Mintz Levin Attorney Elissa Flynn-Poppey Receives Rosemary Wahlberg Children's Choice Award
9/29/2010
Also Named One of the South Shore's Emerging Leaders
Boston, MA – Elissa Flynn-Poppey of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has received the Rosemary Wahlberg Children's Choice Award by Stars, a South Shore early education and youth development program. Ms. Flynn-Poppey was also selected by the organization to receive a "40 Under 40" award, which recognizes the South Shore's emerging leaders. Ms. Flynn-Poppey received the awards at the organization's 40th anniversary celebration on September 24th.
Ms. Flynn-Poppey, who practices in the firm's Litigation Section and is also Chair of the Government Law Practice, will also receive the Boston Business Journal's 2010 "40 Under 40" award in October.
Recipients of the Rosemary Wahlberg Children's Choice Award are individuals who have followed Rosemary Wahlberg's example by providing leadership and extraordinary commitment to improving the lives of low income children and families living in South Shore communities. Ms. Wahlberg was the Executive Director for over 26 years for Quincy Community Action Programs until she retired in 1999. Quincy Community Action Programs is the leading private nonprofit organization in the South Shore area dedicated to reducing poverty and helping low-income people achieve self-sufficiency.
Ms. Flynn-Poppey played a critical role on the team of attorneys from Mintz Levin who drafted the Massachusetts restraining order legislation that would offer protection to victims of sexual assault, criminal stalking, and criminal harassment. Prior to the passage of the bill, which was signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick in February 2010, victims did not qualify for a protective order, as Massachusetts law afforded victims of abuse the right to a protective order only if the perpetrator had a family, household, or substantial dating relationship. Law enforcement and advocacy groups for survivors heralded the Act as a long overdue public safety measure for these victims.
As a result of her efforts on behalf of victims of domestic violence, Ms. Flynn-Poppey was presented with the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service 2010 Public Service Award earlier this year.
For over ten years, Ms. Flynn-Poppey has served as a board member of Friends for Children, a Massachusetts based non-profit whose mission is to prevent and end child abuse. She is also a board member of the New England Legal Foundation Advisory Council and a board overseer for the MSPCA. Ms. Flynn-Poppey also serves as a Trustee of Bridgewater State College and as an editor of the Massachusetts Bar Association Law Review.
Ms. Flynn-Poppey has over twenty years of state and federal government experience. She represents government and private entities, as well as individuals, on matters regarding ethics, government ethics, corporate compliance, public contract procurement, conflict of interest laws, public records law, lobbying, campaign finance, open meeting law, and other government areas. Ms. Flynn-Poppey is senior counsel to clients on all aspects of government operations and frequently trains government entities on compliance. In addition, she advises large corporations and businesses on political law issues and assists with the development and maintenance of policies and systems to ensure compliance with ethics, lobbying, and other political laws.
Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Ms. Flynn-Poppey was Deputy Legal Counsel to Governor Mitt Romney and Executive Director of the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Office of the Governor of Massachusetts. She received her B.A. from Bridgewater State College and her J.D. from Suffolk University.
