Professional Leadership & Achievements
We recognize that the trust we build with you, the manner in which we perform, the successes we achieve, and our reputation in the legal community, all affect whether you can or will work with us in the future. With this understanding, we have invested in our Firm, taking a leadership role in the legal community and in various professional and trade organizations.
For instance, our lawyers have been involved as leaders in the following organizations during 2009-2022:
- Massachusetts Bar Foundation, Fellows and Grant Reviewer
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Employment Law Committee, Chair
- IADC, Board of Directors
- MCLE, President
- Top Lawyers 2021-2022, Boston Magazine
- Massachusetts Bar, Past President
- Top Women of Law
- Trial Academy Director
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Treasurer
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Vice President
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Past Secretary
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyer of the Year
- President and Past President of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
- Former Chief of the Trial Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
- MCLE Civil Litigation Curriculum Advisory, Chairman
- Federal Bar Association (Mass.), Past President
- Gould Construction Institute, General Counsel, Past Chairman of the Board
- Associated Builders and Contractors, (Mass.), Director, Trustee and Former Chairman
- Boston Bar Foundation, Trustee and Fellows
- Defense Research Institute, National Board Member
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, Secretary
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Faculty
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section Chair
- ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Chair, Trial Technique Committee
- ABA Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Leadership Academy
- International Association of Defense Counsel, Trial Advocacy Faculty
- Boston Bar Association, Public Service Committee
- Boston Bar Association, Construction Law Committee
- Boston Bar Association, Education Committee
- Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association, Treasurer and Director
- Construction Financial Management Association, Board of Trustees
- National Association of the Remodeling Industry, Eastern Massachusetts Chapter, Secretary
- Co-Founder and four past Co-Presidents of the Boston Inn of Court
- Boston University School of Law, President of Alumni Association
- Northeastern University School of Law, Alumni Board, President
- University of Rhode Island, Co-Chair, Massachusetts Chapter of the Alumni Association