Education
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, Chicago, IL 1985
Juris Doctor, With High Honors.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Personal Income Tax.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Chicago, IL 1981
Bachelor of Arts, With High Distinction, Criminal Justice.
Honors: Dean’s List, all semesters. James Scholar Recipient.
Bar Admission
Massachusetts, USDC-MA.
Illinois and USDC-Northern Illinois.
Presentations & Publications
Seminar Presenter, two seminars on VA Disability Benefits to Post-Mobilization Veteran Groups, at Yellow Ribbon Events in Quincy, MA February 2011 and in Burlington, MA March 2011.
Seminar Presenter, two seminars on Malpractice Litigation to the National Association of Social Workers, at McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 1994 and 1995.
Co-author, Medical Drug and Device Liability, presented by John D. Hayes, Esq. on April 11, 1986, at Medical Malpractice Seminar sponsored by the Oklahoma Bar Association.
Co-author, Emotional Distress without Impact, presented by Joseph A. Power, Jr., Esq. at the Fourteenth Annual ITLA Convention, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1986.
Experience
Private Practice, Wellesley, MA (2006-Present)
Engaged in start up practice with a focus on representing Veterans before the V.A. and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Greenberg Traurig LLP, Boston, MA (2002-2006)
Represented businesses in complex civil and commercial cases involving contract, real property, trusts, and general business disputes, SEC investigations, white collar crime, construction and bankruptcy.
Member of core team that spearheaded 2002 clergy abuse litigation involving over 500 representations in Massachusetts as well as representations in other states.
Private Practice & Consulting, Brookline, MA (1998-2001)
Consulted to major biomedical corporation on medical device MDL and class action litigation.
Practice included representations in medical malpractice, psychological malpractice, employment discrimination, and business disputes.
Spero & Jorgenson, Cambridge, MA (1995-1998)
Litigated and tried complex and fact intensive psychological malpractice and personal injury cases.
Long, Racicot & Bourgeois, Boston, MA (1993-1995)
Served as staff counsel to AIG on professional malpractice and insurance defense cases.
Illinois Experience Provided Upon Request