Beth Boland
Beth Boland is the former Chair of the firm’s Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice, the Vice Chair of the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Team, and a former Vice Chair of the Litigation Department; and serves as Chair of the New England Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. She represents clients in shareholder suits, SEC and Attorney General investigations, and consumer class actions. Named one of the “most powerful business people” in Boston by the Boston Business Journal and one of the most “influential” Bostonians by Boston magazine, Beth regularly represents corporations in connection with insider trading issues, Ponzi schemes, financial fraud, corporate control issues, and derivative actions. She also advises corporate boards and audit committees, leads internal investigations and the defense of government enforcement actions involving whistleblower claims, government contracts, corporate governance issues, and disputes involving executive compensation and strategic business transactions.
Active on many fronts in the legal community, Beth co-chaired the Boston Bar Association (BBA) Task Force on Corporate Governance and was appointed by the chief justice of the trial court to co-chair the committee charged with overseeing the Massachusetts business court after its inception in 2000. As one of the youngest presidents of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA), she is considered a pioneer on issues affecting women in the profession and women who are victims of abuse. In 2010, the WBA presented her with its highest honor, the Lelia J. Robinson Award.