36 Notable alumni of New England Law – Boston
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
New England Law – Boston is ranked #4,863 in the world and #1,280 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 36 notable alumni from New England Law – Boston sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with New England Law – Boston won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Valerie Barsom
1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer
politician
Valerie Barsom is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 13th Hampden district from 1993 to 1996.
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2. James R. Lawton
1925-2007 (aged 82)
politician
James R. Lawton was an American jurist and politician who served as a probate judge in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a Brockton city councilor.
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3. Francis X. Coppinger
1935-2020 (aged 85)
politician
Francis X. Coppinger was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973 and 1975 to 1977.
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4. Robert A. Antonioni
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Robert A. Antonioni is an American attorney and politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court and on the Leominster City Council.
5. Thomas N. George
1938-2025 (aged 87)
lawyer
politician
Thomas Nicholas George was an American politician who represented the First Barnstable District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1997 to 2005. He served 25 years as the Town Moderator of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
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6. Michael F. Flaherty, Sr
1936-2025 (aged 89)
lawyer
judge
politician
Michael F. Flaherty Sr. was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and an associate justice of the Boston Municipal Court. A South Boston Democrat, he represented the 4th Suffolk district from 1967 to 1991. He was appointed to the Boston Municipal Court by Governor Jane M. Swift in July 2001, and retired in...
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7. Steven Walsh
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Steven Myles Walsh is an American politician who represented the 11th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2005 to 2014. He is also a practicing attorney and adjunct faculty member of North Shore Community College's Public Policy Institute. He received his J.D. (2005) from the New England School of Law and his B.A. (1995) from Wesleyan University....
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8. John J. Finnegan
1938-2025 (aged 87)
politician
John J. Finnegan was an American politician who served as Massachusetts State Auditor from 1981 to 1987. Before this, he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives between 1967 and 1981.
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9. John Joseph Conte
1930-. (aged 96)
lawyer
politician
John Joseph Conte is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate and was the District Attorney for Worcester County, Massachusetts, which includes 59 cities and towns in Worcester County and the town of Bellingham in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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10. Louis Kafka
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Louis L. "Lou" Kafka is an American former politician. He represented the 8th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2021.
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11. David E. Harrison
1933-2019 (aged 86)
lawyer
judge
lobbyist
politician
David Eldridge Harrison was a former American politician, lobbyist, and judge who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
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12. Gerald O'Leary
1933-2014 (aged 81)
politician
Gerald F. "Gerry" O’Leary was an American politician from South Boston, Massachusetts.
13. Kirsten Hughes
politician
Kirsten L. Hughes is an American political figure, singer, and attorney who is the clerk magistrate of Stoughton District Court. She was the Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 2013 to 2019 and a member of the Quincy, Massachusetts City Council from 2012 to 2020.
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14. John James McGlynn
1922-2016 (aged 94)
businessperson
politician
John James "Jack" McGlynn was an American politician who served as mayor of Medford, Massachusetts, and as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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15. Joseph R. Driscoll
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Joseph R. Driscoll is an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011, representing the 5th district of Norfolk County.
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16. Michael J. Connolly
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Michael Joseph Connolly is a former politician who served as Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1979 to 1994.
17. Sheila Harrington
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Sheila Curran Harrington is an American politician and attorney. She represented the 1st Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2011 until February 2022, when she resigned to take up the position of Clerk Magistrate of the Gardner District Court. She is a member of the Republican party.
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18. Brian Darling
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
Brian Darling is an American lawyer, who is the president and founder of the firm Liberty Government Affairs. He was Senior Communications Director and Counsel for Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and a former senior fellow in government studies at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank based in Washington, D.C. Darling has been involved in U.S. politics since the early 1990s,...
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19. Virgil Darnell Hawkins
1906-1988 (aged 82)
lawyer
Virgil Darnell Hawkins was an African-American educator and Florida attorney who spent several decades of his life fighting for admission to practice law in Florida after having initially been denied admission to the University of Florida School of Law on the basis of his race.
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20. Thomas M. McGee
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Thomas M. McGee is a former mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts, and current chair of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority board of directors. Previously, he served as a Massachusetts state senator for the Third Essex district. He is a Democrat.
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21. Peter Koutoujian
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Peter John Koutoujian is an American politician who is the current Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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22. Helene Weinstein
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Helene E. Weinstein is an American politician who represented District 41 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises Sheepshead Bay, Flatlands, East Flatbush, Midwood and Canarsie, in Brooklyn.
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23. Kathleen O'Toole
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
police officer
Kathleen M. O'Toole is an American law enforcement officer who served as Chief of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) from June 23, 2014, to January 4, 2018. She was previously the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department, when appointed by Mayor of Boston Thomas M. Menino in February 2004.
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24. Joseph Curtatone
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Joseph Anthony Curtatone is an American politician from Somerville, Massachusetts who formerly served as the city's 35th mayor from 2004 until 2022.
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25. Jeff Benedict
1966-. (aged 60)
journalist
jurist
Jeff Benedict is an American author, a special features writer for Sports Illustrated, and a television and film producer. He has written for The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and his stories have been the basis for segments on 60 Minutes, 20/20, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS Evening News, the NFL Network, HBO Real Sports, Good Morning America,...
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26. Karyn Polito
1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer
politician
Karyn Ellen Polito is an American attorney, businesswoman, and politician who served as the 72nd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2023. Polito was a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 11th Worcester district from 2001 to 2011. Polito was first elected lieutenant governor in 2014 with her running mate, Charlie Baker. They were both...
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27. Joseph Petty
politician
Joseph M. Petty is an American attorney, politician and the current mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
28. Martha Ware
1917-2009 (aged 92)
politician
judge
Martha Ware was an American district court judge in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
29. Joseph Mondello
1938-2022 (aged 84)
lawyer
Joseph Nestor Mondello was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee until September 2009 and as the chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee from 1983 to May 24, 2018.
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30. Thomas J. Curry
1957-. (aged 69)
accountant
Thomas James Curry is an American government official who served as the 30th Comptroller of the Currency of the United States from April 9, 2012, until May 5, 2017. Prior to becoming Comptroller of the Currency, Curry served as a Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and as the chairman of the NeighborWorks America Board of Directors. He...
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31. Andrew Vachss
1942-2021 (aged 79)
writer
novelist
lawyer
poet lawyer
Andrew Henry Vachss was an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths.
32. Susan J. Crawford
1947-. (aged 79)
judge
Susan Jean Crawford is an American lawyer, who was appointed the Convening Authority for the Guantanamo military commissions, on February 7, 2007. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates appointed Crawford to replace John D. Altenburg.
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33. Robert Craven
1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer
politician
Robert Emmett Craven Sr. is an American politician and a Democrat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 32 since January 1, 2013. He serves as Chairman of the House Municipal Government Committee and a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Craven also serves on the R.I. Governor's Justice Reinvestment Working Group.
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34. Robert J. Healey
1957-2016 (aged 59)
politician
Robert J. Healey Jr. was an American attorney, businessman, and political activist. He was the founder of Rhode Island's Cool Moose Party, the state's third-largest political party from 1994 until 2002, and was a perennial candidate for statewide office. Healey ran for governor or lieutenant governor a total of seven times. Running as an independent candidate in 2010, he won...
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35. John Simpson
1932-2017 (aged 85)
police officer
U.S. Secret Service agent
lawyer
John Simpson is an American professional football offensive guard for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers.
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36. Glenn Kirschner
analyst
lawyer
Glenn Louis Kirschner is an American attorney, a former U.S. Army prosecutor, a former assistant U.S. Attorney in the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and a former NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst.
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