Admitted
1973, Massachusetts; 1974, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Tax Court
Law School
Boston University, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Tufts College, B.A., cum laude, 1969
Memberships
Boston, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Member, Family and Probate Section) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow, Massachusetts Chapter, 1979—; Treasurer, 1984-1988; Vice President, 1988-1990; President-Elect, 1990-1991; President, 1991-1992; National Board of Governors, 1997-1999; Director, AAML Foundation, 1999-2001); Massachusetts Family and Probate American Inns of Court; American College of Family Trial Lawyers (Diplomate). Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Biographical
Naifeh and White, The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward and White, 1984-2003. Certified Family Law Mediator, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1996. Numerous articles and speaking engagements as author, lecturer and guest speaker with Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Massachusetts Law Schools on Family Law topics, including divorce tax law, alimony, divorce, division of gifted and inherited property, trial practice and procedure, Massachusetts statutes and rules, trial preparation and advocacy skills, business valuation and pension valuation in divorce cases, stock options in property division, business perquisites, appellate advocacy and procedure and other post-judgment remedies, child support and guidelines, child custody, anti-suit injunctions, drafting and negotiating separation agreements, evidentiary privileges, divorce and bankruptcy, child removal, sex allegations in divorce, paternity, family law year in review analyses; most recently, 2002 MCLE Family Law Conference, April 2002; MCLE Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, 1984-2003; MCLE Sophisticated Divorce Taxation Issues, July 2001; MCLE 2000 Family Law Conference Advanced Session on Stock Options, April 2000; Chairman, MCLE Family Law in Review 1994-1997; MCLE Divorce Agreements Program, 1997-2000; MCLE Divorce.com, September 2000; Suffolk Law School Divorce Tax Program, November 1997; MBA Family Law Conference, Nantucket; Alimony, September 1996; Hot Tips - Tripping and Trapping the Real Estate Expert, AAML Annual Meeting, November 2001; Advance Techniques Valuations-Business, AAML Mid-Winter Meeting, March 1998; Though Cases for an Appellate Panel, AAML Advanced Symposium for Family Law Practitioners, 1999; Successful Oral Advocacy in Appellate Litigation, BBA Seminar, February 1996; S.L. v. R.L., The Court's Recent Consideration of Family Trusts in Divorce, AAML Lecture, February 2003; Osgood v. Osgood: Dealing with