The Massachusetts Bar Association's slate of officers for the
2010-11 term has officially been set. Denise Squillante, the
2009-10 president-elect, automatically succeeds to the office of
president on Sept. 1.
In honor of its 100th anniversary, the MBA will be celebrating a
century of service to the public, the profession and the rule of
law throughout its 2010-11 association year.
Here is a list of the officers and some of their achievements:
Richard P. Campbell, President-elect
Campbell is the founder and chairman of Campbell, Campbell,
Edwards & Conroy PC, which specializes in trial practice, with
offices in Boston and Philadelphia. He represents Fortune 100
corporations and individuals in multi-district litigation, class
actions, aviation disasters, mass tort, toxic tort, product
liability, commercial disputes and other serious personal injury
matters. In addition, Campbell organizes and leads his firm's pro
bono project, educating parents, students and school administrators
about civil and criminal social host liability laws. He has served
on the MBA's House of Delegates for more than six years, the
Criminal Justice Section Council for four years, and currently
serves as a trustee for the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Campbell
is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a past
chair of the 34,000-member Tort Trial & Insurance Practice
Section of the American Bar Association. He also served for seven
years as the chair of the board of overseers for Boston College Law
School. Campbell was honored by Boston College Law School with its
highest award for dedication to the law - the Founder's Medal. He
was also the 2009 recipient of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance
Practice Section Andrew C. Hecker Memorial Award, in recognition
for his leadership, outreach, enthusiasm, professionalism and
pride. Campbell lives in Cohasset.
Douglas K. Sheff, Vice President
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. A past president of the
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, he has been appointed
trustee of the National College of Advocacy, which provides
superior education and training for trial lawyers across the United
States. Sheff is also a director of the Belli Society, an
international group of distinguished trial attorneys, and he has
been awarded the ORT Award for integrity in the law. A seven-time
recipient of the American Association for Justice's prestigious
Wiedemann-Wysocki Award, he serves on the AAJ's Board of Governors,
its Leaders Forum and its Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group.
In addition, Sheff has been awarded the AAJ's New Generation Award
and is a past chair of the AAJ's 100 State Delegates. He also
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.
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 board, the House of Delegates, since 2006. A
Massachusetts Bar Foundation Fellow, Catalano is also a member of
the executive committee for the Massachusetts Academy of Trial
Attorneys. He 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.
In 2009, Catalano received a "Hero from the Field" award for his
efforts in improving health care quality and patient rights. He was
selected as a New England "Super Lawyer" in 2009 and a "Rising
Star" by Boston magazine in 2005. Catalano lives in West
Roxbury.
Robert L. Holloway Jr., Treasurer
Holloway is a shareholder and president of MacLean, Holloway,
Doherty, Ardiff & Morse PC in Peabody. He 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. 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, he 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. An emeritus member of the
Board of Editors of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Holloway
has served on that board since 1981. Recognized by Boston
magazine as a "Super Lawyer" in the area of business litigation, he
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 and as an elected representative to the Masconomet
Regional School Committee from 1990 to 1999. In addition, he was a
founding member of Hospice of the North Shore and served for many
years as a corporator of Beverly Hospital.
Marsha V. Kazarosian, Secretary
Kazarosian is managing partner of Kazarosian Law Offices in
Haverhill, where she concentrates in civil litigation, family law
and discrimination. Long active in bar associations, she is a past
president of the Essex County Bar Association and the Massachusetts
Academy of Trial Attorneys. A co-chair of the MBA's Education
Committee and an MBA vice president from 2008 to 2009, 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. In addition, she is a life
Fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. An accomplished trial
lawyer, Kazarosian was named one of the top 10 lawyers in the state
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
hosts an Internet radio program on Legal Talk Network. Kazarosian
lives in Haverhill.