New England Legal Foundation

New England Legal Foundation Profile and History

NELF was founded in 1977. Our 46-person Board of Directors is composed of senior corporate and law firm attorneys, mostly General Counsel and Managing Partners, representing major corporations and law firms from all six New England states. NELF is also assisted by Advisory Councils of leading business and law firm representatives in each New England State who help us ensure that the Foundation is aware of emerging issues throughout the region. We currently have a full-time legal staff of three attorneys, including NELF's President and Acting General Counsel Martin Newhouse, Senior Staff Attorney Ben Robbins, and Staff Attorney John Pagliaro. Our office is administered by Maria Karatalidis. We do not charge attorneys' fees for our services, and are dependent on tax deductible contributions from businesses, law firms, individuals and charitable foundations to perform our mission.