Anna Shipley Roy

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Anna Shipley Roy
Boston
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Anna Roy is an associate in Goodwin’s Employment and Litigation practices. She joined the firm in 2024.

Experience

Before joining Goodwin, Anna served as a law clerk to the Honorable M. Page Kelley of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Prior to that, Anna was a senior litigation associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP, where she was a member of the firm’s Complex Trial & Appellate and Labor & Employment practice groups.

While completing her JD in Suffolk University Law School’s evening program, Anna worked full-time as a legislative director in the Massachusetts State Senate. She also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Norman H. Stahl of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and was a contributing Comment Editor for the Suffolk University Law Review. Following graduation, Anna served as a pro bono attorney in the Appellate Division of the Vermont Office of the Defender General.

Areas of Practice

Credentials

Education

JD2018

Suffolk University Law School

(summa cum laude)

BA2012

McGill University

(Honors in Political Science & Minor in Economics, with distinction)

Clerkships

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Honorable M. Page Kelley

Admissions

Bars

  • Massachusetts
  • Vermont

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Recognition & Awards

Anna received the Daniel J. Fern Award (valedictorian) and the Law Faculty Outstanding Student award for the Evening Division from Suffolk University Law School. She also received Jurisprudence Awards in Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property, and Securities Litigation, as well as the Amy E. Wells Family Law Book Award. She was a recipient of Suffolk Law School’s Trustee Academic Full-Tuition Scholarship and the Academic Leadership Scholarship.