The BBA will be presenting two awards at its October 13 Annual Meeting
Luncheon. Manisha Bhatt, a Senior Attorney in the Family Unit of Greater
Boston Legal Services, and architect of the "Know Your Rights!" project of
the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston will be honored with the John
G. Brooks Legal Services Award. The Brooks Award was established in 1988 to
recognize career legal services attorneys for outstanding work on behalf of
indigent clients in greater Boston.
Mary Ryan, a partner in Nutter McClennen & Fish's Litigation Department
and a member of the firm's Land Use practice group, and a past president of the
Boston Bar Association, will be honored with the Thurgood Marshall Award. The
Marshall Award was established in 1991 to recognize private attorneys in greater
Boston for extraordinary efforts to improve, develop, or deliver civil or
criminal legal services to low-income clients in
Massachusetts.