Morrison Mahoney is honored to be named a Best Women-Led Law Firm by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in its inaugural list. The recognition acknowledges the contributions of women-led law firms across Massachusetts and the ways in which these firms help women attorneys thrive professionally.
The firm is grateful to be recognized and plans to continue working to uplift women in the legal profession.
Read Morrison Mahoney’s MLW profile below:
Last May, Morrison Mahoney elected Grace V.B. Garcia as managing partner. With four locations in Massachusetts and offices throughout the northeastern U.S. and one in the U.K., the 180-attorney firm is widely known in the insurance defense arena.
Garcia has served as president of both the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association and is a past recipient of the DLA’s “Defense Lawyer of the Year” honor.
As managing partner, she will oversee the strategic direction of the firm and focus on fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment that supports the professional development of all attorneys and staff within the firm.
Garcia has been at the forefront of developing a cohesive culture of women’s empowerment at the firm. She founded Morrison Mahoney’s Women’s Initiative, which has been pairing new female lawyers and long-tenured female mentors for nearly 20 years.
The firm’s early-career female attorneys are putting the support to use, distinguishing themselves on client matters. Boston partner Jessica M. Savino, for instance, recently prevailed arbitration in a matter in which an insurance claimant attempted to collect an insurance payout based on a hit and run collision.
According to evidence Savino submitted, including testimony a police officer’s testimony provided over Zoom and hospital records, the claimant was injured in a single-vehicle collision after falling asleep while operating his truck.
Another Boston partner, Janelle M. Gordon, obtained a summary judgement for a small hotel that was sued after the plaintiff tripped while walking near the hotel. In that case, the plaintiff blamed the fall on missing bricks in the North End sidewalk, adjacent to the hotel. Gordon argued that because the sidewalk is property of the City of Boston, the hotel could only be held liable if it caused the defect. She submitted compelling evidence that not only had the hotel tried to repair the sidewalk on its own, but also that the hole had in fact been caused by a farmers’ market.
