Admitted
1970, Massachusetts; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1981, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
Law School
Boston College, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
Northeastern University, U.S. Air Force Academy and Georgetown University, A.B., 1967
Memberships
Boston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Member, Board of Delegates, 1977-1979; Treasurer, 1971-1976, Vice-President, 1976-1977 and President, 1977-1978, Young Lawyers Division), American (Chairman, Products Liability Committee, General Practice Section, 1980-1984; Vice Chairman, Taxation of Insurance Companies, T.I.P.S., 1985—; Member: Litigation Section; Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Recipient, Award of Achievement, Young Lawyers Division, 1978) and Federal Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate, 1977-1979; Governor, 1981-1984, 1987—; State Delegate, 1986-1987; M-Club, 1981—; Chairperson, Resolutions Committee, 1988-1989; Chairperson, ATLA/ABA Liaison Committee, 1987-1988; Regional Chair, Keyperson Committee, 1986—; Life Member); Massachusetts Academy of Trial Advocacy (Member, Board of Governors, 1976—; Co-Chairman, Tort Law Section, 1980-1985; Secretary, 1987-1988; Chair, Products Liability Committee, 1990—; Chair, Membership Committee, 1993—; President-Elect, 1995-1996; President, 1996-1997); Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (U.K., 1994—); American College of Legal Medicine; California Trial Lawyers Association; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association; New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Arizona Trial Lawyers Association
Biographical
Fellow and President, 1992—, Fellows of Boston College Law School. Member, National Moot Court Society, 1969-1970. Associate Editor, Massachusetts Law Quarterly, 1972. Co-Author: Trade Secret Protection in Massachusetts, 56 Massachusetts Law Quarterly 239, September, 1971; Protecting Trade Secrets, 8 Trial 55, January/February, 1972; A Program For Protecting Proprietary Information, The Practical Lawyer, October, 1972. Author: Article, Docket Call Section of General Practice, Products Liability-Repase & Market Share Liability, American Bar Association, 1981; Taking the Stand-Products Liability is Out of Uniform, 2 The Compleat Lawyer 15, Winter, 1985; AT ISSUE-Referral Fees are a Necessary Evil, 71 ABAJ 40, February, 1985; Viewpoint: Attorney Conducted Jury Voir Dire Is Coming This Century, Boston Bar Journal, Fall, 1990; Schedule for Rating Disabilities in Civil Tort Litigation, Position Paper in Support of Use of 38 C.F.R. 4, p.60, Journal of Massachusetts Academy Trial Attorneys, July 1994. Co-Author: Collateral Source Income Rule and The Corsetti Decision, 1985 Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law p.1.; Arguing Damages to a Jury in a Personal Injury Action and the Need for Massachusetts to Get in Line with Other States, October 1994, Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; Consumer Injustice-Proposed Federalization of Products Liability Law, April 1995, Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; Proving Partial Loss of Earning Capacity, A Common Sense Aid, 31 Trial 70, October 1995. Special Prosecutor, District Attorney, Norfolk County, 1969-1970. Special Assistant City Solicitor, City of Quincy, 1980. Gold Trustee, 1981— and Vice-President, 1988—, Thomas F. Lambert, Jr. Endowed Chair. Trustee, Melvin M. Belli Society, 1982—. Sustaining Founder, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Trustee, Institute for Injury Reduction, 1989—. Benefactor, Frederic N. Halstrom National Moot Team at Boston College Law School. Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation.