Law Tutors

Tania N. Shah, Esq.
President

Tania is the President and Founder of LawTutors, LLC and a Partner of the Law Firm Shah Law, LLC where she practices business law, litigation, landlord-tenant law and consumer protection.

Tania earned her Juris Doctor from Boston University Law School in May of 2000, where she was Executive Editor of the Journal of Science & Technology Law and a Finalist in the Honors Albers Moot Court Final competition. She was a Semifinalist in the National Moot Court Competition and Albers Moot Court Director and Judge. She was also President of the South Asian American Law Student Association. Ms. Shah is a High Honors graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. She was awarded her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Economics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Rhetoric, High Honors. She was the 1997 commencement Speaker at U.C. Berkeley College of Environmental Economics, and a 4-year Dean’s List and Scholarship recipient.

Tania is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and served on the Board of Directors as Section Counsel. Tania was also Co-Author of the Massachusetts Mock Trial Case Materials, 2002-2003 and Trial Attorney Coach, sponsored by MA Bar Association. Ms. Shah has also served as Mock Trial Attorney Coach and Faculty Trial Attorney Coach at Maimonides High School in Brookline, MA.

In addition to teaching with LawTutors, Ms. Shah is an adjunct professor at Southern New England School of Law, and teaches for Emanuel Bar Review. She also has a book on Massachusetts essay writing coming out in December 2008.

Melissa A. Gill, Esq.
Head Attorney Instructor

Melissa is Head Attorney Instructor for LawTutors, LLC, and Of Counsel for Shah Law, LLC practicing business, contract, trademark and consumer protection law.

Melissa earned her Juris Doctorate from New England School of Law in May 2006, and passed both the New York and Massachusetts Bars. While at New England, she was on the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, Secretary of the Student Bar Association and chaired the Barrister’s Ball. Melissa tutored Constitutional Law for the school as a 2L, and taught legal research and a 3L. Melissa was a research assistant for two intellectual property professors, and assisted in researching and editing the book Sports Law, Cases and Materials, By Russ VerSteeg.

In addition to teaching with LawTutors, Ms. Gill is an adjunct professor at Southern New England School of Law, and teaches for Emanuel Bar Review. She also has a book on Massachusetts essay writing coming out in December 2008. In addition, she works closely with the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and advises the Boston University Chapter of Sigma Kappa.

David Hirschbirg, Esq.
Head Attorney Instructor, NY

David has been preparing students for standardized tests for the past eight years. During that time, he has helped students succeed in subjects ranging from calculus to contracts. He spent six years working for Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions, where he was a master teacher specializing in LSAT instruction and the training of new teachers.

David graduated with honors from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2007, where he was an associate editor of the Cardozo Law Review and a member of the trial team.

Eva Taylor, Esq.
Head Attorney Instructor, California

Eva graduated New England School of Law in May 2006. A graduate of Simmons College, where she was an Honors Program student, Eva was deeply involved in intercollegiate Lincoln Douglas debate where she sparred with students from Cornell, WestPoint, and others. She placed in the finals of the national Lincoln Douglas championships during her junior year. In 2002, she studied in Mexico where she received a graduate certificate through the study abroad program in conflict resolution and mediation from the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. During law school she interned with the PAIR Project, the Irish Immigration Center, and the law firm of Mintz Levin. She is admitted in both Massachusetts and California; she passed both bar exams on her first attempts. Eva practices consumer rights and bankrupcty law in greater Los Angeles. She is a member of the LA County Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Central District of California Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association.

Alexis Demirjian, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Alexis is a 2000 graduate of Suffolk University Law School. She is employed by the Massachusetts Department of Correction where she focuses on defense of prisoner litigation claims in state and federal court. Prior to working for the Department of Correction, she was in-house counsel at the Boston Police Department where she prosecuted internal affair complaints and defended employment discrimination cases before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Massachusetts Civil Service Commission.

Diana Delaney, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Heather Douglas, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Heather earned her Juris Doctor from New England Law-Boston in May of 2002. While at New England, she was on the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, Secretary of the Student Bar Association and chaired the Barrister’s Ball. She was also a student instructor for legal research and writing both her 2L and 3L years. Her studies of focus included, Taxation, International Business Transactions, and other corporate related matters.

Professionally, Heather practices as in-house counsel to a wireless telecommunications company headquartered in Boston. She has worked as a corporate attorney for them for approximately 5 years and is now managing the wireless accounts in the Northeast Area specifically, the New England region and NY. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, and admitted to practice in the United States Federal District Court.

