NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NEWS RELEASE
For information contact: Camaryn Sapienza
(630) 699-9865 (mobile)
csapienza@lat.cup.mybluehost.me
NELF Expands MA Advisory Council with Appointment of WBA President Allie Mitropoulos
Alexandra A. Mitropoulos
President, Women’s Bar Association of MA
Senior Counsel, Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
BOSTON – July 16, 2024 – The New England Legal Foundation (NELF – www.newenglandlegal.org), the leading legal advocate for free enterprise and innovation in the region, today announced the appointment of Alexandra A. Mitropoulos (“Allie”) to its Massachusetts Advisory Council.
Allie is President of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, which is the largest local women’s legal organization in the Commonwealth dedicated to providing leadership and mentoring opportunities for women attorneys. Allie is also Senior Counsel at Hirsch Roberts Weinstein, where she advises and represents colleges, universities and other nonprofits on policy, compliance, and risk management issues. In addition to those two roles, Allie is Deputy General Counsel at Berklee College of Music.
Allie has particular experience in the areas of campus safety and security, Title IX, the Clery Act, state, federal and international data privacy regulations, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), student affairs, faculty misconduct, and complex contracts. She defends colleges and universities in an array of litigation matters in both state and federal court. In addition, Allie provides advice on policies and procedures, and conducts training.
Allie’s practice also includes advising businesses and nonprofits on a variety of employment matters affecting not only their day-to-day operations but also their long-term business objectives. Allie works on a wide range of cases and issues, including pay equity, privacy laws, anti-discrimination statutes, contracts, and employment policies and practices.
Allie was named “2023 Up and Coming Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, was recognized in “Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch” from 2021 to present and was named a “Massachusetts Rising Star” by Super Lawyers from 2020 to present. Allie is also an active member of the Boston Bar Association’s College & University Steering Committee, of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, including serving for the past 8 years on their annual conference planning committee, and of the newly founded Arab American Bar Association of Massachusetts.
“I am deeply honored to be joining the New England Legal Foundation’s Massachusetts Advisory Council,” said Allie. “I have long admired NELF’s work and look forward to working with everyone to support its mission going forward.”
“Allie’s leadership as President of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts shines brightly, reflecting her unwavering commitment to justice and equality,” said NELF President Dan Winslow. “She will be a great asset to NELF’s Massachusetts Advisory Council as we continue to increase our advocacy efforts in the Commonwealth.”
###
About the New England Legal Foundation: Founded in 1977, the New England Legal Foundation (NELF – www.newenglandlegal.org) is the leading non-partisan, non-profit public interest law firm in the region dedicated to economic liberty. NELF’s ongoing mission is to champion free enterprise, property rights, limited government based on rule of law, and inclusive economic growth. We believe that free enterprise is a foundational value of a democratic society and the best opportunity for people to lift themselves to prosperity.