Admitted
1977, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1985, New York
Law School
Suffolk University, J.D., cum laude, 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Le Moyne College, B.A., English, 1969; State University of New York at Binghamton, postgraduate
Memberships
Massachusetts (Member: Board of Directors; Young Lawyers Section, 1979-1980; 21st Century Club, 1984) and American Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association; Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (Member, 1977— and Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1999; Member, Executive Committee, 1997-1998)
Biographical
Associate, Parker, Coulter, Daley & White, 1977-1982. Frank B. Murray, Jr., Inns of Court, 1990-1992. Recipient, Outstanding Citizen Award, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 1986. Lecturer, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Boston, 1982—. Speaker, Convention of the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Boston, 1987. Delegate: White House Conference on Trade and Investment on Central Europe, Cleveland, Ohio, 1995; participant, U.S.-Russian Investment Symposium, Harvard University, Jan. 9-12, 1997; U.S.-P.R.C. Joint Session on Trade, Investment and Economic Law, Beijing, 1987; Sixth People to People Juvenile Justice Program to U.S.S.R., Moscow, 1989. Boston Host to Former Soviet Legal Delegation, People to People Organization, 1989. Co-Sponsor, Estonian Legal Delegation Visit to Massachusetts and New Hampshire Correctional Institutions, 1990. Principal, Ardlee International, an import export company- specializing in Central Europe and Russia 1989-1999. Legal Advisor in U.S. to: Czech Anglo-American Business Institute, 1989-1997. Member: Ford Foundation's Legal Resource Center Advisory Board, Czech Republic, 1994-1997; Soviet Children's Fund, 1992-1993; Estonian Academy for Public Safety, 1992-1994. Member: Working Group on Drinking and Drunk Driving, Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Health Communications, 1986; Trial Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1984-1988. Counsel, State Coordinating Committee, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Massachusetts, 1984-1986. State Advisory Commission for Medical Malpractice, Boston, 1985. Member: Board of Directors, Boston Center for the Arts, 1990-1994; Professional Advisory Committee for Massachusetts Epilepsy Association, 1986-1993. Member, Conference on Proposed Tobacco Settlement and Tort Law: Rights for Dollars Presentation at Harvard Law School, July 31, 1997. Guest: WGBH-CH2, TV Greater Boston With Emily Rooney, Topic, Tobacco Litigation, 1999; Topic, Charitable Immunity, 2001. Student, Harvard Law School's Pro