Board of Directors

MetroWest Legal Services is governed by a board of 13 volunteers consisting of nine attorneys, three client representatives and one at-large community member.

Officers & Members

Jack K. Merrill, Esq, President
Kushner Sanders Ravinal LLP

Katherine Garrahan, Esq, Vice President
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP

Carolyn Flammey, Treasurer
Framingham

Jennifer M Allen, Esq
Catanzaro & Allen

Deepika Bhayana, Esq
Dell EMC

Richard C Biller, Esq
McLaughlin, Richards, Biller & Schindel    

Douglas C Boyer, Esq
Law Office of Douglas Charles Boyer

Claudette Edwards
Holliston

Michael J Heineman, Esq
Heinlein Beeler Mingace & Heineman, PC

Paula A Nedder, Esq
Heaney & Small, LLP

Stephen M Richmond, Esq
Beveridge & Diamond, PC

Nicole Zani
South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC)

Staff

Elizabeth A Soulé, Executive Director

Stephen J Matthews, Advocacy Director

Liz S Parra, Business Manager

Sonia Shah, Development Director

F Evan Benz, Justice AmeriCorps Attorney

Pablo A Carrasco, Staff Attorney
Bart Gordon Fellow- Wage and Hour Project

Kathryn Condon Grace, Staff Attorney
Medical-Legal Partnership

Daniel B Daley, Staff Attorney
Housing

Jordan Engelhart, Staff Attorney
Community Enterprise Project

Jennifer Hatch, Staff Attorney
Family Law

Ellen Crowley Koltun, Staff Attorney
Education

Margaretta H Kroeger, Staff Attorney
Government Benefits

Nailze R Lima, Support Staff

Vera Ochea, Staff Attorney
Elder Law

Jennifer E Ollington, Staff Attorney
Family Law/Immigration

Hilda M Palencia, Support Staff 

Cheryl A Palmieri, Staff Attorney
PBI Coordinator

Margarita Amanda Petrakis, Staff Attorney

Leah Porter, AmeriCorps Attorney

Luis Santos, AmeriCorps Paralegal

Caryn Sigurdson, Staff Attorney
Boston College Law School Public Service Fellowship