EDUCATION

The Center for Mediation in Law, New York, New York
Intensive mediation training program with certification, 1998

Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
J.D., 1981 Dean’s List 1980-1981

University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
B.A., cum laude, Psychology, 1978
National Psychology Honor Society
UNH Varsity Lacrosse Team, 1976-1978

CURRENT POSITIONS

Legal Options, Inc.
233 Needham Street, Newton, Massachusetts
President, October, 1997 to present
Principal mediator and arbitrator concentrating in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, professional negligence, state and federal tort claims, civil rights and employment law.

Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts
Adjunct Professor, January, 2000 to present
Lecture and practical skills training course: Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Green, Miles, Lipton, White & Fitz-Gibbon
77 Pleasant Street, Northampton, Massachusetts
Partner, August, 1985 to October, 2003
General civil and criminal trial practice with concentration in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, employment law, state and federal tort claims, civil rights and criminal defense.

Morse & Sacks
31 Trumbull Road, Northampton, Massachusetts
Associate, June, 1984 to August, 1985
General civil and criminal trial practice with concentration in the areas of personal injury and criminal defense.

Cope & Wilson
446 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Associate, May, 1983 to June, 1984
General civil litigation practice with concentration in the areas personal injury, municipal and contract law.

Law Offices of Richard G. Shalhoub
31 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Associate, September, 1981 to January, 1983
Criminal trial practice in the District and Superior Courts.

BAR ADMISSIONS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1981
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1982

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES

Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
Hampshire County Bar Association
HCBA Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Western Massachusetts Legal Services, Board of Directors