The Dean's Cabinet now has 53 members, each of whom has committed at least $50,000 to support the Law School's programs and students. Members meet twice per year with the dean to offer strategic consultation and to network with other Suffolk Law alumni and friends.
A few members share what inspired them to join.
HRIPC Director and Practitioner in Residence Nicole Friederichs JD’03
Patricia M. Annino JD'81
Joy Backer Kete JD'15
Todd L. Boudreau JD'98
Alexander A. Bove, Jr. JD'67
Brian T. Brandt JD'96
Claudine A. Cloutier JD'95
Barry C. Cosgrove JD'85
Gerry D’Ambrosio JD'93
Gerard S. DiFiore JD'84
R. Stanton Dodge JD'95
Jeffrey R. Drago JD'04
Kevin M. Fitzgerald JD'82
Christine Newman Garvey JD'72
Kenneth T. Gear BSBA’89, JD'95
Marc S. Geller JD'71
Joseph W. Glannon
Carl P. Gross JD ’71
Ernst Guerrier BS'91, JD'94
James F. Haley, Jr. JD'75
Bradley M. Henry JD'91
Henry G. Kara BSBA'66, JD'69
George N. Keches JD'75
Joshua D. Koskoff JD'94
Richard A. Kroll JD'71
James A. Lack JD'96
Warren G. Levenbaum JD'72
Konstantinos Ligris JD'01
Arthur E. Maravelis JD'93
Deborah Marson JD'78
Michael J. McCormack JD'72
Timothy M. McCrystal JD'89
Brian E. McManus JD'71
Robert T. Noonan JD'85
Eric J. Parker JD'86
Jacqueline L. Perczek JD'94
Sean A. Riley JD'99
Jamie A. Sasson JD'04
Lewis A. Sassoon JD'69
Janis B. Schiff JD'83
Alan B. Sharaf JD'87
Marie-Louise Skafte JD'96
Wayne E. Smith BSBA'77, JD'82
Mark E. Sullivan JD'79
Regina C. Sullivan JD'88
Thomas M. Sullivan JD'94
John J. Tangney JD'96
James S. Trainor JD'00
Kenneth J. Vacovec JD'75
Richard J. Walsh, BA'58, JD'60
In-Memoriam
Roberta Walsh (Honorary)
Wife of the late Richard J. Walsh
Nina Mitchell Wells JD'76
Stephen N. Wilchins JD'82
Linda J. Wondrack JD'95
Nina Mitchell Wells JD'76
Nina Wells created the Nina Mitchell Wells JD'76 Fund to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Suffolk Law. The gift will support the Law School's diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, specifically the Legal Education Alternate Admission Program (LEAAP).
Suffolk Law's LEAAP program provides a path to law school for promising applicants who are diverse or from nontraditional backgrounds and whose standardized test scores under-predict their likelihood for professional success.
Wells says this scholarship is a small token of her and her husband Ted Wells's appreciation for the people who paved the way and opened the doors for them to go to law school.
"Our gift is symbolic of what we believe we have been able to get from a great education,” she says. “Looking at students from all different lenses is wonderful at the undergraduate level, the graduate level, and all of the various schools. I wish the percentages throughout the country, all academic institutions were a lot higher, and there was more financial support—we all know what a struggle it is."
John "Jay" Tangney JD'96
Jay Tangney established The Tangney Family Fund, a term fund to support a Suffolk Law student who has demonstrated financial need and served in the military.
“I am honored to participate in the Dean’s Cabinet. Suffolk Law gave me an opportunity that changed my life and prepared me for my legal career, which started in the United States Navy. Helping our returning veterans together with Dean Perlman and his team is a privilege. I am hopeful that this financial commitment to Suffolk Law will in some small way enable the next generation of veterans to earn their law degree at a school that values military service and continues to inspire me, even today.”
Alan Sharaf JD'87
The Alan Sharaf and Carolynn Levy Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in 2020 as one of the first scholarships of its kind at Suffolk Law to focus on first-generation students.
In the fall of 2021, 27% of the entering students were the first generation in their families to attend college. First-generation students typically lack professional networks and financial support, and they regularly come from communities that are underrepresented in the legal profession. Scholarships like the Sharaf-Levy Endowed Scholarship Fund close the gap between these deserving students and their financial needs. Additionally, Sharaf has contributed to the Accelerator-to-Practice Program and Fellowship, which gives students direct experience in representing clients and learning how to create and manage small law firms that serve clients of modest means.
Sharaf also gives back through his firm, Sharaf & Maloney, PC, by employing Suffolk Law students as interns.
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"Supporting Suffolk Law has been something I’ve done since I graduated and it has been important to me and my family. Our hope is to make a difference in the lives of students who want to pursue their dreams and make an impact in the communities they live in."
"I am honored to participate in the Dean's Cabinet. Suffolk Law gave me an opportunity that changed my life and prepared me for my legal career, which started in the United States Navy. Helping our returning veterans together with Dean Perlman and his team is a privilege. I am hopeful that this financial commitment to Suffolk Law will in some small way enable the next generation of veterans to earn their law degree at a school that values military service and continues to inspire me, even today."
"Supporting Suffolk Law has been something I’ve done since I graduated and it has been important to me and my family. Our hope is to make a difference in the lives of students who want to pursue their dreams and make an impact in the communities they live in."
"Supporting Suffolk Law has been something I’ve done since I graduated and it has been important to me and my family. Our hope is to make a difference in the lives of students who want to pursue their dreams and make an impact in the communities they live in."