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About The Firm
A Century of Excellence
Founded in 1924, Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP is the largest law firm based in western Massachusetts
with offices located in downtown Springfield and Hadley, MA. The firm provides high-quality legal services to
local and national clients, addressing a broad range of sophisticated matters for clients in both the private and
public sectors.
With approximately 40 lawyers, our firm’s size allows us to provide the best attributes of both large and small
firms. While the quality of our services equals that of large national firms, our interest in long-term client
relationships and appreciation of each client’s desire for cost-effective representation reflect the best of small,
local law firms.
As we celebrate Bulkley Richardson’s centennial anniversary, the firm remains committed to a standard of
excellence achieved through a team of exceptionally talented lawyers; a qualified and dedicated support staff;
the development of long-term relationships with clients and an in-depth understanding of their legal needs;
the earned respect of both colleagues and courts; and the ability to apply valuable insight and pragmatic
problem-solving skills to achieve results for our clients.
Community Driven
Being a responsible and contributing member of the community is within the firm’s DNA. Annually, the firm
supports more than 50 local events and organizations. We recognize the valuable work that has gone into
supporting, celebrating and engaging in the communities in which we live, work and play through initiatives
such as helping to feed the hungry and addressing food insecurity; supporting arts and culture; contributing
funds to lifesaving health care and research organizations; providing pro bono legal services to those in need;
and supporting a range of educational programs from childcare through collegiate level, among many others.
Members of the firm regularly contribute time, resources and finances to help worthy causes over the past
century and plan to continue that legacy.
Deep Roots
Bulkley Richardson was founded on the premise that people define the heart and soul of a firm. Our
methodology of collaboration and knowledge sharing creates efficiencies and a sense of collegiality that
affirms we are not only committed to the work, but to each other. The firm continues to be successful because
of the intellectual capabilities of our attorneys and staff. The bar is placed high in order to meet and exceed
personal and professional goals, and we encourage each other, making the firm’s success a team effort.

Schools, Colleges & Universities
Bulkley Richardson provides high quality legal representation to colleges and universities, independent and
public schools, and a variety of tax-exempt educational institutions. Our clients have a wide range of legal
needs that require broad expertise to meet the scope of legal challenges. Because the law changes rapidly in
this area, the firm continues to be at the forefront of the evolving legal landscape and remains committed to
assisting our educational clients to achieve their critical missions.
Bulkley Richardson has a long history of representing academic institutions, including:
• Amherst College
• Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech
• Deerfield Academy
• Eaglebrook School
• Five Colleges, Inc.
• Greenfield Community College
• Hampshire College
• Holyoke Community College
• Mount Holyoke College
• Northfield Mount Hermon
Representative Experience
• Intellectual property
• Information technology systems
• Cybersecurity
• Financing and bonds
• Real estate and housing development
• Construction of school facilities
• Taxation issues
• Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School
• Smith College
• Springfield College
• Springfield Public Schools
• Springfield Technical Community College
• Texas A&M University
• The Bement School
• The Williston Northampton School
• University of Massachusetts
• University of Massachusetts Building Authority
• Western New England University
• Investigation of and advice regarding inappropriate student and faculty behavior or conduct.
• Advice regarding federal and state laws and regulations governing the educational environment, student and
faculty behavior, funding, and school practices, including Title IX issues, special education issues, and school
needs issues.
• Advice regarding federal and state laws and regulatory issues relating to school health.
• Development of restorative justice practices and programs to deal with student and faculty conduct issues.
• Review of student conduct codes.
• Endowment and trust matters.
• Employment and labor matters, including policy and handbook development, and management of specific
personnel issues.
• Litigation in state and federal courts and alternative dispute resolution (in many cases, our fees in these areas
may be covered by United Educators).
• Regulatory compliance and government strategies, including representation before administrative agencies
and boards.
• Business and contracting matters, including specialized issues such as:

