Attorney Profiles

Attorney admitted to bar, 1967, Massachusetts; 1969, U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.  EDUCATION: Tufts University (A.B.); New England School of Law (J.D.).  MEMBER: Member, Massachusetts Bar Association; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Member, American Bar Association (Member, Computer Probate Systems Committee, 1979-1983; Vice Chairman, Committee on Modification, Revocation and Termination of Trusts, 1972-1975; Vice Chairman, Policy Committee on Probate Systems, 1980-1983; Vice Chairman, Technology and Economics in Planning and Probate, 1983-1987; Member, Task Force on Attorneys Acting In Other Fiduciary Roles, 1987-1990; Vice Chair, Committee on Attorneys Acting In Other Fiduciary Roles, 1990-1992, 1996; Chair, Committee on Attorneys Acting In Other Fiduciary Roles, 1992-1994; Panelist at Annual Meetings in Atlanta, 1983; Washington, D.C. (Chairman), 1985; San Francisco, 1987; and  Toronto, 1988; Spring Meeting in Orlando, 1991, 1992 and 1996 for Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Panelist for MCLE, Boston, 1991; Massachusetts Super Lawyer for 2004 and 2006 named by Boston Magazine. PUBLICATIONS: A New Developments Alter the Role of Estate Planners in Recommending Fiduciaries,@ November/December 1989 Estate Planning; Principles for Attorneys Acting in Other Fiduciary Roles,@ March/April 1992 and 1993 Probate & Property.  CHARITABLE AFFILIATIONS: Former Member, Board of Trustees of Family Service Association of Greater Boston; Former Vice Chairman, State Executive Committee of YMCAs of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Former Trustee, Boston Lyric Opera Company; Member, Board of Trustees, The Thoracic Foundation.