Supreme Judicial Court
Appoints New Member to Board of Bar Examiners; Attorney
Robert J. Muldoon, Jr. Appointed as Chair
The Justices
of the Supreme Judicial Court recently announced the appointment
of Geoffrey R. Bok of Boston to the Board of Bar Examiners
for a five-year term, ending on September 30, 2010, in
accordance with G.L. c. 221, §35. The Justices also
appointed Board member Robert J. Muldoon, Jr. of Arlington
as Chair.
The
Board of Bar Examiners, consisting of five members appointed
by the Supreme Judicial Court, makes rules with reference
to examinations for admission to the Massachusetts bar
and the qualifications of applicants, in accordance with
SJC Rule 3:01. The Board prepares, administers, and grades
the bar examinations, evaluates applicants' requirements,
and issues reports to the Supreme Judicial Court.
Mr.
Bok is a partner in the Boston law firm of Stoneman, Chandler & Miller
LLP where he focuses on labor and employment law and on
school litigation matters. Prior to joining the firm in
1995, he worked for four years at the Boston-based firm
of Lane & Altman. He began his legal career in 1987
at Ropes and Gray in Boston. Mr. Bok has been a reader
for the Massachusetts Bar Examinations since 1989, and
has assisted in drafting bar examination questions and
designing the current grading procedure for the examinations.
He received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law
School and a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard
University. He also studied at St. Stephen's College in
Delhi, India. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association
and the American Bar Association.
As
the new Chair, Mr. Muldoon fills the position previously
held by Edward J. Barshak, whose term has expired. A partner
in the Boston firm of Sherin and Lodgen, Mr. Muldoon practices
in the Litigation Department, concentrating in commercial
law. Before joining Sherin and Lodgen in 1982, he had worked,
since 1966, in the firm of Withington, Cross, Park & Groden.
He graduated from Boston College Law School with an LL.B.
degree, and earned an M.A. degree and a B.A. degree from
Boston College. The recipient of numerous professional
awards and honors, he is a member of the Boston Bar Association
and the American Law Institute. He is also a Fellow of
the American College of Trial Lawyers. He served as President
of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. and as
a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Conference
of Bar Examiners, which he chaired from 1985 to 1986.
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