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Anita P. Sharma
Anita P. Sharma, Esq. is the Executive Director of and a Senior Attorney at PAIR. Anita received her LL.M in International Legal Studies from American University Law School, concentrating in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. She earned her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, graduating with distinction in the Intellectual Property and High Technology Law concentration. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, in English Literature from Suffolk University, where she is currently an adjunct professor of English. Anita serves as co-chair of the Liaison Committee on Asylum for the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is a steering committee member of the Boston Bar Association’s (BBA) Delivery of Legal Services Section. Anita was selected as a member of the 2019 Barr Fellowship through the Barr Foundation. In 2016, Anita was honored by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for its Top Women of Law Award. From 2010-2012, she co-chaired the BBA’s Immigration Section, of which she is currently a steering committee member. She was selected for the 2008-2009 BBA Public Interest Leadership Program, during which time she formed a project to increase pro bono interest in detention work. Anita received the Unsung Heroine of Massachusetts Award from the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women in 2009, and the BBA’s John G. Brooks Public Service Award in 2006 for her outstanding representation of asylum-seekers and her mentorship to hundreds of pro bono attorneys who represent PAIR clients. Before coming to PAIR, Anita worked at WARLAW, a Delhi-based NGO that focuses on women’s rights in India. Anita is fluent in Hindi and Punjabi. She joined PAIR in 2002.
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Selected Works
Anita P. SharmaExecutive Director/Senior Attorney
Amy MercureBookkeeper
Elena NoureddineLegal Director
Elizabeth BadgerSenior Asylum Attorney
Seth PurcellAsylum Attorney
Violeta HaralampievaAsylum Attorney
Sarah AllarAsylum Attorney
Marianne StaniunasAsylum Attorney
Heather P. ArroyoDetention Attorney
Irene FreidelDetention Attorney
Juan BedoyaSkadden Fellow
Katherine HoriganCradle to Career Fellow
Mikaela Wolf-SorokinCommunity Engagement Manager
Jennifer ReyesIntake Coordinator/Cummings Fellow
Gabriella ChavezSocial Services Coordinator
Angela ArzuPrograms/Administrative Associate
Yanzie ChowDevelopment & Communications Associate