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Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & KestenFirm contains an eclecticmix of defense experts andconnected characters. RickBrody and Sam Perkinshave terrific no-pretensereputations; Lenny Kesten(pictured) parlayed his

work in the corrections systems into a litany of copclients; Larry Hardoon earned his wings heading upa child-abuse unit under then-DA Harshbarger

Wayne Budd, John HancockThe former U.S. attorney hasa sparkling resume,including a turn as MBApresident; separateappointments by PresidentsBush (Sr.) and Clinton; andseveral high-profile private-

sector jobs, including John Hancock and Bell Atlantic

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In this piece, USA, AG and DAmeans the two lawyers workedtogether at the U.S. Attorney’sOffice, the Attorney General’sOffice or a District Attorney’s Of-fice, respectively.

PARTNER means the two lawyersare current or former partners.

FRIENDS mean the lawyers arepals from law school, a formerworkplace or some social setting.

MBA, BBA, MATA, WBA refer tobar-association connections: theMassachusetts Bar Association,the Boston Bar Association, theMassachusetts Academy or TrialAttorneys and the Women’s BarAssociation, respectively.

CLIENT means one lawyer rep-resented the other.

Joan Lukey, Wilmer, CutlerFormer BBA president, top-notch trial lawyer has JohnKerry ties

Jay Carney, Carney & BassilLaw school classmate withTom Finneran, Cam Kerryand Harry Manion; RalphMartin pal; ex-prosecutorunder DAs Reilly andHarshbarger; JNC underWeld, Cellucci and Romney

Cheryl Cronin, Brown, RudnickCareer hit apex this year asDNC lawyer; poltical tiesaplenty include former clientsFlynn, Bulger, Finneran, Swift,Wilkerson; Joe Kennedybacker chaired AG TomReilly’s 1998 transition team

Harry Manion, Cooley Manion Jones

Learned under Earle Cooley,then built litigation practice,including star athletesthrough representation ofpioneer agent Bob Woolf;close friend of AG Tom Reilly

Martin Murphy, Bingham McCutchenOnce DA Reilly’s topadvisor; former clerk toUSDC’s Mazzone; laterdefended Dr. DirkGreineder and now handles white-collar cases

Liz Mulvey, Crowe & MulveyFlexed her own trial-lawyermuscles after parting wayswith Drew Meyer; well-connected in court circles

Michael Mone, Esdaile, Barrett & Esdaile

Longtime bar leader throughMBA, MATA; CongressmanDelahunt (a former client)and Judge SuzanneDelvecchio are BC Law pals

Middlesex DA Martha CoakleyMentored by Tom Reilly andwon instant acclaim ascalming influence in chaoticLouise Woodward murdertrial; now her political stockis sky-high as one of fewfemale talents in the state

Paul Galvani, Ropes & Gray Ex-AUSA’s strength isenvironmental and white-collar matters

Brien O’Connor, Ropes & Gray Chief of Public Corruptionunder US Attorney Sterngolfs with Frank Libby, GaryCrossen, Jay Carney andother former prosecutors

Roscoe Trimmier, Ropes & GrayMassport runway case thejewel of still-ascendingcareer for this ‘double-crimson’ grad; other primeclients are in heath-careand high-tech

Lenny Lewin, Gadsby HannahFormer chief counsel/JNCchair to Gov. Cellucci;entertainment clients haveincluded Backstreet Boys

Ex-Gov. Paul Cellucci

Beth Boland, Bingham McCutchen Daughter of an Iowapolitician cultivates anetwork of powerfulwomen; former WBApresident is a BBA player aswell

Marc Breakstone, Breakstone, White-Lief & Gluck

Down-to-earth Leo Boyleprotege has spent lastseveral years on a med-malwinning streak

Ed Ryan, O’Connor & RyanOmnipresent defender oflawyers in Worcester andBoston made noise as MBApresident; now sits on theJNC

Paul and Neil Sugarman, Sugarman & Sugarman

‘Twin towers’ of the trial bar;MATA, BU Law Schoolicons; Neil (pictured)former president of SuffolkUniversity

Kelly, Libby & HoopesSerious synergy among trio ofex-prosecutors; Tom Hoopes(pictured) counsel to Finneranand Red Sox during sale, ex-partner of professional it-girlCheryl Cronin and a TomReilly loyalist; Paul Kelly and

