Attorney Maura L. Sheehan graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1985. Before entering Northeastern University School of Law in 1989, Attorney Sheehan worked as an analyst for the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen. During law school, Attorney Sheehan held Northeastern Co-op positions with Judge Patti Saris, Thornton & Early, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and Conservation Law Foundation. Attorney Sheehan also completed coursework at the Tufts University Graduate School of Civil Engineering, with a focus on environmental law, epidemiology, and toxic torts.
Upon graduating from law school in 1993, Maura spent several years as an associate attorney at Thornton & Early and Stephen J. Kiely and Associates of Boston, where she represented over 100 women in the Silicone Breast Implant Multi-District Litigation.
In 1996 Maura established the Law Office of Maura L. Sheehan in Boston and Lexington, Massachusetts, where she represents clients in real estate transactions, estate planning, probate, small business matter, and sports law. Since 2000, Attorney Sheehan’s sports law practice has included representation of clients in various sports-related matters including, sponsorship contracts, regional and national television broadcast license agreements, merchandising agreements, individual athlete and on-air talent contracts, litigation and public relations management, and most notably, the 2010, 2012, and 2014 Frozen Fenway contracts and associated television contracts for Hockey East. Attorney Sheehan’s sports law practice has grown significantly over the past 15 years. Clients currently include Hockey East, Women’s Hockey East, Atlantic Hockey, College Hockey, Inc., and the College Hockey Coaches Association. In addition, attorney Sheehan is currently general counsel to Massachusetts Hockey.
Attorney Sheehan’s pro bono and civic work includes representation of a victim under the 9/11 Victim Compensation Program, service as a Veteran’s Benefit advocate, membership on the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals, a Lexington Minutemen Patriot’s Day reenactor, and a coach for Massachusetts and Rhode Island Middle School Mock Trial Teams. In addition, attorney Maura Sheehan has served on panels for the Women’s Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association and lectured on Sports Law.
Creator of the Suburban Lunch program held weekly since 2003, she provides members an opportunity to regularly participate in convenient and informal legal education.
Attorney Maura L. Sheehan is licensed to practice in Massachusetts.
Contact info:
Phone: 781-860-9593
info@maurashelaw.com