Admitted
1964, Maine, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boston University Law School, LL.B., 1964
Law School Graduation Year
1964
College
Bates College, A.B., 1961
Memberships
Maine State (Member, Medical-Legal Committee, 1966—; Chairman, 1971-1991; Member, Board of Governors, 1969-1970 and 1976) and American Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1967-1988); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Health Lawyers Association; American Society of Law and Medicine; American College of Legal Medicine.
Biographical
Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1962-1964. Author: The Impact Rule in Eminent Domain Trials, Maine Bar Bulletin, September 1968; Accidental Injury in Workmens' Compensation Law—A Definition, Maine Bar Bulletin, January 1970; Constitutional Defenses in Criminal Law Proceedings, Maine Bar Bulletin, March 1971; Single-Impact Traumatic Cancer, Maine Bar Bulletin, 1972; A Bird's Eye View of the Maine Rules of Evidence, Maine Bar Bulletin, January 1976; Defending Legal Malpractice Actions, Maine Bar Bulletin, September 1978; Understanding the Chiropractors, Maine Bar Bulletin, May 1982; Products Liability-An Overview, Maine Bar Bulletin, Mar., 1985; Maximizing Settlements before Litigation in Plaintiffs' Tort Cases, 3 Me. Bar J. 268, 1988. Co-author: Recent Developments in Maine Tort Law, 2 Me. Bar J. 48, 1987; Simmons, Zillman & Gregory, Maine Tort Law, Lexis 1999. Lecturer in Law, University of Maine, 1966-1967. Member, Lewiston Zoning Board, 1966. Corporation Counsel, City of Lewiston, 1967. Member, 1973-1977 and Chairman, 1977, Lewiston Board of Education. Member, Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence, 1973-1983. Member, 1989— and Chairman, 1992-1997, Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. Member, Maine State Criminal Law Revision Commission, 1972-1976. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation Law, Business Litigation Law, Criminal Defense Law.