Turco Legal

Silver:

Arrowwood LLP
Breakstone, White, & Gluck PC
Conn Kavanaugh
Diller Law
Eden Rafferty
FAZ Forensics
Kazarosian Costello LLP
Keches Law Group PC
Robins Kaplan LLP

To join our list of sponsors, select one of the options below using the Annual Dinner sponsorship form.

Champions of Justice — $10,000

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

Keynote speaker

The event will feature a keynote address by Sean K. Ellis, director of the Exoneree Network of the New England Innocence Project.

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.