Tara Dunn is a judicial law clerk at the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts. She was previously an associate at the law firm of Todd & Weld in Boston, where she specialized in complex civil litigation matters, including commercial and employment law. A former assistant attorney general in Massachusetts, Tara’s work focused on civil rights, fair housing, and environmental protections, among other enforcement matters. She is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, where she played basketball and volleyball, and then served in the Air Force for 7 years. Tara is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and she currently serves in the Air Force Reserves as a Judge Advocate General. She is trustee at the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and President-Elect of the Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys.

Nick Hasenfus is a partner at Holland & Knight. He concentrates his practice on technology transactions and intellectual property licensing. Nick is the pro bono chair of the firm’s Veterans Group where he manages and oversees H&K’s military and veteran pro bono initiatives. Since taking over this role in 2016, H&K has performed over 42,000 hours of military and veteran pro bono valued at over $28 million. Nick is on the board of directors of Veterans Legal Services; a special advisor (and former committee member) for the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel; co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Veterans & Servicemembers Law Forum; and was a member of Legal Services Corporations’ Veterans Task Force.  Nick was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps where he deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Alexandra Trobe is an associate at Williams & Connelly. Previously, Alex was a judicial clerk at the U.S. Court for International Trade, located in New York City. After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2013, Alex served more than 5 years in the Air Force, including a year stationed in Portugal. She earned a certificate in Military Speechwriting from Georgetown University in 2017 and ​graduated from the Boston University School of Law in 2021. Alex is on the board of directors of Veterans Legal Services, serving as a member of the Finance/Audit and Education & Outreach committees.​

Nora Tyer-Witek has served for the past eight years as the Clerk of Court for the District Court for the District of Rhode Island in Providence. She is a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Judge Advocate, serving in many capacities over twenty years of active duty. Nora has her LLM in criminal law from the Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, VA, her JD from the University of Illinois College of Law and her BS in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago, Magna Cum Laude. She has been married to her partner Bryan for 28 years and has five children.

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To learn more about Nora, you can read the following article in the Providence Journal:  Women in Action: Clerk of Courts Nora Tyer-Witek brings military order to role (providencejournal.com)