| Title |
First Justice |
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| Office
Mailing Address |
Bristol
Probate and Family Court
505 Pleasant Street
New Bedford, MA 02740 |
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Secretary/Clerk
Telephone Number |
508-999-5249
x226 |
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| Date
of Birth/Place of Birth |
01/27/43 New
Bedford, MA |
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| Year
of Appointment/Governor |
1988 |
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| Prior
Judicial Offices (Dates): |
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| Prior
Public Service |
Assistant
Town Counsel, Dartmouth, MA 1979 - 1988
Legal Assistant District Attorney, Southern District 1978 - 1974 |
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| Prior
Professional Employment |
Private
Practice - New Bedford, MA 1970 - 1988
Associate - Choate Hall and Stewart 1969 - 1970
Law Clerk, Judge Andrew A. Caffrey U.S. District Court, Boston, MA 1968
- 1969 |
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| Education |
Boston
College Law School, L.L.B. June 1968 magna cum laude
George Washington University, A.B. Government and International Affairs,
1964 |
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| Civic
Activities |
Southcoast Health System, Inc.
- Trustee (a new hospital organization overseeing the consolidated
operations of the former St. Luke's Hospital, Charlton Hospital
and Tobey Hospital together with their subsidiary corporations)
Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Lukes Hospital of New
Bedford
Trustee of several Southcoast Health System subsidiaries including:
St.
Lukes Nursing Home, Inc.
South Coast Primary Care, Inc., Chairman
South Coast Physical Services, Inc. , Chairman
Member of the Southcoast
Health System Inc. : Finance Committee, Governance Committee
and Quality Committee
Southern New England School of Law, Trustee
I.H. Schwartz Rehabilitation Center - Director and Past President
New Bedford Child and Family Service - Past President (1985 - 1988) Former
Director, (1977 - 1988)
Y.M.C.A., New Bedford, MA - Vice President and Director 1983 - 1988
Southeastern Mass. Legal Assistance Corp. - Director 1981 - 1988 |
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Professional
Organization
Memberships |
Massachusetts
Judges Conference - former member of Executive Committee
National Association of Women Judges
Massachusetts Bar Association - former member of the Family Law Council
Bristol County Bar Association
New Bedford Bar Association - Past President
Client Security Board Member 1983 - 1988 |
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| Publications |
Massachusetts
Family Law Journal - Contributing Editor |
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Judicial
Branch Committees
and Activities |
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| Hobbies/Interests |
Skiing
and Bicycling |
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| Practice
Pointers for Lawyers Appearing Before You |
Be
prepared and willing to try your case in order to represent
your client well. |
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