Jacob M. Atwood

Family, Mediation
101 Huntington Avenue, 25th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02199


Family

Admitted

1956, Massachusetts; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Boston University, J.D., 1956

Law School Graduation Year

1956

College

University of New Hampshire

Memberships

Boston, Barnstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, American and International Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Secretary, 1969-1970); Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Secretary, Massachusetts Chapter, 1975-1979; Vice President, 1979-1980; President Elect, 1980-1982; President, 1982-1984); International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Biographical

Awarded Honorary J.D. by New England Law School, 1975. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1987—. Senior Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1955-1956. Author: Enforcing Support Obligations: Has the Federal Government Found the Answer? Vol. 19, No. 5, Boston Bar Journal, April 1975; Seeking Custody in Divorce and Separate Support Proceedings, Vol. 20 No. 8, Boston Bar Journal, September, 1976; The Significance of a Child as a 'Dependent' in Divorce and Separation: A Primer, Vol. 21, No. 6, Boston Bar Journal, June, 1977; Legal Fees By Express Agreement, Vol. 21, Boston Bar Journal, Fall, 1977. Co-author, Massachusetts Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure with Comments, Massachusetts Legal Publications, Inc. of Boston, 1975; Husband and Wife Community of Property—Is Massachusetts Behind the Time?, Vol. 21, No. 3, Boston Bar Journal, March, 1977; Self-incrimination in Divorce Proceedings - Is the Fifth Amendment Still Viable? Boston Bar Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4, April, 1983; Grandparents' Visitation, Massachusetts Family Law Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1., April, 1983. Middlesex County Voluntary Defender, 1957-1959. Member, Board of Trustees, New England School of Law, 1972—.

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