Related Practice Areas
Construction
The attorneys working in the Construction Practice Group apply a broad range of business and litigation
experience in construction contract negotiation; drafting and administration; dispute avoidance; and
construction dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation.
Our construction law clients include contractors and subcontractors, architects, engineers, developers,
lenders and property owners. We represent both private and public entities, with respect to private and
public construction matters. Drawing upon the resources available in several of the firm’s practice areas, and
emphasizing a cross-discipline approach, we handle matters including:
• Preparation and interpretation of contract documents and solicitations
• Formation and negotiation of creative development arrangements
• Permitting and regulatory compliance
• Bonding issues
• Construction defect claims
• Professional malpractice claims
• Negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation of other construction contract disputes
Representative construction experience includes:
• $300 million higher education student center involving internationally renowned architect
• New dining hall construction for preparatory school
• $100 million advanced surgical and procedure wing for large hospital
• Drafting contracts and advising a local college as to issues arising during construction of multiple projects,
including its $200 million state-of-the-art academic science center
• Assisting in the development of MGM’s Springfield casino
• Providing contracts and construction advice to a local hospital relating to multiple projects
Finance, Banking and Bankruptcy
The firm has broad experience in representing both borrowers and lenders in connection with complex
commercial financing transactions. In addition to structuring and documenting tax-exempt bond and lease
transactions for nonprofit and for-profit borrowers, banks and other institutional lenders, our commercial
and banking lawyers work with clients to recommend potential sources of financing to meet specific needs,
to analyze, make recommendations and assist in negotiations concerning the terms of proposals and
documentation related to such transactions and other financing arrangements.
Commercial financing and bankruptcy transactions handled by the firm include:
• Tax-exempt and tax incentive financing arrangements, including tax-exempt bonds for capital projects and
tax-exempt equipment leases
• General secured and unsecured lines of credit
• Commercial real estate mortgage secured loans
• Secured term debt financing
• Loan workout and other insolvency related matters

Representative experience includes:
• Approved bond counsel for MassDevelopment
• Represented colleges and universities in connection with privately placed tax-exempt bond issues where
proceeds used to construct new and renovate existing buildings and related campus infrastructure
• Represented a major medical center in connection with a series of tax-exempt financing and refinancing
transactions totaling approximately $270 million that included publicly offered long-term fixed rate bonds
and variable rate demand bonds, intermediate put bonds, interest rate swaps and New Markets Tax Credit
financing
• Served as counsel to lead lender in connection with secured and unsecured revolving loan and term debt
syndicated credit facilities extended to publicly and privately owned borrowers
• Represented a development sponsor of a tax-exempt continuing care retirement community in connection
with a workout of the tax-exempt bond financed facility involving a pre-bankruptcy operating bridge
loan and subsequent sale of facility to third party purchaser in the context of a pre-packaged Chapter 11
bankruptcy proceeding
Employment
The Employment Law Practice Group advises employers on all aspects of the employment relationship and
offers practical solutions and advice to avoid and resolve workplace disputes. We provide legal advice on hiring,
promoting, disciplining and discharging employees, wage and hour laws, employee classifications, leave and
accommodation requests, drug testing, and employment handbooks, and pay equity audits. Our attorneys assist
employers in drafting employment agreements, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements and
separation agreements.
Our attorneys stay abreast of new employment-related legislation, regulations and other legal developments.
We also provide training on a wide range of workplace issues, so that our clients can take proactive measures to
maximize compliance and minimize risk.
We represent employers at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) and Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), as well as employers in state and federal courts on a full range of
employment-related matters, including:
• Unlawful discrimination, harassment or retaliation under state and federal law
• Wage and hour violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws
• Employee misclassification
• Violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Violations of the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (MA PFML)
• Violations of the Massachusetts sick time law
• Violations of federal and state pregnancy laws
• Defamation and interference with contractual relations
• Terminations in violation of public policy
• Violations of non-compete agreements, non-solicitation, and nondisclosure agreements
• Whistleblower claims

