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Albert W. Wallis joined
Brown Rudnick in May, 2001, as the Executive Director of the Brown Rudnick
Center for the Public Interest. Al has substantial legal experience in both
the public and private sectors focusing extensively on public service work.
He served as Boston’s Corporation Counsel under both Mayor Flynn and Mayor
Menino. He has worked for the Greater Boston Legal Services, Shaevel & Krems, the City of
Boston, Massachusetts and as General Counsel for the Massachusetts Health &
Educational Facilities Authority. He also has served as Legal Counsel for The Boston Private
Industry Council, Inc. for more than a decade.
Al is also very active
in community service and bar activities such as the United Way and Boston
Bar Association. He has served on the Board of the Boston Bar Association’s
Volunteer Lawyers Project for well over a decade and is past Chairman of the
Board. He is past Co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Delivery of
Legal Services Section, and present Co-chair of the Boston Pro Bono
Roundtable. Al is a co-vice president of the Boston Corporate Volunteer Council,
and a member of the
Boston Study Group and the Massachusetts Bar Association. Since 1991, he
has
been an occasional Adjunct Professor at New England School of Law where he
teaches Local Government Law.
Al graduated from
Boston University School of Law in 1973 and received his B.A. in Political
Science from Hofstra University in 1970.
The Brown Rudnick
Center for the Public Interest, created in 2001, is the umbrella entity that
champions, coordinates and celebrates all pro bono, charitable, community
and public interest activities at the Firm. The Center strives to maximize
the Firm’s philanthropic efforts through our people and resources to make a
difference in the communities we serve.
Kym Patrico is the Executive
Assistant to the Center. With over ten years experience in office management
and customer service, Kym provides administrative support to the Center for
all community outreach, volunteer, and pro bono matters.
In addition to her administrative duties, Kym acts as a program coordinator
for the Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation. In this role, she assists the
Foundation's executive director with activities involving grant recipients,
helping to organize meetings, receptions, fundraisers and similar events.
She also works closely with Brown Rudnick's marketing department to support public
relations initiatives.
Prior to joining Brown Rudnick in 2004, Kym worked as a special assistant to
the President and Senior Vice President of The Beacon Companies. She was an
active participant in the company's community outreach programs, such as
Community Service Day, and the United Way fundraising campaigns.
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