MEET YOUR BOARD Anh Le Kremer National President
Anh Le Kremer is the chief operating officer and general counsel at Nystrom & Associates, Ltd. Kremer has been an active member of the FBA since the start of her legal career in 2001. Her involvement with the FBA began with the Minnesota Chapter, where she was a member of the Executive Committee and served in a number of leadership roles before serving as the circuit vice president for the Eighth Circuit for two terms, receiving the Outstanding Service Award in 2011 for her work. She served on the FBA Board of Directors from 2013 to 2016 and was appointed by then-president Judge Michael Newman in January 2017 to fill a vacancy on the board from January through September 2017. Kremer served on the Sections and Divisions Council. She is also a past chair of the Professional Ethics Committee, where she assisted with the development of a Standards of Professional Ethics and Conduct Policy, which was adopted by the board and sets the standards of conduct expected of our leadership. Kremer is a past chair of the Audit Committee (2015), past chair of the Shaw Younger Lawyers Public Service Award and Grant Committee (2017), and past chair of the Constitution, Bylaws, Rules and Resolutions Committee (2018), and she has served on other FBA committees, including the Nominations and Elections Committee, the Sarah T. Hughes Awards Committee, the Women and the Law Conference Planning Committee, and the Rising Professionals Symposium Planning Committee. Kremer also served as the general counsel for the FBA for FY 2019.
Kremer was elected as the treasurer in FY 2020 and has progressed through the leadership ladder, recently installed as president for FY 2022. In addition to her work with the FBA, Kremer is also a frequent speaker at various bar association events, including the Third Annual Women of Color in the Law Forum (2018) and the Association of Corporate Counsel Women In the House: Bringing the Strength & Power of Women to the Workplace.
Matthew C. Moschella National President-Elect
Matthew C. Moschella is a partner at Sherin and Lodgen LLP in Boston, where he represents clients in all types of civil litigation. He is also a member of the firm’s Employment Law and Professional Liability Groups. Moschella counsels clients in various industries on employment risk management issues, including preventing discrimination claims; hiring and termination issues; employment contracts; employee handbooks; and noncompete, nonsolicitation, and nondisclosure agreements. Moschella graduated from Boston College, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, and Northeastern University School of Law. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Hon. Judith Gail Dein, U.S. magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. During law school, he interned with a district judge at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, two Boston civil litigation firms,
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and the Massachusetts Department of Social Services’ legal department. Moschella has been active in the FBA since 2004. He has been a board member of the Younger Lawyers Division (YLD) for several years and has recently served as chair. He is also the co-chair of the FBA’s Supreme Court Admissions Program, which is coordinated by the YLD. Moschella is also active in the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA. He has been a member of its Executive Council and an officer for several years.
Jonathan O. Hafen National Treasurer
Jonathan O. Hafen is widely regarded as one of Utah’s top lawyers. As a trial lawyer, Hafen handles a wide variety of litigation, including cases in the areas of securities and investment law, employment law, regulatory enforcement defense, ownership and control of businesses, class actions, and legal malpractice defense. Hafen also serves as legal counsel to numerous small, midsize, and multinational companies, utilizing the significant resources available at his law firm, Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, to address the broad spectrum of legal challenges routinely confronting business leaders. Most recently, he has devoted a significant portion of his time serving as the court-appointed receiver in a $200-million precious metals Ponzi scheme. Following a nomination, research, and blue-ribbon review process, Hafen was named one of the “Top 10” lawyers in the Mountain States (Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming) by Super Lawyers
