About Us

Garrett is the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Mass. LGBTQ Bar Association and has served on the board since 2025. Garrett is an employment attorney with Jackson Lewis who focuses on investigations, advice and counsel, and litigation including restrictive covenants, discrimination, retaliation, and many other areas. Before Garrett has always had a passion for mentoring others and helping those in the community navigate spaces not always “meant for” them. After graduating from Bryant University with a B.A., Garrett received his law degree from Roger Williams University School of Law. After law school, Garrett clerked for the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s Law Clerk Department, Trial Court Division where he clerked for Associate Justice Brian Stern.

Garrett can be reached at garrett.gee@jacksonlewis.com.

Sav Arguello (they/them) is current Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the MA LGBTQ Bar Association and has served on the Board since 2023. From 2025-2026, Sav served as the Co-Chair of the Board. Sav is an Assistant Attorney General with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. Prior to joining the Attorney General's office, Sav worked at Mintz as a litigation associate and and previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Mark V. Green (Ret.) at the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Sav graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law in 2022, where they served as the co-president of OutLaw, managing editor of the Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, and an SJC Rule 3:03 student defense attorney in BU Law’s criminal law clinic.

You can reach Sav at sav.arguello@gmail.com.

Eve Keller (she/her) has served on the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association’s Board of Directors since 2024. She is a Principal at Jackson Lewis, where she advises employers on workplace matters, provides preventive counseling, trains managers and human resources professionals, and represents clients in employment litigation. She also mentors new attorneys at the firm.

Eve has been a member of the Association’s Scholarship Committee for several years. In that role, she helps select the annual recipient of the Alec Gray Memorial Scholarship, which recognizes a law student who demonstrates leadership and a commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. She also serves on the Association’s Law Student & Mentorship Committee, helping pair law students with attorney mentors and organizing related programming.

Previously, Eve served as president and vice president of her neighborhood civic association. She organized community events, led efforts to improve local parks and playgrounds, and advocated for residents before local government.

Eve earned her B.A. in U.S. History from Columbia University and her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law. During law school, she participated in OUTLaw, mentored LGBTQ+ law students, and worked at the Mazzoni Center, where she prepared name-change petitions for transgender Philadelphians.

You can reach Eve at eve.keller@jacksonlewis.com

Philip Hamzik (he/him) joined the Board of Directors in 2024.  He is an associate at Wolf Greenfield & Sacks P.C. (Wolf Greenfield) where he maintains a practice concentrated on patent protection, global patent prosecution, portfolio management and all aspects of intellectual property.  Philip received his BS in Chemistry from Northeaster University, PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his JD from Suffolk University School of Law. Philip can be reached at philip.hamzik@wolfgreenfield.com

Michael Anderson (he/him) joined the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association in 2026. Michael is an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the City of Boston, where he represents the City and Boston Public Schools in civil litigation and advises district leadership on a wide-array of municipal matters. 

Before joining the City, Michael served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, where he investigated and prosecuted complex environmental crimes and served as the founding chair of the office’s Pride Employee Resource Group. He previously practiced as an attorney with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families and as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County. Michael is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and is passionate about strengthening professional connections, mentorship, and opportunities for LGBTQ+ attorneys throughout Massachusetts.

Layth Hert joined the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association in 2026. Layth graduated from Suffolk University Law School in 2023 and from Boston University in 2020. Prior to joining Coughlin Betke, Layth worked at a boutique commercial litigation firm in Boston and clerked at the Connecticut Superior Court. While at Suffolk Law, Layth served as the Executive Editor of the Journal of Health and Biomedical Law and as president of OutLaw, the law school’s LGBTQ+ student organization. Layth was also a Rule 3:03 Certified Student Attorney with Suffolk Law’s Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic and a teaching assistant for Commercial Law Survey. Outside of law school, Layth completed judicial internships with the Honorable William G. Young at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and with the Honorable Kenneth V. Desmond, Jr. at the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Layth graduated from Suffolk Law with an Intellectual Property Law Concentration with Distinction and Pro Bono Honors, and was the recipient of the 2023 Pro Bono Service Award. At Coughlin Betke, Layth works in all aspects of civil litigation, including commercial litigation, personal injury, premises liability, and products liability.

Monica Towle (She/Her) is the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors and has served the board since 2025. Monica is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and committed to mentorship and community engagement. She is an employment litigation attorney at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Monica earned her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2015.

Monica can be reached at mbtowle@mintz.com.

Rachel Hutchinson (she/her) joined the board in 2022 and is currently serving as Secretary. She is a civil litigation associate at Todd & Weld LLP, where she maintains a practice concentrated on higher education law representing colleges and universities, complex commercial disputes, and employment discrimination. Rachel is an alumna of Harvard Law and McMaster University.  During her 1L and 3L summers, she worked at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), assisting in the fight for LGBTQ+ parentage rights.

She can be reached at rhutchinson@toddweld.com

Rose Collins (she/her) joined the Board of Directors in 2023 and from 2025-2026 served as Secretary. Rose is a litigation and investigations associate at Hinckley Allen, where she focuses primarily complex commercial litigation, as well as employment dispute investigations and litigation. Prior to joining Hinckley Allen, Rose was a litigation associate at Nelson Mullins. Rose is a proud graduate of Boston University School of Law, where she served as the Vice President of the Student Government Association and administrative editor of the Boston University Public Interest Law Journal. Rose is also an alumna of The George Washington University, where she worked at the school's LGBTQ+ Resource Center.  

You can reach Rose at rcollins@hinckleyallen.com.

Eva Jellison (she/her) has been involved with the MA LGBTQ Bar Association for 15 years. Attorney Jellison previously co-chaired the Board from 2022-2025 and the Committee for Transgender Inclusion from 2014-2020.  Attorney Jellison is a partner at Jellison & Nathanson, LLP, of Boston, MA, and she specializes in post-conviction criminal and juvenile defense. She has been a Super Lawyer's Rising Star 2020-2025 and was recognized as one of the Best 40 Under 40 LGBTQ+ Attorneys of 2025 by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. She clerked for Chief Justice Dana Fabe (Ret.) of the Alaska Supreme Court. She attended Northeastern University School of Law and Stanford University.

She can be reached through her website.

Hayley Brown (She/Her) joined the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association in 2026. Hayley is an Associate with Hackett Feinberg. Haley is a passionate advocate for strong communities, concentrating her legal practice in affordable housing and community development, commercial lending, and commercial real estate financing. She represents nonprofit organizations, state and local government agencies, developers, banks and other financial institutions in structuring and documenting commercial and real estate finance transactions. Prior to joining Hackett Feinberg, Haley worked on public policy research and writing, with a focus on affordable housing policy, as a Massachusetts Senate Fellow for Senator Pat Jehlen and as part of a fellowship with the Civic Action Project. She also worked for Massachusetts Housing Partnership, preparing Chapter 102 Custodian Delivery compliance packages.