Lawyers e-Journal
Thursday, Sep. 1, 2011
MBA 2011-12 officers begin term
The Massachusetts Bar Association slate of officers for the
2011-12 term has officially been set. Richard P. Campbell,
the 2010-11 president-elect, automatically succeeds to the office
of the president today.
During his term, Campbell is committed to educating the public
at-large on the implications of underfunding the judicial system to
the quality of their lives in the commonwealth, as well as
examining closely the ethics of law schools and the current trend
of law school graduates facing bleak job prospects. He will also
work to include the MBA as part of policy debates and analysis of
the "Gateway Cities" in Massachusetts.
Here is the list of the officers and some of their
achievements.
Richard P. Campbell
President
Campbell is the founder and chairman of Campbell,
Campbell, Edwards & Conroy PC in Boston, a nationally
recognized firm of trial lawyers who primarily represent Fortune
100 corporations in multi-district litigation, class actions,
aviation disasters, mass torts, toxic tort, product liability and
major commercial disputes. Campbell is one of seven national trial
counsel for Caterpillar Inc. and currently serves as lead counsel
for one of the commercial airlines in the 9-11 litigation pending
in federal court in New York City. In addition, Campbell organizes
and leads his firm's pro bono project, educating parents, students
and school administrators about civil and criminal laws applicable
to underage drinking in private homes. A past MBA secretary, vice
president and president-elect, Campbell chaired the MBA's
Peremptory Challenges Task Force and has served on the MBA's
governing body, the House of Delegates, for more than seven years;
on the Criminal Justice Section Council for five years; and
currently as a Massachusetts Bar Foundation trustee and Oliver
Wendell Holmes fellow. Campbell is a fellow of the American College
of Trial Lawyers. Campbell is also a past chair of the
34,000-member Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) of
the American Bar Association. Campbell served seven years as the
chair of the Board of Overseers for Boston College Law School. In
1995, Boston College Law School honored Campbell with its highest
award for dedication to the law the Founder's Medal. In 2009, ABA's
TIPS honored Campbell with the Andrew C. Hecker Memorial Award, in
recognition for his leadership, outreach, enthusiasm,
professionalism and pride in TIPS. Campbell lives in
Cohasset.
Robert L. Holloway Jr.
President-elect
Holloway
is a shareholder and president of MacLean, Holloway, Doherty,
Ardiff & Morse PC in Peabody. Holloway is a long-term member of
the MBA's Ethics Committee, a member and past chair of the MBA's
Civil Litigation Section Council and a former regional delegate to
the MBA House of Delegates, the governing body of the MBA. The
former MBA treasurer, Holloway served as the chair of the Budget
& Finance Committee. Holloway received the MBA's Community
Service Award in 1993 and served on the Joint Bar Committee on
Judicial Nominations for six years. In August 2009, Holloway began
a three-year appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court's Standing
Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services, and is a regular panelist for
continuing legal education programs. Holloway is also an
emeritus member of the Board of Editors of
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, having served on that board
since 1981. Recognized by Boston magazine as a "Super
Lawyer" in the area of business litigation, Holloway is also a past
president of the Essex County Bar Association. A Topsfield
resident, Holloway has served as a member of the town's Board of
Health, as an elected representative to the Masconomet Regional
School Committee from 1990 to 1999, as director and president of
the Topsfield Athletic Association and as chair of the Danvers
Recreation Committee. In addition, he was a founding member of
Hospice of the North Shore and served for many years as a
corporator of Beverly Hospital.
Jeffrey N. Catalano
Vice President
Catalano is a partner at Todd & Weld LLP in
Boston, where he specializes in representing victims of
catastrophic injuries in the areas of medical negligence, product
liability, auto accident, class action and other personal injury
cases. A chair of the MBA's Volunteer, Recognition, Recruitment
& Retention Task Force and a member of its Executive Management
Board, he is a past chair of the MBA's Civil Litigation Section and
has served on the MBA's governing body, the House of Delegates,
since 2006. A Massachusetts Bar Foundation fellow, Catalano is a
member of the executive committee for the Massachusetts Academy of
Trial Attorneys. In addition, Catalano is also on the board of
directors for the non-profit law firm Health Law Advocates Inc.,
where his pro bono work includes patient advocacy and representing
chronically ill and impoverished people who are denied access to
health care services. Catalano led efforts this year to launch the
MBA Pro Bono Prescription program, which promotes the health and
well-being of low-income patients through legal advocacy. Catalano
also led the successful efforts of the MBA Centennial Commission
Fundraising Subcommittee over the last year. In 2009, he received a
"Hero from the Field" award for his efforts in improving health
care quality and patient rights. Catalano was selected as a New
England "Super Lawyer" in 2009 and a "Rising Star" by
Boston magazine in 2005. He lives in West Roxbury.
