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Seth Purcell
Seth Purcell, Esq. is the Interim Legal Director (formerly senior staff attorney) at PAIR. Seth specializes in asylum matters and manages the Asylum Intake Initiative at PAIR. He is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law. Seth earned a Master’s Degree in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Tufts University. Prior to law school, Seth spent several years living and working overseas, mainly in West and East Africa. He began as a volunteer for the Peace Corps in Niger and has since worked on development projects in places such as Burkina Faso, Mali, Uganda, South Sudan, and Fiji. Seth served as a legal intern at PAIR, as a law clerk at Joyce & Associates, and as a fellow at Physicians for Human Rights in Boston. Seth is conversant in French. He joined PAIR in 2015.
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Selected Works
Anita P. SharmaExecutive Director/Senior Attorney
Amy MercureBookkeeper
Elena NoureddineInterim Executive Director
Yanzie ChowInterim Operations Director
Elizabeth BadgerSenior Asylum Attorney
Seth PurcellInterim Legal Director
Melanie GleasonPro Bono Involvement Coordinator
Violeta HaralampievaAsylum Attorney
Marianne StaniunasAsylum Attorney
Sarah AllarAsylum Attorney
Heather P. ArroyoDetention Attorney
Irene FreidelDetention Attorney
Juan BedoyaSkadden Fellow
Julia CiachurskiLegal Fellow/Community Engagement
Gabriella ChavezParalegal
Angela Arzu CadetPrograms Associate
Connor Finegan VasuIntake Coordinator/Cummings Fellow
Daniela HargusDetention Paralegal
Luke MorrellAdministrative Associate
Anghie Guevara ReyesIntake Assistant