Frank Libby ex-AUSAs who helped crack Charlestown‘code of silence’ in memorable 90s case - now white-collar experts who golf with defense gurus Jay Carney,Charlie Rankin, others

Gary Crossen, Rubin & RudmanEven though BBOcomplaint over epicDemoulas case has hiscareer on hold, his powerfulfriends (Ralph Martin,Wayne Budd, Bill Weld)have stuck by him, as has

his brother and partner Mike, a rainmaker himself

Ex-Gov. Bill Weld

Bruce Singal, Donoghue, Barrett & Singal

Worked for US AttorneysWeld, Pappalardo; serveson medical board withPeter Gelhaar; clerked forUSDC’s Harrington

Jay Zimmerman, Bingham McCutchen

‘Visionary’ managingpartner with innovativetakes on business and officelife has signed numerousfree-agent stars for Bingham

Justin Morreale, Bingham McCutchen

Longtime Red Sox lawyerand Harvard Law gradhelped usher in the JohnHenry era

Kathy O’Donnell, MarcotteLaw Firm

Newly-installed MBApresident has long crusadedin the name of trial lawyers

Mary Bonauto, GLADFriends in WBA, MLGBAconsider her a hero: all shedid is win ‘Goodridge,’ themost eye-opening case indecades

Karen Green, Wilmer, CutlerFormer chief of staff to Gov.Weld is married to AppealsCourt Judge Mark Green

Bob Keefe, Wilmer, CutlerLitigation co-chair’s clientsinclude Hasbro, Sears andthe NHL

Dan WinslowDeparted job as chief legalcounsel to Gov. Romney;ex-counsel to Repub party,Cellucci ally; former judgewill return to the practice oflaw

Bob Muldoon, Sherin & LodgenClerked for SJC’s Kirk; sat onBBO, chaired MCLE andsupported various BBAefforts as well; well-respected old-school triallawyer

Jack MoscardelliMany contacts came fromunlikely source: his dadwas a beloved State Housebarber; major JNC guy(former chair) is friends withFrank Bellotti

Camille Sarrouf, Sarrouf, Tarricone& Flemming

Ted Kennedy pal has longbeen connected to politicsand bar associations

Renee Landers, Suffolk Law SchoolUsed platform as BBApresident to push issues ofdiversity

Leo Boyle, Meehan, Boyle, Black & Fitzgerald

Embodies professionalismamong trial lawyers;revered in MBA, MATA,ATLA circles; deft handlingof MIT booze-related deathcase exemplary of work

Marty Healy, MBA General CounselNow a veteran of BeaconHill, has the ear of manylegislators

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Bill Lee, Wilmer, CutlerManaging partner’sIP/corporate practice hasinternational clout; playedpart in Iran-Contrainvestigation; on Harvardboard

Kevin ReddingtonHeaviest hitter of criminaldefense bar south ofBoston; the man Soxslugger Mo Vaughn calledafter his highwaymisfortune; defendedMucko McDermott

Ralph Martin, Bingham McCutchenEx-Suffolk DA’s star still onthe rise; JNC chair for Gov.Romney; cut teeth alongsideold partners Tom Reilly, DeanRichlin, Flash Wiley, WayneBudd

AG Tom ReillyGroomed by Harshbarger,he similarly rose from DA toAG and brought alongrising stars Coakley, GerryLeone; now setting a coursefor the governor’s office

Dean Richlin, Foley HoagTobacco prosecutor wasTom Reilly’s law partnerand later his first assistantAG

Bob Popeo, Mintz, LevinParlayed contacts with gov’t,including then-TreasurerRobert Crane, into big statebond work for Mintz duringfirm’s heyday alongsideFrank Bellotti and FrancisMeaney; his countless

contacts and community efforts still very much alive;Bill Bulger one of many political clients

Drew Meyer, Lubin & MeyerMost familiar name amongbig-verdict med-malwinners each year; wifeKathy a fundraiser for TomReilly

Congressman Bill Delahunt

Dan Crane, Bar CounselLongtime bar-associationactivist is now, in someways, the most fearedlawyer in town

Merita Hopkins, City of BostonClassy counsellor rose ranksof law enforcement; nowMayor Menino’s chief of staff;wed to FBI’s Jim Ring; onhomeless-shelter board withJay Carney

