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Honorable Peter M. Lauriat


Title Associate Justice
   
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Prior Judicial Offices (Dates):
   
Prior Public Service
   
Prior Professional Employment 1986 - 1989 Partner in the law firm of Pebaody and Brown, 101 Federal Street, Boston, MA
1979 - 1986 Partner in the law firm of Herrick and Smith, 100 Federal Street, Boston, MA
1972 - 1978 Associate in the law firm of Herrick and Smith
1971 - 1972 Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Murray, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
   
Education University of Chicago Law School, 1971 J.D.
Middlebury College, 1968 B.A. with Honors in Economics
   
Civic Activities Associate Member, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Watertown, MA (1988 - 1989)
Co-Legal Counsel, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee (1985 - 1989)
Member, Board of Directors, Visiting Nurse Association of Boston, Boston, MA (1975 - 1981 and 1983 - 1989)
Incorporator, Mt. Auburn Hospital Foundation, Cambridge, MA (1980 - 1995)
   
Professional Organization
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Massachusetts Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Frank J. Murray American Inn of Court
   
Publications Editor, Jury Trial Innovations in Massachusetts, Flaschner Judicial Institute, Boston, MA (2000)

Judicial Commentator, Massachusetts Superior Court Criminal Practice Manual, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. Boston, MA (1999)

Peter M. Lauriat and Gordon L. Doerfer, "To Ask Or Not To ask": That Is The Question For Jurors, Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fall, 1997.

Judicial Commentator, Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Manual, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., Boston, MA (1997)

Co-Editor and Contributor, Massachusetts Jury Trial Benchbook, Flaschner Judicial Institute, Boston, MA (1996). Editor, 1999 Supplement (2000)

"Superior Court Rule 9A Is Working", Boston Bar Journal, March/April 1995.

"Reflections on the Old Civil Motion Session", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 22 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 1363, Boston, MA (March 14, 1994)

"Motions in Limine", Sixty Minute Lawyer, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., Boston, MA (1993)

Editor, Massachusetts Deposition Practice Manual, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., Boston, MA (1992) (Supp. 1996) (Supp. 1998)

Deposition Preparation, Fundamentals of Civil Deposition Practice, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.,Boston, December, 1984. Revised December, 1986.

Co-author, The Massachusetts Right to Know Law Handbook, 350 pp., Herrick and Smith, Boston, March, 1984
   
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