Veteran Litigator and Long Time Pro Bono Advocate Susan M. Finegan Rejoins Mintz Levin to Head Pro Bono Program
3/19/2007
Boston, MA (March 19, 2007) - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., a full-service, 480-lawyer AmLaw 100 firm with offices throughout the U.S. and in the U.K., announced that Susan M. Finegan, a veteran litigator with an extensive track record of pro bono service, has rejoined the firm to manage and oversee the firm's pro bono program.
Ms. Finegan most recently served as the Legal Director for the Victim Rights Law Center. A Member of the firm, she previously practiced at Mintz Levin from 1993-2004 in the litigation section. In her new role, Ms. Finegan will focus exclusively on overseeing and expanding the firm's Pro Bono program, which has long provided services in the areas of domestic violence, civil rights, human rights and poverty law, among others, and to charitable and civic organizations.
"We are thrilled to have Sue return to Mintz Levin," said Andrew R. Urban and Steven P. Rosenthal, co managing Members of the firm. "She brings with her enormous talents as a litigator, but we are particularly excited with the skills and expertise she brings to our pro bono program."
As Legal Director for the Victim Rights Law Center, Ms. Finegan oversaw the provision of civil legal services each year to more than 300 low income survivors of sexual assault throughout Massachusetts on issues ranging from housing, safety, financial compensation, immigration, education, privacy and employment matters. She also initiated legislative efforts to improve legal remedies for sexual assault survivors; served on numerous task forces, working groups and committees on issues involving violence against women; and oversaw training and technical assistance to more than 200 government-funded legal services programs throughout the country. She served as the Center's interim Executive Director in 2005.
While at Mintz Levin, Ms. Finegan represented a number of high profile clients. A recipient of the firm's Pro Bono Award in 1998, she also served as Director of Mintz Levin's Domestic Violence Project, the firm's signature pro bono endeavor; Director of Mintz Levin's Rape Survivors' Law Project, which included representation of survivors of sexual assault in a variety of civil legal issues; and Manager of Mintz Levin's Lawyers' Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness Legal Clinics, which included staffing two legal clinics each year at local homeless shelters and the resulting representation of homeless clients on a variety of legal matters. She is a frequent speaker on pro bono, domestic violence and sexual assault issues at colleges and law schools throughout the country.
A graduate of Dartmouth College, Ms. Finegan earned her law degree cum laude from Boston College Law School.
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