MAUREEN Scannell Bateman is counsel for the Butzel Long firm in New York City, executive vice president and general counsel of State Street Corporation and partner of Holland & Knight. She sits on several boards, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and serves as a director of the Catholic Schools' Foundation of Boston and the Boston Bar Foundation.
All four of Bateman's grandparents were born in Ireland. On her mother's side they hailed from Dublin and Longford, and on her father's side from Cork and Kerry.
Her grandfather served on the New York police force, retiring as a lieutenant, and her father, David T. Scannell, graduated from Fordham University, served as a detective, attended Fordham Law School at night and ultimately became vice chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Bateman also graduated from Fordham Law School, served on its board of trustees for 12 years, was vice chairman and is presently trustee fellow. 
Scannell Bateman is a member of the board of directors the American Irish Historical Society.

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