• 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.
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • "A Company Christmas" Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Business Annual Fund Committee  
• Cambridge Montessori School, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
  • Trustee
  • Treasurer
• 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,
• Marital Arbitrator by the American Arbitration Association, Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Diplomate top

• The American College of Family Trial Lawyers

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
  • President (1994-1995)
  • President-Elect (1993-1994)
  • Vice-President (1987-1993)
  • Admissions Procedures Committee
  • Advertising Committee
  • Arbitration Committee
  • Attorney's Fees Study Committee
  • Budget and Finance Committee
  • Bylaws Committee
  • Governor
  • Interdisciplinary Committee - Finance
  • Interdisciplinary Committee (Chair)
  • Long Range Planning Committee
  • Marketing and Public Relations  
  • Membership Committee (Chair)
  • National Nominating Committee
  • National Board of Review
  • National Board of Admissions
  • Site Selection
  • Special Counsel
  • Task Force on National Examination )
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation
  • Director
  • International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • President
  • Executive Committee
  • Member, Board of Admissions
  • Annual Meeting Committee (Chair)
  • Nominating Committee  
• 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, .
• American Judicature Society.
• American Bar Association, Section of Taxation
  • Committee on Domestic Relations Tax Problems: Member, Program Director,  Subcommittee on Continuing Legal Education (Vice Chair, ; Co-Chair, 1982; Chair,
  • Subcommittee on Legislation and Rulings: Property Issues (Chair,
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America Medical-Legal Institute Director
• Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Faculty, Evening Division, Boston, MA
• 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).
  • Committee on Domestic Violence (Chair, Executive Member)
  • Committee on Legal Education Resource
  • Committee on Taxation  (Vice Chair, Co-Chair ))
  • Economics Committee
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Life Member,)
• International Bar Association (1987- Present).
• Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Section of Family Law
  • Speakers Bureau, Chair  
  • Subcommittee Rights of Unmarried Cohabitor, Chair,  

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