Admitted: 1983, Massachusetts; 1984, New York, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Law School: George Washington University, J.D.
Member: Massachusetts and American Bar Associations; Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; American Association for Justice.
Biography: Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2007; Author: Tort Issues in Residential and Commercial Tenancies in Residential and Commercial Landlord-Tenant Practice in Massachusetts, (MCLE, 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2009); Lead Poisoning Liability: The Plaintiff's Perspective in Massachusetts Premises Liability (MCLE 1997 and 2004); Lead Paint Litigation From the Plaintiff's Perspective in Comprehensive Premises Liability (MCLE 1996). Co-Author: "Crimes of Violence and Civil Liability: The Negligent Security Case," A Survey of Massachusetts Law 2 MATA Journal 22, Academy of Attorneys. Co-Author with Rabbi Loel M. Weiss: Unholy Waters, How a Massachusetts Synagogue Found Its Way to Shore After a Sex Abuse Scandal, a Prosecution, and a Lawsuit - As Narrated by the Synagogue's Rabbi and its Legal Counsel (chapter) in Amy Neustein (ed.), Tempest in the Temple (2009).
Born: New York, New York, September 13, 1957
Cases: U.S. v. Cadavid, 192 F.3d 230 (1st Cir., 1999); Galvao v. Gillette Co., 121 F.3d 695 (1st Cir., 1997) (Table); U.S. v. Rose, 104 F.3d 1408 (1st Cir., 1997); U.S. v. Olude, 70 F.3d 110 (1st Cir. 1995) (Table); West v. Sears, Roebuck, 780 F2d 169 (1st Cir., 1984); Fuller v. First Financial Insurance Company, 448 Mass.1 (2006); Bagley v. Monticello Insurance Company, 430 Mass.454 (1999); Johnson v. Summers, 411 Mass. 82 (1991) cert. denied, 112 S. Ct. 1166 (1992); Markee v. Biasetti, 410 Mass. 785 (1991); Narine v. Powers, 400 Mass. 343 (1987); Walsh v. Comprehensive Addiction Programs, Inc., 72 Mass. App. Ct. 1112 (Table), further app. rev. denied, 452 Mass. 1106 (2008); Clough v. Brown, 59 Mass. App. Ct. 405 (2003); Genereux v. Columbia Sussex Corp., 2008 WL 6605539 (D.Mass., April 10, 2008)(Rulings on Motions in Limine); Pettey v. Belanger, 232 B.R. 543 (D. Mass. 1999); In re: Pettey, 288 B.R. 14 (Bkrcy. D. Mass. 2003); Parsons ex rel. Parsons v. Town of Tewksbury, 26 Mass.L.Rptr. 555 (Middlesex Mass.Super.Ct. January 19, 2010) (Order on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss); Leone v. Silverman, 2004 WL 2567951 (Mass.Land Ct. November 12, 2004); Soriano v. City of Lawrence Police Dept., 12 Mass.L.Rptr. 565 (Essex Mass.Super.Ct. October 23, 2000) (Order Denying Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment); McClure v. Town of East Brookfield, 1999 WL 1323628 (Worcester Mass.Super.Ct. March 11, 1999)(Order on Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment).