Harvey Kaplan. Harvey received his J.D. at Boston University in 1974, and his B.A. at Clark University in 1968. He established his own law firm in 1977. Harvey united forces with Maureen O'Sullivan and Jeremiah Friedman to form KAPLAN, O'SULLIVAN & FRIEDMAN in 1990. He has taught at Northeastern University School of Law from 1982 to the present time. He has also taught immigration law at Harvard Law School. Harvey has been named in "Best Lawyers in America" from 1991-present, and was the recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's (AILA) first Mentor Award in 1992. Harvey was also the recipient of the Third Annual Carol King Award from the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild for excellence in the practice of immigration law. Recently, he received along with Maureen O'Sullivan, AILA's 2002 Elmer Fried Award for excellence in teaching immigration law.

Maureen O'Sullivan. Maureen received her L.L.M. from Harvard Law School in 1986 and her J.D. From Antioch School of Law in 1981. Maureen has been a partner at KOF from 1990 to the present time. She is a frequent speaker at immigration law training seminars, and has also taught immigration and refugee law at Northeastern University School of Law and Franklin Pierce Law Center since 1987. Maureen has been named in"Best Lawyers in America" from 1994- present, and was the recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Mentor Award in 1994 and the Boston Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project's Mentor Award in 1992 and 1999. From 1982 through 1985, Maureen was the Director of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. She was previously an Officer of the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chair 1993-1994, Vice-Chair 1991-1992, Secretary 1990-1991), and she remains an active member. Recently, Maureen along with Harvey Kaplan, received AILA's 2002 Elmer Fried Award recognizing excellence in teaching immigration law.