Scott Harshbarger, Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane

Dept. chief under AG Bellotti,later became DA and AG,mentored dozens includinghis successor Reilly, futureDAs Martin and Coakley,Sheriff Cabral,judges Botsford

and Locke, defense stars Carney and Hoopes

Tom Dwyer, Dwyer & ColloraMajor Dem has web ofcontacts in the courts andphilanthropy; formerpartner to USDC’s Gertner;various court/politicalpanels with Bob Kiley, NickLittlefield, Bob Popeo, Scott

Harshbarger; his partner Kathy Weinman wed toCam Kerry; clients have included Charlie Flaherty,Michael Kennedy

John Montgomery, Ropes & GrayWorked under AG Bellotti;first assistant to AGHarshbarger; was on 1999ethics panel with Tom Kileyand Tom Dwyer

Ex-Judge Maria Lopez

Richard EgbertCounsel to high-profileclients including BuddyCianci and Maria Lopez

Ellen Carpenter, Roach & CarpenterNew BBA president whosits on the BBO workedalongside SJC’s Sosman inUS Attorney’s Office

Mike Keating, Foley HoagClerked for SJC’s Quirico andUSDC’s Garrity; later a BBApresident; litigation chair’sclients include FedEx andW.R. Grace

Thomas Kiley, Cosgrove, Eisenberg & Kiley

Quintissential trial lawyer, aVietnam vet, was AGBellotti’s first assistant

Cameron Kerry, Mintz, LevinBrother of you-know-who

Dick Glovsky, Prince, LobelOnce Civil Division chief ofUS Attorney’s Office, optedto pass on dad’s practice togo his own way; now hashuge employment practice,countless community efforts,many in Newton

Walter Prince, Prince, LobelEx-AUSA was counsel toMBTA and twice a memberof the JNC

Joe Steinfield, Prince, LobelEx-Hill & Barlow is a First-Amendment guru;prominence as a triallawyer led to clientsincluding the governmentof Puerto Rico and the NewHampshire Legislature

Larry Cetrulo, Cetrulo & Capone‘Asbestos king’ departedPeabody & Arnold andflourished; old softballbuddies with Paul Ware andScott Harshbarger; JNCunder Gov. Weld

David Rosenblatt, Burns & LevinsonRising star has kept B&L onits feet despite fears of woe

Paul Ware, Goodwin ProcterWell-respected trial lawyerwas one attorney on SJCChief Marshall’s speed dialfor special prosecutor inJudge Maria Lopez case

Regina Pisa, Goodwin ProcterBecoming a fixture asmanaging partner of one ofBoston’s sturdiest firms

Max Stern, Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg& Garin

Criminal-defense honchowed to ex-judge MargaretBurnham; pal of USDC’sGertner

John Reinstein, ACLUWed to USDC’s NancyGertner

USDC Judge Nancy Gertner

Harvey Silverglate, Silverglate & GoodWith partner Andy Good,handles vibrant, crusade-flavored law practice;Gertner ex-partner; pals withDershowitz, MacLeish

Eric MacLeish, Greenberg TraurigDad Rod a noted radiocommentator; former clerkto USDC’s Tauro; workswith Alan Dershowitz;many church abuse caseslifted his profile

Alan Dershowitz, Harvard LawSchool

Legendary Harvardprofessor still crops up inlocal power circles

Boston’s MatrixA Sampling Of Prominent Boston Lawyers And Their Connections

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ABOUT THIS FEATURE: This is not an attempt to list the state’s most powerful lawyers. Inorder to produce this piece in a compact two-page spread, we had to leave off big money-makers, titans in specialty areas (i.e. divorce law) and many others. Instead, this item spot-lights a limited number of prominent lawyers in Boston (based upon a number of sources’opinions of these lawyers’ reputation, skill and “connectedness”) and illustrates the way inwhich they are “linked” in some manner. Certain judges and politicians are included here,too, but only to better illustrate lawyer “circles.” This is the product of reporting only; no-body paid to be featured here, as is the case with other publications.

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Frank Bellotti, Mintz, LevinAs AG, trained scores of rising-star lawyers and‘professionalized’ the office likenever before; grew connectionsfor years alongside other Mintz,Levin players; still active incourt reform

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Former chief of white-collarcrime in the U.S. Attorney’sOffice (under Bill Weld) isnow raking in a lot ofwhite-collar work at Testa.Trained under Bob Keefe at

Hale & Dorr before switching offices

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