BARNSTABLE
Wendie A. Howland, certified legal nurse
consultant and nurse life care planner, accepted the first
Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Nurse
Life Care Planners at their recent conference in San Antonio. This
award was given for outstanding service to the profession and the
association for practice, outreach, teaching, and mentoring others
in life care planning, and editing the association's journal,
Core Curriculum and Scope and Standards for Nurse Life
Care Planning.
HAMPSHIRE
Katherine K. Coolidge, an attorney and law
librarian, has been hired by AccuFile Inc., as part of a strategic
expansion into Western Massachusetts. A leader in the field of
legal information, Coolidge has more than 30 years' experience with
the law, specifically in Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin
and Berkshire counties.
MIDDLESEX
Former MBA President Kathleen M. O'Donnell is
pleased to announce the opening of O'Donnell Law Firm in Lowell.
The firm represents people injured at work or due to someone's
negligence. O'Donnell is also past president of the Massachusetts
Academy of Trial Attorneys and was a leader in the fight against
National No Fault Insurance. She will continue to represent injured
people both in and out of the courtroom.
Laura E. Gibbs and Calvin J.
Heinle, formerly of Ginsburg Leshin Gibbs & Jones,
LLP, have partnered to create a new firm offering premier family
law services in Massachusetts. The firm -- Gibbs|Heinle LLP -- is
located at 57 River St. in Wellesley, and offers litigation,
settlement negotiation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration and
appellate services in domestic relations.
SUFFOLK
Melinda Thompson has been elected partner at
Todd & Weld LLP (MBA Honor Roll Firm). Thompson, a former
assistant district attorney, continues to concentrate her practice
on government investigations and criminal defense.
Jonathan Mutch has been named partner at Robins
Kaplan LLP (MBA Honor Roll Firm). Mutch has more than 15 years of
experience advising and representing insurers in complex claims,
large losses and business disputes with an emphasis on first-party
coverage matters, professional responsibility claims and fraud
investigations.
Melissa D'Alelio, a principal at Robins Kaplan
LLP (MBA Honor Roll Firm), has been named to the 2016 Leadership
Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) fellows program, which
identifies, trains and advances the next generation of leaders in
the legal industry. Melissa is the sixth Robins Kaplan attorney to
participate in the fellows program since its inception in 2011.
Thomas J. Carey Jr. of Collora LLP (MBA Honor
Roll Firm) will receive the Special Service Award from Boston
College Law School during the school's annual Law Day Celebration
on May 3. He is being awarded for "his scholarship and service to
generations of BC Law School students as the preeminent guide,
advisor and director of appellate advocacy and moot court
programs."
Tony Froio of Robins Kaplan LLP (MBA Honor
Roll Firm) was elected to a two-year term as managing partner of
the Boston office. Froio's election was part of the firm's
announcement of its 2016 executive board.
Owen Lynch of Lynch, Brewer, Hoffman & Fink
LLP will receive the Holland Lifetime Achievement Award from Boston
College Law School during the school's annual Law Day Celebration
on May 3. He is being honored "for five decades of extraordinary
service to the profession and Boston College Law School."
Michael Mone Jr. of Esdaile, Barrett, Jacobs
& Mone (MBA Honor Roll Firm), will receive the St. Thomas More
Award from Boston College Law School during the school's annual Law
Day Celebration on May 3. He is being recognized for his
"courageous and effective representation of detainees wrongfully
held at Guantanamo Bay."
Richard M. Novitch has returned to Todd &
Weld LLP (MBA Honor Roll Firm) as of counsel, where he will
continue to focus his practice on all aspects of domestic relations
law, including complex matrimonial matters and appeals.
Timothy Dooling is the new deputy auditor and
general counsel for the Office of the State Auditor (OSA). Dooling
is joining State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump's senior leadership team
and will represent her office in legal proceedings, provide legal
research for audits and assist in development of legislation and
legal policy.
WORCESTER
Matthew F. Erskine's article "Succession:
Business Success v. Ownership Lifestyle" was published in FFI
Practitioner on March 16, 2016. The Practitioner,
published by the Family Firm Institute, provides family enterprise
professionals with practical, user-friendly content on best
practices from across the core disciplines of behavioral science,
law, finance and management science, as well as the latest
multidisciplinary thinking in these fields.