Boston, MA – Morrison Mahoney partner Michael H. Hayden has been elected Treasurer of the Massachusetts Bar Association for its 2022-23 year, beginning on September 1. He will serve as a member of the MBA’s leadership team under incoming President Grace V.B. Garcia, who will lead the bar’s efforts to improve lawyer well-being and civility, with a focus on diversity and inclusion at the MBA and across the profession.
In addition to serving as MBA treasurer, Mike has served on the MBA’s Executive Management Board and as chair of the MBA’s Judicial Administration Section Council from 2018 to 2021. In 2017 and 2018, he was a member of the section’s Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Diversity, which successfully introduced a resolution at the MBA’s House of Delegates supporting efforts to increase diversity in the court system. He has frequently chaired sessions of the MBA’s “View from the Bench” continuing legal education series, which includes Massachusetts Superior Court and District Court judges as panelists. During the pandemic, Mike has chaired six View from the Bench programs via Zoom, including a monthly series focused on how to advance civil cases during the pandemic. In addition, he has participated as a lecturer at various other MBA education courses, including its Practicing with Professionalism program. At the firm, Mike serves as chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
The MBA’s leadership team for the 2022-23 year includes President Grace Garcia, President-elect Damian Turco, Vice President Victoria Mair and Secretary Sam Segal.
About the Massachusetts Bar Association
Incorporated in 1911, the Massachusetts Bar Association is a non-profit organization that serves the legal profession and the public by promoting the administration of justice, legal education, professional excellence, and respect for the law. The MBA represents a diverse group of attorneys, judges, and legal professionals across the Commonwealth.
A new House of Delegates governs the business of the MBA each association year and is comprised of officers and section chairs, along with the two immediate past presidents, regional delegates, at-large delegates and representatives of MBA's affiliated bar associations, the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, and the Massachusetts ABA delegate. MBA officers include the president, president-elect, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. Each fulfills a one-year term. The president is responsible for selecting the association's executive management board and section leadership. Section Council chairs select a group of 10-15 legal professionals to serve on their respective councils. The section councils are responsible for much of the association's activity throughout the year under the leadership of officers.
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