Admitted
1985, Massachusetts; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2003, Rhode Island
Law School
Boston College, J.D., magna cum laude, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
University of Vermont, B.A., cum laude, 1981
Memberships
American Bar Association (Member: Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Professionals, Officer's and Director's Liability Committee, Chair, 2001-2002); Professional Liabilty Underwriting Society (Member, Steering Committee, 1996—; Chair, Steering Committee, 1999-2000; Member, Communications Committee).
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Massachusetts Law Review, 1989-1992. Author: Defending Under a Reservation of Rights: How Much Does the Insurer Have to Pay When the Insured Selects its Own Counsel, PLUS Journal, June 2003; Reporting Requirements for Legal Malpractice Policies, (with Paul Clauss), Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, December 23, 2002; Coverage for 'Related Claims' Reported After the End of a Claims Made Policy, PLUS Journal, November 2002; Border Crossings by Lawyers: You May be in Hostile Territory, Lawyer to Lawyer, July 2002 (ed. XVIII); Suing The Mouthpiece: Speaking for Your Clients Comes with Risk, LPL Advisory, ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers Professional Liability, Spring 2002; Notice and Tender of Defense Under Claims Made Policies - Who Can Give Notice and Does Notice Alone Serve as a Tender of the Defense, PLUS Journal, February 2002; Suing Opposing Counsel for Bad Behavior During Litigation, PLUS Journal, November 2001; Legal Malpractice By Insurance Defense Counsel: Who Can Be Sued, Who Can Sue, and for What, PLUS Journal, November 2000; How Much Protection is Afforded to 'Innocent Insureds' under LPL Policies?, (with Damiano Servidio), PLUS Journal, May 2000; What is Really Excluded by the Intentional Acts Exclusion, (with Damiano Servidio), PLUS Journal, November 1999; What's In The Cards? - Absent Case Law, Counsel Clients Carefully to Avoid a Malpractice Suit, American Bar Association Journal, November 1999; It's Just My Opinion-Protect Yourself When Opining on an Issue Where there is no Precedential Authority, LPL Update, ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, Fall 1999; Reasons to Avoid Business Transactions With Clients, Paper Trail, Safeco Insurance Company, Volume 6, Issues 3 and 4, Summer 1999; My Brethren's Keeper - Professional Liability by Association, Executive Risk Lawyer to Lawyer Publication, April 1999; The Theory and Practice Behind the Business Pursuits Exclusion, (with Mark Wade), PLUS Journal, March 1999; The Un