North End Reisdent, Boston Attorney Elected President of the Massachusetts Bar Association

North End resident and Boston attorney Douglas K. Sheff has been elected president of the Massachusetts Bar Association for its 2013-14 year, beginning on Sept. 1. The MBA is the preeminent voice of the legal profession in Massachusetts, and Sheff is the first attorney in Massachusetts to serve as president of the MBA and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA), and as governor of the American Association of Justice (AAJ) and trustee of the AAJ’s National College of Advocacy.