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• MBA classifieds to be launched this fall
• MBA welcomes 2009-10 section council chairs
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• Law Practice Management Tip of the Week
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Section chairs gather to discuss the 2009-10 MBA association year at the Section Council Orientation in August.

Photos by Tricia Oliver.

MBA welcomes 2009-10 section council chairs

Appointed by Massachusetts Bar Association President Valerie A. Yarashus, the 2009-10 chairs of the MBA's 17 sections and Young Lawyers Division, provide lawyers with up-to-date information on specific areas of law, monitor law-related legislation, sponsor professional education programs and provide information on the law for the general public.

This year, the 34 section/division chairs hail from across the state and will be responsible for much of the association's activity through the year under the leadership of the officers.

Here is a list of section and division leaders for this association year.

Access to Justice

• Jayne B. Tyrrell, Massachusetts IOLTA Committee, Boston (left)
• James T. Van Buren, Law Office of James T. Van Buren, Fitchburg (right)

Business Law Section

• Stephen Y. Chow, Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston (left)
• Francis C. Morrissey, Quinn & Morris LLP, Boston (right)

Civil Litigation

• Kimberly Y. Jones, Athena Legal Strategies Group, Boston (left)
• Christopher A. Kenney, Kenney & Sams PC, Boston (right)

Criminal Justice

• Michael L. Fabbri, Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, Framingham (left)
• Gloria Y. Tan, Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute, Cambridge (right)

Family Law

• Thomas J. Barbar, Deutsch, Williams, Brooks, DeRensis & Holland PC, Boston (left)
• Veronica J. Fenton, Law Office of Veronica J. Fenton, Lenox (right)

General Practice, Solo & Small Firm

• John B. DiSciullo, Mitchell & DeSimone, Boston (left)
• Peter T. Elikann, Law Office of Peter T. Elikann, Boston (right)

Health Law

• George M. Thompson Jr., Sager & Schaffer LLP, Westborough

Immigration Law

• Marisa A. DeFranco, Law Office of Marisa DeFranco, Salem (left)
• Elizabeth Goss, Tocci Goss & Lee PC, Boston (right)

Individual Rights & Responsibilities

• Larry M. Johnson, David Malm & D'Agostine PC, Boston (left)
• Steven L. Wollman, Davids & Wollman, Swampscott (right)

Judicial Administration

• Hon. Gordon L. Doerfer (ret.), JAMS, The Resolution Experts, Needham (left)
  
• James C. Donnelly Jr., Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP, Worcester (right)

Juvenile & Child Welfare

• Peter A. Hahn, Hilton, Sindelar & Hahn, Newton (left)
• Martha Rush O'Mara, Law Office of Martha Rush O'Mara, Melrose (right)

Labor & Employment

• Thomas J. Gallitano, Conn, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford LLP, Boston (left)
• Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky PC, Boston (right)

Law Practice Management

• Rodney Dowell, Law Office Management Assistance Program, Boston (left)
• Andrea Goldman, Law Office of Andrea Goldman, Newton (right)

Probate Law

• John G. Dugan, Doherty, Ciechanowski, Dugan and Cannon PC, Franklin (left)
• Janice C. Nigro, Nigro, Pettepit & Lucas LLP, Wakefield (right)

Property Law

• Elizabeth J. Barton, CATIC, Natick (left)
• Laurel H. Siegel, Law Office of Laurel H. Siegel LLC, Boston (right)

Public Law

• Margaret J. Hurley, Attorney General's Central Massachusetts Regional Office and Attorney General's Municipal Law Unit, Worcester (left)
• Barbara J. Saint Andre, Petrini & Associates PC, Framingham (right)

Taxation Law

• Thomas G. Collins, McCarter & English LLP, Boston (left)
• Lisa Rico, McCarter & English LLP, Boston (right)

Young Lawyers Division

• David S. Bradley, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, Boston