Admitted
1974, Massachusetts; 1975, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boston University, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Boston University, B.A., cum laude, 1968
Memberships
Boston, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Law Clerk, Family Court of Rhode Island, 1974-1975. Selected Publications: Children, Families and the State, 2 vol, MCLE, 1993, 1996; Standby and Emergency Guardianship Proxies, 15 Mass. Fam. Law J. 1, May, 1997; Privilege and Confidentiality Issues in Child Custody and State Intervention Cases, 11 Mass. Fam. Law J. 57, Nov., 1993; Parenting Under the Influence, 14 Fam. Advocate 26 Am. Bar Assoc., 1991; The Role of Counsel for Children: A Proposal for Addressing a Troubling Question, 35 Bos. Bar J. 6 , Jan/Feb., 1991; Children and the Law - A Study of Conflicts, 35 Bos. Bar J. 4, 1991. Co-Author: Guardianship and Conservatorship in Massachusetts, Butterworth, 1992 (Matthew Bender, 2000); Cases Alleging Child Abuse, in Blumenson, et al., Massachusetts Criminal Defense, 2d Ed., Lexis, 1998; The Interrelation Between Criminal and Civil Child Abuse Proceedings, in Lawyers for Children, Am. Bar Assoc., 1990; Family Intervention and the Department of Social Services: The Pre-Court Investigatory Process, 75 Mass. L. Rev. 25, March 1990. Director, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Children and Family Law Advocacy Program of Massachusetts, 1988-1997. Board of Directors, AFCC, Mass. Chapter, 2001—. Vice Chair, Boston Bar Association Task Force on CHINS, 1996-1998. Co-Chair, Human Services Committee, 1987-1989, Boston Bar Association. Chair, Committee on Children in the Courts, Boston Bar Association, 1981-1985. Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1994, Executive Committee, 1989-1990 and 1991-1993 and Secretary, 1992-1993 Boston Bar Association and Boston Bar Foundation. Member, Board of Directors and Advisory Committee, Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, 1977-1993. Member, Board of Directors: North Shore Children's Law Project, 1983-1986; Massachusetts Children's Lobby, 1977-1980. Board of Editors, Massachusetts Family Law Journal, 1991—; Boston Bar Journal, 1986-1993. Board of Trustees, Children's Justice Act, 1995-1998. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Commission on Juvenile Justice, 1992-1