Professional Profile

Admissions | General Practice | Cases of Note | Commercial Matters
Real Estate | Mediation | Member | Education
Co-author/Lecturer | Panelist/Lecturer

Admissions to Bar - Massachusetts and Connecticut

• Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1980
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
• Connecticut, 1985

General Practice of Law

• Commercial Law
• Business Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Real Estate (residential and commercial)
• Land Use and Zoning
• Condominium Law
• Creditor's Rights
• Bankruptcy and Reorganization (individual and business entities)
• Corporate Law
• Limited Liability Companies
• Contracts
• Business Agreements
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Personal Injury
• Collections
• Mediation (Mediator and representation of parties)
• Protection of Assets

Cases of Note

• Represented shareholder in corporate dissolution.
• Represented family evicted from home due to hazardous material infestation.
• Represented condominium association for modification of master deed and bylaws.
• Represented Financial institution defending claim by insurance company.
• Represented landlords and tenants in commercial evictions.
• Savage Industries, Inc. - represented creditors in out of court reorganization and Official Unsecured Creditors Committee in subsequent Chapter 11 proceedings.
• Bob Weiner Tire Company, Inc. - represented Debtor, a chain of retail tire and auto service locations with a wholesale truck tire recapping plant.
• Ludlow Hospital - represented Chapter 7 Trustee.
• NewCare Health Corporation - filed Chapter 11 petitions for Debtor and 21 related entities in the business of owning, operating and contract managing healthcare facilities.
• Represented several ex-spouses in bankruptcy litigation concerning support obligations.

Commercial Matters

• Represented shareholder in corporate dissolution.
• Represented minority owner of business.
• Represented condominium associations.
• Represented commercial collections.
• Represented commercial evictions.
• Defense of commercial claims.

Real Estate

• Representation of buyers and sellers.
• Representation of landlords and tenants.
• Representation of condominium associations.

Mediation

• Certified mediator in Massachusetts pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 233, Section 23c.

Member

Has Been a Member Of:

• Worcester County Bar Association
• Hampden County Bar Association
• Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Turnaround Management Association
• Commercial Law League of America
• Chairman, New England District of the Commercial Law League of America, 1987-1988

Is a Member Of:

• Connecticut Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute

Education

• University of Connecticut (B.A., 1967; M.A., 1971)
• Western New England College (J.D., 1980, class rank-top quarter), Adjunct Faculty, Commercial Paper, Western New England School of Law, 1985-1987

Co-author and Lecturer

• Problem Loans in Massachusetts, N.B.I., 1988
• Successful Creditor Strategies in Bankruptcy in Massachusetts, N.B.I., 1990
• Foreclosure and Repossession in Massachusetts, N.B.I., 1990
• Covering Your Assets and Fraudulent Conveyance, M.C.L.E., 1991
• Financial Restructuring, M.C.L.E., 1991
• Collecting Judgments in Massachusetts, N.B.I., 1991
• Protecting Assets from Creditors, M.C.L.E., 1994

Panelist and Lecturer

• Collecting Judgments, M.C.L.E., 1991
• Bankruptcy Update '92, M.C.L.E., 1992
• Current Issues In Security Interests, M.C.L.E., 1992
• "DOCUMENTING LOANS IN 1993", American Institute of Banking, Springfield, MA Chapter, 1993
• 1999 Bankruptcy Basics, Massachusetts Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education
• 2001 Bankruptcy Basics, Massachusetts Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education