Robert J. Rivers Jr.

Personal Injury, Mediation
222 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 021163748


Personal Injury

Admitted

1991, Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Law School

Suffolk University, J.D., cum laude, 1991

Law School Graduation Year

1991

College

Boston College, B.A., cum laude, 1988

Memberships

Massachusetts (Member, Family Law Section Council) Boston (Member, Steering Committee, Family Law Section) and American Bar Associations.

Biographical

Technical Editor, Suffolk Transnational Law Journal, 1990-1991. Author: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress-Recovery for Mental Injuries Unaccompanied by Physical Injury Permitted Under Warsaw Convention, Floyd v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 872 F. 2d 1462 (11th Circuit 1989), 14 Suffolk Transnational L.J. 353 (Fall, 1990); Immigration Law - Attorney's Fees - Equal Access to Justice Act Applies to Naturalization Proceedings, Abela v. Gustafson, 888 F. 2d 1258 (9th Circuit 1989), 14 Suffolk Transnational L.J. 630 (Spring, 1990); Jurisdiction to Modify Foreign Child Support Orders-The New Statutory Requirements, Massachusetts Bar Association Family Law Section News (October 1996); Child Supports Orders in Paternity Cases, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (February 10, 1997) reprinted in Massachusetts Family Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4 (November, 1999); Jurisdiction to Modify Foreign Child Support Orders Under FFCCSOA, FairShare-The Matrimonial Law Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 2 (February, 1997). Author: Traps for the Unwary in Modification Proceedings Involving the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act,Section Review (Mass. Bar Asociation, Summer 2000); Grossing-Up Unreported or Hidden Income for Child Support Calculation Purposes, Section Review (Mass. Bar Association, Winter 2000); Compelling Joint Income Tax Filing, Section Review (Mass. Bar Association, Spring 2001). Co-Author: Support Orders and the Application of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act and Federal Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act, MCLE Program, Family Law Year in Review 96; Faculty: Hot Tips for Family Lawyers, MCLE Program, 2000; Drafting Advocacy in Divorce Cases, MCLE Program, 2001; Modifying a Foreign Child Support Order Under UIFSA and FFCCSOA-What State Has Jurisdiction? Boston Bar Association Family Law Program - 2001; Jurisdictional Issues in Domestic Relations Practice, MCLE Program, 2001; Divorce Law Basics, MCLE Program, 2002. Editor: Section Review, Family Law Section (Mass. Bar Associat

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