the suffolk university law school alumni association, operates chapters in all 50 states throughout the united states and 22 different countries. throughout suffolk's history, faculty, alumni, and former students have played prominent roles in many different fields. eleven suffolk university law school graduates have represented the states of rhode island and massachusetts in the united states house of representatives in every congress since the start of the 70th congress in 1928, including two current members john f. tierney, since 1997 from massachusetts' 6th congressional district, and william r. keating, since 2010 representing massachusetts' 10th congressional district. suffolk university law school alumni also hold a plurality in the massachusetts senate, massachusetts house of representatives, rhode island senate, and rhode island house of representatives, including senate president pro tempore john f. mcburney iii of the rhode island senate. other suffolk alumni include the current, and 41st, attorney general of rhode island patrick c. lynch since 2003, current, and 33rd, new jersey secretary of state nina mitchell wells since 2006, current, and 26th, massachusetts secretary of the commonwealth william f. galvin since 1995, current, and 57th, attorney general of maine william schneider since 2011 and general treasurer of rhode island frank t. caprio since 2006. suffolk university law school alumni also hold a majority of the district attorney positions in the commonwealth of massachusetts; they include jonathan w. blodgett of essex county, gerard leone of middlesex county, tim cruz of plymouth county, daniel f. conley of suffolk county, and michael morrissey of norfolk county. attorney marsha kazarosian has handled high-profile cases, including a teenaged defendant from the 1991 pamela smart murder case in which a newlywed bride conspired with a teenaged lover to have her husband murdered.