Independent Investigations
Colleges and universities seek to provide a learning environment for their students and a workplace for their
employees free of unlawful harassment, gender bias, discrimination and sexual or other misconduct. In
today’s environment, this goal has often become difficult to achieve. When allegations are made, the preferred
method should be to retain independent counsel to conduct a prompt investigation and, when appropriate,
make recommendations. This process allows colleges and universities to respond with prompt effective action.
The Independent Investigations Team at Bulkley Richardson has conducted investigations in schools and
universities, as well as public and private businesses. Our team is prepared to investigate claims of Title IX
violations, unlawful discrimination, unlawful harassment, and any other claims that may arise in both the
workplace and the educational setting.
In addition, businesses and schools periodically encounter issues relating to potential criminal violations such
as embezzlement, fraud, kickbacks and bribery. Our team has conducted numerous internal investigations of
such issues and worked with law enforcement, where appropriate, on such matters.
The firm has conducted a wide range of investigations, including allegations of:
• Misconduct involving students and employees of colleges, universities, private college prep schools and
public schools
• A gender and age employment discrimination claim against a public school
• A Title IX complaint involving allegations of rape/sexual assault at a university
• A student’s assault of an employee
• Internal investigation involving allegations against senior management
• A racial discrimination claim involving state employees
• Multiple HR investigations for publicly traded companies, including defending filed discrimination claims
• Harassment investigation for local municipality
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a moving target. Technology evolves faster than the law and hackers compete to be the first
to exploit gaps in either. Bulkley Richardson works with clients to put contractual, procedural and educational
safeguards in place to allocate risks and minimize liability before a breach occurs.
Bulkley Richardson’s Cybersecurity Team also works to keep our clients abreast of, and in compliance with,
emerging regulations. This level of proactivity goes back to 2010 when Massachusetts pioneered data privacy
and protection standards with the issuance of 201 C.M.R. 17, and the firm helped clients draft Written
Information Security Programs (WISP). Bulkley Richardson’s Cybersecurity practice group continues to keep
our clients informed of the rapidly evolving personal information and data security laws and regulations of
the fifty states and international regions in which our clients have customers and employees, such as relevant
aspects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), the California Consumer
Protection Act, and the New York SHIELD Act.
The Cybersecurity Team works to protect clients both before and after a data breach. This includes helping
companies prevent a breach by conducting risk assessments and helping clients design and implement
a cybersecurity program – or modify an existing program – to meet new conditions. We, along with select
technical partners, develop incident response plans to put our clients in the best position to respond if a
breach occurs. We also assist in reviewing cyber insurance policies to ensure that clients receive the best
coverage at the lowest cost.

Bulkley Richardson regularly assists clients in complying with a broad range of regulations. From HIPAA to
GDPR and from 201 CMR 17 to the safe harbor rule in Ohio, we have it – and our clients – covered.
The Cybersecurity Team also has experience advising companies on the data privacy and security implications
of mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing arrangements, cross-border data transfers and other transactions.
We perform contract reviews to ensure that vendors commit to protecting and maintaining the confidentiality,
integrity, and availability of data that our clients entrust to them. And we respond to inquiries from federal and
state regulators and, when necessary, litigate to protect our clients’ valuable information.
If a data breach occurs, Bulkley Richardson’s Cybersecurity Team provides rapid and comprehensive incident
response, including handling communications with cyber insurance carriers, assessing potential reporting
obligations and performing after-action analysis.
Intellectual Property and Technology
Bulkley Richardson offers full-service assistance for intellectual property (“IP”) matters, including those related to
acquisition, protection and enforcement of patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as in unfair competition,
trade secrets and related matters.
Our IP attorneys offer strategic insights and solutions to individuals, entrepreneurs, small businesses at all
stages of development, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and local, national and multi-national
corporations facing both simple and complex intellectual property issues as they develop and exploit new
technology. We work closely with our clients, as a team, to identify, develop, protect and monetize their IP. Value
is added by delving deep into our clients’ technology, identifying all forms of IP requiring protection and assisting
them in protecting and expanding upon their creative concepts and securing the integrity of their brands. We can
then draw from our firm’s other relevant practice groups to help turn ideas into revenue streams.
Should an IP-related dispute arise, we are there to protect our clients’ interests effectively and efficiently. Because
all actions we take in response to disputes are based on a thorough understanding of applicable laws and facts,
we formulate a proper resolution to any IP-related dispute early and thus strive to resolve disputed matters
before they get to court or other tribunal.
When necessary, we litigate zealously and effectively and have successfully asserted and defended our clients’ IP
rights in tribunals in the United States and around the world, including:
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• State and federal trial and appellate courts
• European Patent Office in Munich and in The Hague
• Indian Patent Office
• Stockholm District Court
• Milan and Bologna courts in Italy
• IP Australia

