Admitted
1958, Massachusetts; 1960, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
Boston College, J.D., 1958
Law School Graduation Year
1958
College
Boston College, A.B., cum laude, 1953
Memberships
Middlesex County, Massachusetts (President, 1977-1978; Founding Chairman, Senior Lawyers Section, 1999-2001), New England (President, 1980-1981) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1977-1978) Bar Associations; International Association of Insurance Counsel; Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association (Defense Lawyer of the Year, 1995)
Biographical
Lecturer on Law, Boston University School of Law, 1961-1966. Associate Editor, 1965-1972 and Editor-in-Chief, 1973-1976, Massachusetts Law Quarterly. Author: Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Law and Practice, West Group (West Group Publishing) Publishing Co., 1998; Defective Products in Massachusetts—Recent Trends, Massachusetts Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 5, 1979; Defective Products in Massachusetts—A 1984 Update, Massachusetts Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 3, 1984; Product Liability in Massachusetts Enters The 1990's, Massachusetts Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 2, 1990; Product Liability in Massachusetts Approaches the Millennium, Massachusetts Law Review, Vol. 80, No. 3, 1995; Product Liability in Massachusetts Enters the 21st Century, Massachusetts Law Review, vol. 86, No. 3, 2002; Resisting Discovery of Independent Medical Research, For the Defense, Vol. 38, No. 8, August 1996. Member, 1967-1970 and Chairman, 1970-1971, Finance Committee, Town of Winchester. Moderator, Town of Winchester, 1972-1977. Chairman, Governor's Judicial Nominating Commission, 1975-1977. Member, Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure, 1977—; Committee on Time Standards, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1990—. Director, American Judicature Society, 1978-1982. President, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1980-1983; Chairman, Massachusetts Client's Security Board, 1984-1987. President, Boston College Alumni Association, 1983-1984. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Committeeman, 1982-1987); Massachusetts Bar Foundation (Trustee, 1979-1982; President, 1984-1988; Trustee, 1994-1996); American Bar Foundation.