Maura l. sheehan, esq.
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, while an active duty military spouse and mother, Attorney Sheehan held Northeastern Co-op positions with Judge Patti Saris, Thornton & Early, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and Conservation Law Foundation.
Upon graduating from law school, 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, Attorney Maura L. Sheehan founded her law practice in Boston and Lexington, Massachusetts, focusing on real estate, estate planning, probate, small business, and sports law. Since 2000, her sports law practice has included sponsorship, broadcast, and merchandising agreements, athlete and on-air talent contracts, litigation, and public relations management.
Notably, she negotiated the 2010, 2012, and 2014 Frozen Fenway contracts and television rights for Hockey East. Her clients have included Hockey East, Atlantic Hockey, College Hockey, Inc., and the College Hockey Coaches Association, and she served as General Counsel to Massachusetts Hockey from 2019–2024.
Attorney Sheehan also has extensive trial experience in catastrophic medical malpractice, auto injury, and major personal injury cases, including representing victims of the “Big Dig.” She served on the Board of Governors for the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers (MATA) for over a decade and founded “Suburban Lunches,” a continuing legal education resource for suburban attorneys.
Her pro bono and civic work includes representing a 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund claimant, veteran advocacy, serving on the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals, coaching mock trial teams, and lecturing for professional bar associations. She currently serves on the boards of Newport Children’s Theatre and the Kate Grana Music and Arts Association.
Although the hockey skates are hung up, Attorney Sheehan enjoys Rhode Island ocean swimming and family life with her husband, grown children, grandson, and dogs. She is licensed to practice in Massachusetts.