Litigation
Bulkley Richardson has significant depth within the Litigation Practice Group, including experienced lawyers
equipped to handle a vast array of individual and commercial litigation. We represent clients in proceedings
before federal and state trial and appellate courts and administrative agencies, and in alternative dispute
resolution (ADR) proceedings, including mediation or arbitration. Our litigation attorneys handle matters involving:
• Constitutional law (both federal and state)
• White collar crimes
• Professional malpractice
• Class actions
• Employment
• Investigations
• Discrimination in employment, education, etc.
• Libel and defamation
• Insurance defense
• Insurance
• ERISA
• Products liability
Real Estate
• Construction
• General contract
• Corporations, partnerships and other entities
• Banking and financial services
• Securities
• Copyright, patent and trademark
• Real estate
• Environmental compliance
• Trusts and estates
• Personal injury
• Workers’ compensation
• Antitrust and unfair competition
Real estate matters often overlap with other areas of law. Therefore, Bulkley Richardson has developed a
multidisciplinary approach to representing our real estate clients. The firm’s real estate lawyers have experience
in many areas, including:
• Real estate development and permitting (zoning, wetland, sub-division control)
• Financing
• Conveyancing and title insurance, including title insurance claims matters
• Lease negotiation and drafting
• Workouts and foreclosures
• Environmental issues, including Brownfields development and management of hazardous waste risks
• Estate planning
• Tax abatements and exemptions
• Condominium development and governance
The firm’s real estate clients include commercial, residential, schools, industrial, nonprofit, municipal and quasigovernmental
owners, developers, sellers, purchasers and contractors. Our real estate lawyers serve or have
served on city and town land use boards such as planning boards, conservation commissions and zoning boards
of appeal.

Typical real estate matters include:
• Zoning and permitting approval for commercial development
• Acquisition, development and divestiture of land for mixed use development
• Obtaining local, state and federal permits for commercial, industrial and multifamily real estate
• Assisting in closing complex financing of real estate projects
• Resolving real estate title disputes and clearing title
• Negotiating and drafting leases, easements and option agreements
• Advising lenders or borrowers in real estate workouts and mortgage foreclosures
• Real estate, financial and construction litigation in all Massachusetts courts
• Representation of purchasers and sellers in commercial transactions
• Advising parties with respect to real estate tax agreements, tax abatements and tax exemptions
• Providing tax, estate planning and business advice relating to forms of real estate ownership
• Drafting conservation and agricultural restrictions

Meet The Team
Partner Bio: Ryan J. Barry
Practice Areas
• Schools, Colleges & Universities (Chair)
• Construction (Co-Chair)
• Health Care (Co-Chair)
Ryan Barry advises schools, colleges and universities on contracts, grants, policies, tax
issues, permitting and regulatory compliance.
In his construction practice, Ryan drafts and negotiates design and construction
contracts for large and sophisticated projects, including academic buildings, hospitals, museums, nursing homes, manufacturing
facilities, and high-end residences. He also advises clients on construction disputes and compliance with laws governing prevailing
wages, retainage, and liens. Acting as counsel on large and complex projects, with aggregate project costs exceeding $1 billion, Ryan
has earned a reputation as the area’s preeminent construction lawyer through an ability to consistently deliver positive outcomes for
his clients.
Ryan was named as a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Go To Construction Lawyers for 2025, recognizing top lawyers across the
commonwealth with a history of success.
Partner Bio: Kathleen Bernardo
Practice Areas
• Real Estate (Chair)
Kathy Bernardo’s practice focuses on commercial real estate matters such as
conveyancing, financing, leasing, title matters and all aspects of complex property
transfers, including purchase agreements, easements, liquor license transfers, special
permits, regulatory compliance, zoning and variance issues, 1031 Exchange transfers,
boundary disputes, public and private conservation restrictions, including agricultural
preservation restrictions (APR), petitions to partition and other land court matters.
Kathy was named to The Best Lawyers in America list in 2024 and 2025, based on peer review and professional expertise.

