Supreme Judicial Court
Appoints Attorney to Clients' Security Board
Boston, MA — The
Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court today announced
the appointment of Attorney Thomas O. Bean of Needham
to the Clients' Security Board for a five-year term,
effective November 1, 2005. Mr. Bean fills the position
previously held by Attorney Peter H. Sutton, whose term
recently expired.
A
partner in the Boston office of the law firm of McDermott,
Will & Emery, LLP, Mr. Bean practices bankruptcy
and commercial litigation. Prior to his present position,
he was a partner in the law firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish,
LLP in Boston for seven years. He previously served as
a Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General in the Government
Bureau for over five years, and taught at Babson College
as an adjunct lecturer from 1992 to 1995. He began his
legal career at Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer in
1986.
Mr.
Bean received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University
of Michigan Law School. He holds an Ed.M degree from
Harvard University, and graduated with an A.B. degree,
cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis. A
former co-chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the Boston
Bar Association, he is also a member of the American
Bankruptcy Institute.
Established
by the SJC in 1974, the Clients' Security Board
consists of seven attorneys who oversee the disbursement
of funds to clients who have been victimized by attorney
defalcation. Through a portion of the annual registration
fees paid by attorneys to the Board of Bar Overseers,
Massachusetts reimburses clients who have been victimized
by instances of attorney misappropriations.
