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Mikayla C. Foster

Foster_Mikayla

Mikayla C. Foster

Counsel

Boston + 1 617 526 6427

Mikayla Foster focuses her practice on complex commercial and public interest litigation in state and federal court. Ms. Foster also maintains an active pro bono practice with a focus on reproductive justice and voting rights.

Ms. Foster represents a wide range of clients, including technology companies, government contractors, and financial institutions. She has experience handling fast-moving and complex litigation on behalf of those clients at all stages of litigation.

In 2025, Ms. Foster served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Trial Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. There she represented state agencies and employees in defensive civil litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Foster served as a judicial intern for the Honorable F. Dennis Saylor IV of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts and a legal intern for the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. She was also a student attorney at the Boston University Law Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinic.

Before law school, Ms. Foster worked for a congresswoman and on several successful state and federal political campaigns.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Boston University School of Law, 2019

      cum laude

      Senior Editor, Boston University Law Review

      Edward F. Hennessey Scholar, Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar 

      Dean’s Awards in Constitutional Law, Evidence and Criminal Procedure

    • BA, Politics, minor in Dance, Bates College, 2013

      cum laude

      Phi Beta Kappa

      Garold W. Thumm Prize in Politics

  • Admissions

    • Massachusetts

    • New Hampshire

    • US District Court for the District of Massachusetts

    • US District Court for the District of New Hampshire

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