Joseph Keeney, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Joe is a native from Southern, Ohio, and he has been living in Massachusetts since 2005. Prior to moving to Massachusetts, Joe attended Marshall University where be received a B.B.A. in Economics while minoring in Management. Following his undergraduate studies, Joe attended the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and graduated with a litigation concentration. Currently, Joe works in the financial services industry where his organization provides regulatory compliance support for insurers and third party administrators. In addition, Joe consults in the areas of criminal law and civil rights litigation.

Anna Lucey, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Anna serves as the legal counsel to the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in the Massachusetts Legislature. Anna graduated from Suffolk University Law School, cum laude, in 2006 where she focused her studies on real estate, land use, and environmental and administrative law. While at Suffolk, Anna was president of the Suffolk Environmental Law Society, editor of the Green Gavel, Suffolk’s environmental law publication, and coach of the environmental law moot court team. Her previous job experiences include working as an intellectual property paralegal at Ropes & Gray as well as internships with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the US Small Business Administration. Anna is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and belongs to the Women’s Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts.

Jason Mahoney, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Jason earned his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in May of 2006. He attended BC Law on a Presidential Scholarship, an annual $15,000.00 grant toward his tuition. Jason attended Boston University on a merit-based, full-tuition scholarship and graduated in 1999 with three Bachelor of Arts degrees: one in Classics, one in History and one in Political Science. Jason is a (almost) lifelong resident of Boston and Brookline and graduated from Brookline High School in 1995.

Professionally, Jason practices real estate law in Boston representing buyers, sellers, lenders and investors. He and his family have built homes in Boston, Brookline & Newton for four generations, and he represents clients as a real estate broker as well. He worked as a corporate compliance paralegal on Wall Street from 1999 to 2003 and continues to consult on insurance related compliance issues today. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts and the Boston Bar Association.

Sheri Mason, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Sheri received her degree from Suffolk Law school, and is currently licensed in both Massachusetts and New York. While at Suffolk, she focused on Intellectual Property Law, and graduated with a concentration in Intellectual Property. She was also a chair of the Intellectual Property Law Student Association. Sheri is currently the Director of Legal Referrals at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

Marina Moriarty, Esq.

Attorney Instructor

Marina is currently clerking at the Massachusetts Appeals Court and previously clerked for the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Marina is a 2006 magna cum laude graduate of Suffolk Law School where she focused on criminal and constitutional law. While at Suffolk, Marina was a member of the Moot Court Board, Editor-in-Chief of the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy and the recipient of the 2006 Phi Delta Phi Professional Responsibility Award. Marina is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

Christine Therrien, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Christine earned her B.A. from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia and her JD from New England School of Law in Boston in 2006. Christine is a Court Appointed Special Advocate in Worcester County.

Roderick Woods, Esq.
Attorney Instructor

Roderick is a 2007 graduate of Albany Law School of Union University, where he earned a concentration in corporate law. During his tenure at Albany Law School, Roderick was a litigation intern with the New York State Office of the Attorney General and a law clerk with a major Albany-area firm.

Since relocating to New England, Roderick was employed as an associate with a small firm in western Massachusetts. Presently engaged in the private practice of law in Connecticut, where he oversees litigation and transactional matters, Roderick is admitted to the Connecticut bar, with a pending bar admission in Washington, D.C., and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar Association, and the Hartford County Bar Association.

Samantha Bachrach
Office Manager

Samantha is in her sophmore year at Simmons College in the Fall of 2006. Samantha has been with LawTutors almost two years and has assisted in the growth and development of the business. Samantha is very talented; she is the glue that holds LawTutors together. Samantha assists in the day-to-day running of LawTutors and is the best person to go to for any questions or concerns.

Thomas Koch
IT Director

Thomas has brought LawTutors into a new technological dimension. Tania rewards Thomas with Indian food that she pretends she made but she really just runs down the street and buys it from the local Indian cafe.

Shannon Jamieson, Esq.

Attorney Instructor

Shannon Jamieson received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk Law School with a concentration in Intellectual Property Law, and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. Professionally, she is a Principal at Revolve Law, a division of the Exemplar Companies, where she practices corporate, copyright, trademark and entertainment law. Before her time at Revolve, Shannon worked at a nonprofit organization, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, as Coordinator of Legal Services.
Shannon attended the University of Miami and graduated cum laude after having studied Music Business and the Entertainment Industries, including a semester abroad in England where she focused on international music and entertainment markets. She also minored in both Business Law and Spanish Literature. Shannon lives in Watertown with her boyfriend and their three lovely cats. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, knitting, and playing video games.