Joined April 2021
Annika Bockius-Suwyn (she/her/hers) currently practices estate planning and probate administration at her firm, ABS Law, LLC in Waltham. Annika joined the GLAD Board of Directors in 2021 and currently chairs the Development Committee. She was named a Mass. Super Lawyer and Rising Star in Estate Planning and Probate for 2019 through 2023.

Annika studied law at Boston University, focusing on diverse areas of family law, including assisted reproductive technology (ART), mediation, and the evolving rights of LGBTQ+ families. While in law school, she worked as a Rule 3:03 Student Attorney at BU’s Civil Litigation Clinic and was a founding member of the BU Family Law Association. Before joining DangerLaw, LLC, in June 2016, Annika served two terms as a Law Clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court (in Worcester, Middlesex, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties), where she researched complex legal issues and drafted judgments and findings in some of the busiest counties in the Commonwealth.

Annika joins GLAD’s Board after serving as a host committee member of the Spirit of Justice Awards Celebration in 2018 and host committee co-chair in 2019 and 2020. She also has co-hosted the “Get Your Queer Ducks in a Row” event for GLAD Forward, drawing on her estate planning expertise to share with the community. Annika cares deeply about giving back to the community and is thrilled to channel that passion into GLAD and the LGBTQ+ community.