James M. Smith

Family, Mediation
1331 Main Street
Springfield, Massachusetts 01103


Family

Admitted

1976, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Boston College, J.D., 1975

Law School Graduation Year

1975

College

Tufts University, B.A. magna cum laude, 1971

Memberships

Hampden County and Massachusetts (Member, Family Law Division, Legislation Committee) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association.

Biographical

Author: Challenges to Drug Paraphernalia Laws, Drug Law Report, Fall, 1982; An Attempt to Cure the Model Drug Paraphernalia Act of Vagueness, How to Try a Solid Case, 1981. Contributing Editor, Massachusetts Family Law Journal, 1986—. Confrontation and The Child Hearsay Statute, The Massachusetts Family Law Journal, March 1993, Butterworth Legal Publishers. Faculty: Issues of Domestic Relations and Restraining Orders, April 1999, Hampton County Bar Association; Child Custody Guardian Ad Litem Training, May 1999, Hampton County Bar Association; The Rule of the Guardian Ad Litem: Directions and Concerns, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Massachusetts Bar Association, June 1999.

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