Albert Wallis has joined Brown, Rudnick Freed & Gesmer of Providence as executive director of the newly created Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest. The center is an umbrella organization that encompasses all pro-bono, charitable giving, community involvement and public interest cases at the firm. Wallis previously served as general counsel for the Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority, which provides tax-exempt conduit financing for qualified non-profit entities, including hospitals, colleges and cultural institutions. He received his bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University in New York in 1970 and his juris doctor from Boston University School of Law in 1973.
