Thursday, June 30, 2011

Katherine Triantafillou

Katherine Triantafillou

2 comments:

Chester chalupowski said...

Katherine Triantafillou is an innovative lawyer, teacher and writer whose general litigation practice includes family and probate law, as well as mediation. Attorney Triantafillou was featured in Boston Magazine in 1994 as one of the city’s top lawyers and recognized in Feminists Who Have Changed America – 1963-1975 (2006).

An energetic and committed community leader, Katherine served three terms as a City Councilor in Cambridge, Massachusetts, led efforts to enact a first in the nation Asbestos Protection Ordinance, co-drafted the Abuse Prevention Act, a national legislative model for addressing domestic violence, established the right of unmarried co-habitants to jointly adopt in Adoption of Tammy, and helped enact the City of Cambridge’s Domestic Partnership Ordinance. Katherine co-founded the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association and the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association and served both organizations as founding co-chair. She was a member of Board of Directors of MassEquality for five years and served a term as the organization’s Vice-President.

Chester chalupowski said...

co-drafted the Abuse Prevention Act, a national legislative model for addressing domestic violence,