Admitted
1977, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1980, District of Columbia; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boston University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Smith College, B.A., 1971
Memberships
Boston (ADR, Labor and ERISA Committees), Massachusetts and American Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association; Industrial Relations Research Association; American Arbitration Association; International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialist, South Shore Chamber of Commerce.
Biographical
Recipient: Cushing Gavin Award for Excellence in Labor Relations and Patriots Trail; Girl Scouts Leading Women Award. Certified Employee Benefit Specialist. Board of Directors, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Board of Directors, St. Coletta's Board of Trustees, Massachusetts Bar Foundation; Senior Advisory Council, Massachusetts Healthcare Human Resources Association. Author: Chapter on the Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement System, A Judicial Guide to Labor and Employment Law, the Flaschner Institute for Judicial Education, 1991; Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Lawyers Journal, 1996; Supreme Court Review, Benefits Quarterly, 1996; Trustees Role in the Investment of Plan Assets: The Prudent Fiduciary, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1995; Advising the Start Up Company on Basic Employment Issues and Pitfalls, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1995; Experimental Procedures: Avoiding Litigation, Managing Employee Health Benefits, Winter 1994; Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985: Temporary Extension of Coverage for Certain Employees and Family Members, Employee Benefits Symposium Proceedings, International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialties, 1987; Suspension of Pension Benefits, Annual Education Conference Proceedings, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1982—. Lecturer, Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector, Northeastern University, 1981-1985; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update Supreme Court Review, 1996; Lawyers Journal & Mass High Tech Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 1996; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update Health Legislation, 1996; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update Supreme Court Review Preemption, 1997; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update - Focus on Collectively Bargained and Multiemployer Plans, 1998; Employee Benefit Issues The Multiemployer Perspective Volume Thirty-nine, 1998; Employee Benefit Plan Review - Interview Attorney Reviews Significant Employee Benefit Cases, 1998; Benefits Quarterly Legal Update -