Law Practice Management

Section Leadership

Thomas J. Barbar

Barbar, a resident of Boston's South End, is a principal with the family law department at Deutsch Williams, Brooks, DeRensis & Holland PC in Boston, where his practice concentrates on probate and domestic relations. Previously, Barbar was a solo practitioner in West Roxbury. He is a past co-chair of the Family Law Section and is currently in his second year as an attorney mentor in the MBA Tiered Community Mentoring Program. Barbar has testified at the Statehouse on behalf of the MBA regarding family law bills, as well as been a panel participant and chair for probate and family law issues for the Boston Bar Association and the MBA. He also served on the MBA's 2009-10 Budget and Finance Committee.

Stephen Seckler

Seckler is president of Seckler Legal Coaching in Newton. He coaches individual attorneys on how to sell with greater effectiveness. He counsels lawyers at all career stages on how to achieve greater career satisfaction. Seckler also consults with small to mid-sized law firms in the areas of marketing, management and social media. He is the author of CounseltoCounsel, a marketing and career blog that has been named a top 100 legal blog by the editors of the ABA Journal. He is a frequent writer and speaker on marketing, business development and law practice management. He lives in Newton.