Marsha V. Kazarosian
Vice President
Kazarosian is managing partner of Kazarosian Law
Offices in Haverhill, where she concentrates in civil rights
litigation, family law and discrimination. Kazarosian previously
served as an MBA secretary and vice president. Chair of both the
MBA's Education Committee, and the Technology Implementation Task
Force, she served as co-chair of the MBA Centennial Conference this
past year. Kazarosian has also served on the MBA's Executive
Management Board, House of Delegates, Joint Bar Committee on
Judicial Nominations, Nominating Committee and Gala Dinner
Committee. Kazarosian has sat on a dozen association committees and
sections, including the Access to Justice, Civil Litigation, Family
Law and Probate Law section councils. In addition, Kazarosian is a
life fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Long active in bar
associations across the state, she is a past president of the Essex
County Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial
Attorneys. An accomplished trial lawyer, Kazarosian was recently
nominated as Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Top Women in
the Law, and was also named one of the top 10 lawyers in the
commonwealth in 1999 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly after
successfully suing the Haverhill Golf and Country Club for gender
discrimination. Kazarosian served a two-year term as one of 25
lawyers in the commonwealth appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court's Pro Bono Panel, and a six-year term as a Hearings
Committee officer for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. She
also hosts an Internet radio program on Legal Talk Network.
Kazarosian lives in Haverhill.
Douglas K. Sheff
Treasurer
Sheff is senior partner at
Sheff Law Offices in Boston, where he specializes in all aspects of
personal injury law and is considered an expert in brain injury
law. Sheff is also a member of the MBA's Executive Management Board
and Budget & Finance Committee. In addition, he served two
terms as MBA vice president, as MBA secretary in 2008-09 and as
chair of the MBA Civil Litigation Section in 2005-06. Sheff is
chair of the Workplace Safety Task Force and has also served as
chair of the MBA Membership Committee and as co-chair of the MBA
Centennial Conference. Sheff is also a Massachusetts Bar Foundation
fellow. A past president of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial
Attorneys, he was honored with the group's inaugural Excellence in
Advocacy Award for his representation of children and adults who
have suffered traumatic brain injury. Sheff has been appointed
trustee of the National College of Advocacy, which provides
superior education and training for trial lawyers across the United
States. Sheff has been awarded the ORT Award for integrity in the
law and is a seven-time recipient of the American Association for
Justice's prestigious Wiedemann-Wysocki Award. In addition, Sheff
has been awarded the AAJ's New Generation Award and served as chair
to the AAJ's Council of Presidents, representing 50,000 attorneys
nationwide. A Boston magazine "Super Lawyer," Sheff has
also been recognized in Lifesavers for preventing injury
through aggressive representation of victims of defective products.
He resides in Boston.
Robert W. Harnais
Secretary
Harnais is
with Mahoney, Diamond and Harnais Law Offices in Quincy, where his
general practice concentrates on criminal law, family law, real
estate, labor and consumer law. A member of the MBA House of
Delegates since 2006, Harnais has sat on its Executive Management
Board and has served as co-chair of the MBA Task Force on
Diversity. Harnais is a past president of both the Massachusetts
Association of Hispanic Attorneys and the National Hispanic Bar
Association, as well as a member of the Norfolk County Bar
Association. Since 2007, he has served as a member of the Race and
Ethnic Advisory Board for the Massachusetts courts and the American
Planning Board. A Braintree resident, he is chairman of the
Braintree Planning Board and is a volunteer coach with Braintree
Pop Warner.