Partner Bio: Mary Bonzagni
Practice Areas
• Intellectual Property & Technology (Co-chair)
Mary Bonzagni brings more than 30 years of technical IP experience to her clients.
Analytical skills, lateral thinking and intellectual curiosity are the unique qualities that
have sustained her successful career. She has drafted, prosecuted, defended and
licensed patents for a wide variety of inventions worldwide.
Mary has significant experience with patent prosecution in Australia, Brazil, Canada,
China, Egypt, Europe, Indonesia, India, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan, and has an extensive foreign associate base. She has enforced her clients’ patents in the U.S. and has
frequently defended her clients’ patents and opposed third-party patents before the European Patent Office, the Indian Patent
Office, the Stockholm District Court, the Milan and Bologna courts in Italy, and before IP Australia.
Previously, Mary worked as an analytical chemist where her in-depth experience provides her with a unique perspective that allows
her to offer clients both a legal and scientific strategy. In addition, she offers special expertise in chemical synthesis, organic synthesis
chemistry, medical devices, metallurgy and software.

Partner Bio: Mark D. Cress
Practice Areas
• Banking, Finance and Bankruptcy (Chair)
• Health Care (Co-Chair)
• Schools, Colleges and Universities
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate
Mark Cress has significant experience and possesses a broad range of knowledge and
skills in representing banks and other financial institutions, for profit and not-for-profit
entities and individual clients in connection with all forms of financing and business transactions. He also represents parties in creditordebtor
relationships and appears on behalf of creditor parties in proceedings before the United States Bankruptcy Court.
His experience includes representing lenders, including banks and other credit facility providers, and borrowers, including health
care and educational institutions and other not-for-profit entities in connection with publicly offered and privately placed tax-exempt
bonds issued through the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency. He also has substantial experience in representing lenders
and borrowers in connection with real estate and asset based secured financing transactions, and financing transactions involving the
federal New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) programs. In addition, Mark represents banks
and other financial institutions and debtor parties in connection with loan workouts, mortgage and other business asset foreclosures,
bankruptcy and other insolvency proceedings. He also regularly represents private closely held businesses, including health care and
other professional service practices, in providing advice and assistance in the areas of business organization, choice of entity, legal
structure, governance, financing and other commercial transactions involving real estate, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures,
and commercial leasing transactions.
Mark was named to the 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list in the areas of Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor
Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Corporate Law. He has been recognized by “Best Lawyers” for 24 consecutive years.
Associate Bio: Matthew Dziok
Practice Areas
• Litigation
• Professional Malpractice
• Independent Investigations
Matt Dziok is an attorney in the Litigation Department where his practice focuses
on civil litigation and regulatory matters. Matt has experience representing clients
in a range of litigation in federal and state courts including in the areas of medical
malpractice defense, health care, property tax, estate and probate, personal injury, and
complex commercial disputes. Matt also has experience advising clients, including individuals, businesses, health care entities, as well
as schools and universities, on a variety of statutory and regulatory compliance issues.
Previously, Matt worked as a private investigator, where he handled a variety of civil and criminal investigations.

