Admitted
1980, Massachusetts; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Law School
Boston College, J.D. cum laude, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, B.A., magna cum laude, 1976
Biographical
Assistant Attorney General, State of Massachusetts, 1980-1987. Author: Class Actions in Bankruptcy Court: Jurisdiction and Remedial Issues, Consumer Financial Services Litigation, Practising Law Institute, April 2002; The Crossroads of Privacy and Credit: Class Liability Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Consumer Financial Services Litigation, Practising Law Institute, April 2001; Unrefunded Credit Insurance Premiums: A Multi-Million Dollar Constructive Trust, Consumer Financial Services Litigation, Practising Law Institute, April 2000; Measuring Liability for the Sale of Ancillary Products: Credit Insurance, Banking and Consumer Financial Services Summit, Fulcrum Information Services, November 1999; Remedies for Systemic Violations of the Bankruptcy Discharge, Consumer Financial Services Litigation, Practising Law Institute, April 1999; Deconstructing TILA, 14 Review of Banking and Financial Services 87, 1998; Reversing Field: Is there a Trend Toward Abrogating Truth in Lending?, Practising Law Institute, 1998; Developments in Residential Mortgage Litigation, 13 Review of Banking and Financial Services 83, 1997; No Day at the Beach: The Supreme Court and Truth in Lending, 14 Review of Banking and Financial Services 87, 1998; RESPA, TILA, Yield Spreads and Payoff Fees, Practising Law Institute, Consumer Financial Services Litigation, 1997; Residential Mortgage Litigation, with Daniel Edelman, Practising Law Institute, Financial Services Litigation, 1996; Consumer Finance Regulation, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc., 1997; Sophisticated Collection Issues, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc., 1997. Truth in Lending Rescission as a Foreclosure Defense, National Consumer Law Center, National Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, 1994; Attorneys' Fees in Consumer Litigation, National Consumer Law Center, National Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, 1994; The Federal Computer Systems Protection Act, 7 Rutgers Journal of Computers, Technology and the Law,