Practice Areas

• Product Liability
• Civil Litigation
• Medical Malpractice
• Professional Licensing and Regulatory Practice
• Construction Litigation
• Employment Law

Awards

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts, 1980
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1981
U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Education:

Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1980
J.D.
Law Review: Suffolk University Law Review, Staff Member and Note Editor, 1978 – 1979
Law Review: Suffolk University Law Review, Note Editor, 1979 – 1980

College of the Holy Cross, 1977
A.B.

Honors and Awards:

Best Lawyers in America, 2007-Present

Professional Associations & Memberships:

Massachusetts Law Review, 1985 – 1989
Associate Editor

International Association of Defense Counsel, 1994 – 2000
State Committee

International Association of Defense Counsel, 1996 – 2000
Chairman, State Committee

International Association of Defense Counsel
Member, Medical Defense Committee

International Association of Defense Counsel
Member, Product Liability Committee

International Association of Defense Counsel
Member, Employment Law Committee

Defense Research Institute
Member

Middlesex Bar Association
Member

Massachusetts Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
Member

Massachusetts Bar Association, Health Law Section 2004 – 2007
Member

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1990 – 1996
Member, Personal Injury Litigation Curriculum Advisory Committee

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1992 – 1993
Co-Chairperson

Suffolk University Law School Alumni Association, 1993 – 1996
Board of Directors (Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee)

Holy Cross College Book Prize Committee, 1988 – 1994

Harold B. Goodwin, Jr., Legal Scholarship Fund
Chairman

Published Works:

Contributor, Massachusetts Liability Insurance Manual (MCLE 2000, 2008)

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Instructor, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1987 – 2008

Lecturer, Massachusetts Bar Association

Lecturer, Advanced Legal Studies Program, Suffolk University Law School

Lecturer on Physician, Hospital and Nursing Malpractice, New England Healthcare Assembly, 1988 – 1993

Case Conferencer, Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts A.D.R. Project, 1997 – 2010

Lecturer, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys

Lecturer, National Business Institute, Inc.

Massachusetts Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:

Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court, Law Clerk, 1980 – 1981