|
Honorable Gail L. Perlman
| Title |
First
Justice |
| |
|
| Office
Mailing Address |
|
| |
|
Secretary/Clerk
Telephone Number |
|
| |
|
| Date
of Birth/Place of Birth |
05/26/41 South
Bend, Indiana |
| |
|
| Year
of Appointment/Governor |
|
| |
|
| Prior
Judicial Offices (Dates): |
|
| |
|
| Prior
Public Service |
|
| |
|
| Prior
Professional Employment |
1965
- 1968 Various positions in Social Work
1977 - 1988 Partner, Mages, Kaplan and Perlman, Springfield,
MA
1988 - 1998 Law Office of Gail L. Perlman, Northampton, MA
1988 - 1998 Clarkin and Perlman Mediation, Springfield and Northampton,
MA
|
| |
|
| Education |
A.B.
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 1963
M.S.W. Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work, Bryn Mawr, PA
1965
J.D. Western New England College School of Law, Springfield,
MA 1976 |
| |
|
| Civic
Activities |
1988
- 1992 Board of Directors, Hampshire Community Action Commission
(president, 1990 - 1992).
1989 - 1991 Board of Directors, National Yiddish Book Center,
Amherst, MA, (President, 1990 - 1991).
1988 - 1991 Board of Directors, Children's Aid and Family Service,
Inc., Northampton, MA, (Vice President, 1990 - 1991).
1982 - 1988, Board of Directors, Hampshire County Correctional
Services, Inc., (Treasurer, 1983 - 1988) |
| |
|
Professional
Organization
Memberships |
American
Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts
Hampshire County Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Academy of Family Mediators
Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution
Massachusetts Family and Probate American Inn of Court
|
| |
|
| Publications |
"Divorce
and Separate Support", "Child Custody", "Paternity",
three chapters in Pro Bono Desk Reference, Massachusetts
Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1992 (with Linda Fidnick,
Esq.).
"Divorce and Family Practice," a chapter for Ethical
Lawyering: A Practical Guide for Massachusetts Lawyers,
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1988, Revised
1995
"Mastering the Laws of Privileged Communication",
Social Work, Vol. 33, No. 5, National Association of
Social Workers, Washington, D.C., September - October, 1988.
"The Head of a Social Workers," Commencement Address,
Smith College School for Social Work, partially reprinted in
the Journal of the School for Social Work, Winter, 1988.
|
| |
|
Judicial
Branch Committees
and Activities |
Co-Vice
chair, Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Alternate
Dispute Resolution;
Co-chair Hampshire County Reinventing Justice; and
Faculty, National Judicial College |
| |
|
| Hobbies/Interests |
|
| |
|
| Practice
Pointers for Lawyers Appearing Before You |
|
|
|
