Admitted
1957, Massachusetts; 1962, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1957
Law School Graduation Year
1957
College
Yale University, B.A., 1954
Memberships
Hampden County Bar Association (President, 1975; Member: Commission on Lawyer Professionalism, 1985-1989; Committee on the Recall of Retired Judges, 1986-1988)
Biographical
Instructor, Tort Law, 1970-1972 and Evidence, 1979, Western New England College School of Law. First Assistant City Solicitor, Springfield, 1964-1965. Chairman, Civic Center Commission, Springfield, 1968-1972. Justice, District Court of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1975-1978. Member, 1981-1985 and Chairman 1984-1985, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. Member, Supreme Judicial Court Committees on: Gender Bias Study, 1987-1989; Legal Education, 1979. Member: Commission on Lawyer Professionalism, 1985-1989; Committee on the Recall of Retired Judges, 1986-1989. Fellow and Life Member, American Bar Foundation. Fellow, Life Member and Trustee, Massachusetts Bar Foundation, 1993-1995.