Managing Partner Bio: Daniel J. Finnegan
Practice Areas
• Litigation
• Construction
• Real Estate
• Government Strategies
Dan Finnegan focuses his practice in the areas of litigation, property tax, construction
law, administrative law and land use. Dan handles all aspects of civil litigation,
arbitration and mediation, and has represented banks, financial institutions,
businesses, and governmental and individual clients at the trial and appellate court levels in both state and federal courts. Dan
has experience defending banks over alleging predatory lending, mortgage fraud and violation of consumer protection statutes.
He represents owners, design professionals and contractors in litigation and alternative dispute resolution forums and in the
negotiation and drafting of contracts. Dan represents taxpayers in proceedings before local boards of assessors, the Massachusetts
Appellate Tax Board and appellate courts. He also handles a wide range of zoning and land use matters, as well, as litigation matters
and has substantial experience representing clients before municipal boards and administrative agencies. He also has experience in
property tax abatement and exemption cases.
Dan was named to the 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list in the area of Administrative/Regulatory Law. He has been recognized by
“Best Lawyers” for 21 consecutive years.
Partner Bio: Mary Jo Kennedy
Practice Areas
• Employment Law (Co-Chair)
• Schools, Colleges and Universities
• Independent Investigations
• Health Care
With a focus on employment law, Mary Jo Kennedy has successfully represented
employers in defense of employment and discrimination claims in administrative
proceedings before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) and
in state and federal courts. She has also successfully represented employers in state court on wage and hour claims. Mary Jo regularly
advises employers on personnel and wage and hour issues, reviews and drafts personnel policies, and conducts seminars for clients on
sexual harassment in the workplace, employment discrimination in the hiring process, reasonable accommodations, and remote work.
Mary Jo has extensive experience conducting confidential investigations regarding allegations of employee misconduct for private and
public schools, as well as private employers.
Mary Jo was named to the 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list in the areas of Employment Law (Individuals), Employment Law
(Management) and Labor and Employment Litigation.

Associate Bio: Rachel Knauerhase
Practice Areas
• Business
Rachel Knauerhase is an attorney in the Business Department where she focuses on the
areas of business formation, mergers and acquisitions, and business succession planning.
Rachel graduated from Western New England University School of Law, magna cum laude,
in 2024, where she concentrated her studies on transactional law.
Associate Bio: Andrew Loin
Practice Areas
• Real Estate
• Business
Andrew Loin is an attorney in the Real Estate Department where he works on title matters,
including title insurance, drafts conveyance agreements, and handles commercial and
residential closings. Andrew graduated from Western New England University School of
Law in 2024.
Partner Bio: Lauren C. Ostberg
Practice Areas
• Cybersecurity (Co-Chair)
• Litigation
• Intellectual Property and Technology
Lauren Ostberg combines a liberal arts background and an aggressive disposition
to obtain real-world results for commercial litigants and other authors, creators and
technologists. No matter the forum — and she has appeared in federal, superior,
district, and probate court in the last year — or subject matter, Lauren evinces a
commitment to quality writing and her client’s enterprise.
Lauren was named to the 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation, honored as a
member of the 2021 class of 40 Under Forty by BusinessWest and was awarded the Fulbright ETA to Argentina.

Partner Bio: Michael Roundy
Practice Areas
• Litigation
• Independent Investigations
• Employment
• Cybersecurity
Mike Roundy’s litigation practice focuses on commercial litigation, property tax
abatement, employment law, utility law, probate litigation, construction law, insurance
defense and professional malpractice litigation.
Mike handles all aspects of civil litigation. He has represented corporate, business and individual clients in both state and federal
courts and before administrative agencies and boards. He has represented business owners, large and small corporations,
religious organizations, public utilities, consumers and individuals in a wide range of disputes including disputes involving property
tax contracts, construction, commercial leases, real estate, intellectual property, regulatory issues, products liability, defamation,
employment/wage issues, fraud, civil rights, non-compete agreements, probate disputes and tax appeals.
Mike has been recognized in the The Best Lawyers in America list in the area of Commercial Litigation since 2023.
Senior Counsel Bio: Mary-Lou Rup
Practice Areas
• Independent Investigations
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
Justice Rup, in over 25 years on the Massachusetts Superior Court, has presided over a
wide variety of cases. In her years on the bench, she has earned a reputation for fairness
and efficiency. After leaving the bench, she joined Bulkley Richardson as senior counsel,
handling the firm’s Independent Investigations Alternative Dispute Resolution practices,
along with Justice John Greaney.
Justice Rup has always been a proponent of legal education at many levels. She has lectured in high schools, colleges and law
schools. Over the last decade, she has traveled to Tomsk and Rostov as a participant in education exchange programs with Russian
legal professionals and more recently to Latin America, Israel and Jordan.
The Western New England Law Alumni Association honored Justice Rup, Class of 1978, with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award.