FORMAL EDUCATION:

Norwich University, B.S. Electrical Engineering with honors, 1948
Boston University School of Law, L.L.B. 1955, Class rank: 3rd.

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE :

Justice, New Bedford District Court, 1974-1979
Justice, Superior Court, 1979-1992

PRIOR EXPERIENCE:

Law Clerk to Justice Raymond S. Wilkins, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
(Highest Appellate Court)

Special Assistant Attorney General to Massachusetts Attorneys General Edward W.
Brooke, Edward T. Martin, Eliot L. Richardson and Robert Quinn

Assistant District Attorney, Bristol County

Chief Legal Counsel, New Bedford Redevelopment Authority for about severn years (part time).

Counsel for Southeastern Massachusetts University (now U. Mass. Dartmouth) for about seven years.

Partner in law firm of Abramson, Titus, Byron & Putnam

Private practice was general, including corporate, business, municipal, real estate, contracts, collective bargaining, pension trusts, personal injury, estate planning, domestic relations, probate and trial practice. Most of the trial practice involved all types of personal injury claims, including claims arising out of construction, motor vehicles, products liability, medical malpractice, general liability, errors and omissions of brokers and eminent domain. As counsel for the New Bedford Redevelopment Authority I was responsible for the taking of over 1000 parcels of land, and the trial of those whose value was disputed, preparation of documents for public bidding for the demolition of buildings and the construction of roads and the sale of real property. Court trials as a judge include all types of criminal and civil cases, with and without juries.

EXPERIENCE:

Court Appointed Arbitrator, Mediator and Special Master; handles all mediation for the Massachusetts Appeals Court involving civil cases appealed from Barnstable, Bristol and Plymouth counties. (1993 to present). Consulting for attorneys. (1993 to present). Justice, Superior Court. (1979-1992). Justice, Third District Court of Bristol (New Bedford). (1974-1979). Counsel for Southeastern Massachusetts University for seven years. Chief Legal Counsel, New Bedford Redevelopment Authority for seven years. Assistant District Attorney, Bristol County. Special Assistant Attorney General. Judicial Clerk to Justice Raymond S. Wilkins, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

POST RETIREMENT EXPERIENCE:

Court appointed arbitrator, mediator and special master; including that of discovery master in complex litigation, by the Superior Court; Appeals Court conciliator; Private arbitration and mediation of personal injury claims, building construction, landlord and tenant disputes and medical malpractice claims; Consulting for attorneys representing plaintiffs and attorneys representing defendants.

Presently in Rochester, member of Planning Board, (Formerly on Council on Aging, Historic District Commission, and Cable Advisory Committee.)

MILITARY SERVICE :

United States Army - 3 1/2 years, including service in Korea

Graduate of the Airborne School as paratrooper and gliderman

Graduate of the Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky

Principal Duties: Tank Platoon Leader
                        Executive Officer, Tank Company
                        Company Commander, The Armored School
                        Assistant Adjutant, School Troops, The Armored School

Decorations and Awards:
                        Silver Star
                        Bronze Star
                        Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters
                        Distinguished Service Medal with Four Battle Stars
                        Republic of Korea Presidential Citation
                        United Nations Service Medal

In September of 1999 at Fort Riley, Kansas was granted and assigned the distinction of

                      Distinguished Member of the 70th Armor Regiment