Costello, ’05, succeeds Godfrey, ’99, as director of ABA Commission on Law and Aging

The American Bar Association has selected Erica Costello, a 2005 graduate of the Brandeis School of Law, as director of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging, effective Jan. 6, 2024. Costello has been with the commission since 2022 as senior attorney/chief counsel. She succeeds David Godfrey, a 1999 Brandeis Law graduate, who has been with the commission for 15 years, serving as director for the last two years.

The mission of the Commission on Law and Aging is to educate and advocate to protect the rights and dignity of adults as they age. The vision of the ABA Commission on Law and aging is a society where the rights of every adult as they age are acknowledged, respected and protected.

The ABA Commission on Law and Aging leads the association in strengthening and securing the legal rights, dignity, autonomy, quality of life and quality of care of older adults. The commission accomplishes its work through research, policy development, advocacy, education, training and through assistance to lawyers, bar associations and others working on aging issues. Learn more at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/