• 1967, Massachusetts
• 1969, U.S. District Court (Massachusetts)
• 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, (First Circuit)
• 1975, U.S. Supreme Court
• 1984, New York
• 1986, U.S. Tax Court

Boards, Special Commissions, and Committees top

• Board of Editors, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (1985-Present).
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • "A Company Christmas" Committee (Vice Chair, 1985)
  • Business Annual Fund Committee (1986-1989).
• Cambridge Montessori School, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
  • Trustee (1964-1968)
  • Treasurer (1966-1967)
• National Board of Trial Advocacy, Board of Directors, (1995-98).
• Special Commission to Draft Convention on Inter-country Adoption, Hague Conference on Private International Law, Hague, Netherlands (1990-1993).
• Special Commission on the Operation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Hague Conference on Private International Law, Hague, Netherlands (1989-Present).
• U.S.A. Department of State, Working Committee on Implementation of The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1989-1994).

Certifications top

• National Board of Trial Advocacy Certified Civil Trial Advocate, (1981- Present). Re-certified 1986, 1991, 1996 (through 2000).
• Marital Arbitrator by the American Arbitration Association, Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (1989).

Diplomate top

• The American College of Family Trial Lawyers (1994-Present).

Education top

• Preparatory Education: Boston University (B.S. in B.A., 1963).
• Legal Education: Boston University (J.D., 1967; Master of Laws (Taxation), 1985).

Fellow top

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (1975- Present) Re-certified 1991, 1995 (through 2000)
  • President (1994-1995)
  • President-Elect (1993-1994)
  • Vice-President (1987-1993)
  • Admissions Procedures Committee (1992-1993)
  • Advertising Committee (Chair, 1996 -1997)
  • Arbitration Committee (1989-1990; 1991-1992)
  • Attorney's Fees Study Committee (1991-1992)
  • Budget and Finance Committee (1992-1993)
  • Bylaws Committee (1985-1990, 1991-1993, 1995-1996) Chair 1987-1988, 1989-1990
  • Governor (1985-1987)
  • Interdisciplinary Committee - Finance (1991-1992)
  • Interdisciplinary Committee (Chair 1989-1990)
  • Long Range Planning Committee (1992-1993)
  • Marketing and Public Relations (1995-1996)
  • Membership Committee (1988-1990) (Chair, 1988-1989)
  • National Nominating Committee (1991-1992)
  • National Board of Review (1991-1994, 1995)
  • National Board of Admissions (1987-1995 )
  • Site Selection (1991-1992)
  • Special Counsel 1990-1991)
  • Task Force on National Examination (Chair, 1989-1990)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation
  • Director (1990-1994, 1995-1998; Ex Officio 1994-1995).
  • International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • President (1986-1990)
  • Executive Committee (1986-1994)
  • Member, Board of Admissions (1986-1994)
  • Annual Meeting Committee (Chair, 1990)
  • Nominating Committee (1990-1992)
• Massachusetts Bar Foundation.
• Roscoe Pound-American Trial Lawyers Foundation.

Former Memberships top

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Annual National Conference on Divorce (Steering Committee, 1984-1989).
• American Judicature Society (1972-1986).
• American Bar Association, Section of Taxation
  • Committee on Domestic Relations Tax Problems: Member, (1978-1991) Program Director, 1981; Subcommittee on Continuing Legal Education (Vice Chair, 1981; Co-Chair, 1982; Chair, 1983)
  • Subcommittee on Legislation and Rulings: Property Issues (Chair, 1984-1986).
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (1977-1987)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America Medical-Legal Institute (1983-1987), Director
• Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Faculty, Evening Division, Boston, MA (1988).
• Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association.
• Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association (1974-1985)
• Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (1975-1987)
• National Association of Women Lawyers
• New York State Bar Association, Sections of Family Law (1987-1998) and International Law (1987-1998).
• World Association of Lawyers of the World Through Peace Law Center (1981-1990).

Other Memberships top

• American Bar Association Section of Family Law
  • Committee on Bylaws (Executive Member 1985-1987).
  • Committee on Domestic Violence (Chair, 1984-1985; Executive Member, 1985-1986)
  • Committee on Legal Education Resource (1981-1982)
  • Committee on Taxation (1980-1987 (Vice Chair 1985-1986, Co-Chair 1986-1987))
  • Economics Committee (1978-1979)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Life Member, 1980- Present),
• International Bar Association (1987- Present).
• Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Section of Family Law (1970- Present)
  • Speakers Bureau, Chair (1980-1981)
  • Subcommittee Rights of Unmarried Cohabitor, Chair, (1978-1979).

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