Attorney Profile

My firm currently represents more than 60 national and international corporations, both profit and non-profit. We emphasize that business is a team sport. It is critical that you create a team of people to advise you on how to protect your hard-earned dollars.

I have practiced law in Newburyport since 1985. My firm represents businesses in the full range of legal matters a company may encounter as it grows. This work includes filing the appropriate documents with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office for start-ups, protecting and licensing of their product or service, protecting their federal trademarks (if any) and working with them as a team in commercial contract transactions. 

In furtherance of the theme that business is a team sport, the three legs to a successful risk management program for small businesses are as follows:

(1) Asset Protection

(2) Retirement Planning

(3) Estate Planning

Each element is equally important and overlapping. These elements collectively form your overall risk management strategy.

Year Joined Organization

• 1985

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Franchising
• Business Organizations
• Estate Planning
• Trusts
• Wills
• Intellectual Property Law
• Trade Secrets
• Trademarks
• Copyrights
• Taxation Law
• Strategic Planning
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Licensing
• Real Estate Sales & Leases

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1983
• Oklahoma, 1979
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1980
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1986
• U.S. Tax Court, 1997

Education

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997
  LL.M.
  
  
• University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1979
  J.D.
  
  
• Fordham University, 1974
  B.A.
  
  
• London School of Economics, London, England
  
  

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Boston Bar Association, 1996 - Present
  
  
• Newburyport Bar Association, 1996 - 1997
  President
  
  
• National Contract Management Association, 1990 - 2000
  Board of Directors
  
  
• North Shore Technology Association, 1998
  Founder
  
  
• Newburyport Chamber of Commerce, 2005 - 2009
  Board of Directors
  
  
• Newburyport International Business Coalition ["IBC"]
  Founder
  
  
• Seacoast Energy and Environmental Design Coalition ["SEED"]
  Founder
  
  
• Custom House Maritime Society, 2006 - Present
  Chairman, Board of Directors
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, Chief Judge Allan Barrow, Law Clerk, 1978
• U.S. Department of Energy, Special Counsel, 1979 - 1980
• U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Office, Contracting Officer, 1980 - 1984