Lawyers e-Journal
Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010
MBA section news
Young Lawyers Division open meeting; The Greater Boston Food Bank volunteer opportunity; Municipal Tax and State Tax Practice Groups open meeting
Young Lawyers Division: The verdict
is in
Thursday, April 22, 6-8
p.m.
MBA, 20 West St., Boston
Join the Massachusetts Bar
Association's Young Lawyers Division for a practical "how-to" guide
about appearing in a judge's courtroom. Listen as the Hon.
Carol S. Ball, associate justice of the Suffolk County
Superior Court, discusses likes and dislikes when appearing in
court.
This program will be followed by a Q & A session and
reception.
Click here
to R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, April 21.
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Volunteer opportunity
The Greater
Boston Food Bank
Wednesday, April 28, 9 a.m.-noon
70 South Bay Ave., Boston
The Business Law Section Council will host a volunteer
opportunity at The Greater Boston Food Bank on Wednesday,
April 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at 70 South Bay Ave., Boston
just off the X-way. Volunteers will help out by inspecting, sorting
and repacking donated food and grocery products and labeling boxes.
Volunteers can come alone or bring family members to help
out.
The Greater Food Bank has distributed over 31 million pounds of
food and grocery products to almost 600 hunger-relief agencies
throughout eastern Massachusetts and serves over 394,000 people
annually.
Click here
to R.S.V.P. to volunteer.
Space is limited. Only 20 spots are available. Click here to learn
more about the work of The Greater Boston Food Bank. Contact
Christine O'Hurley at [e-mail ohurleylaw] with any questions.
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Municipal Tax and State Tax
Practice Groups open meeting
Thursday, May 6, 5-6:30 pm
MBA, 20 West St., Boston
The Taxation Law Section's Municipal Tax Practice Group and
State Tax Practice Group will host a joint open meeting on Tuesday,
May 6. The business meeting will begin at 5 p.m. and the guest
speaker at 5:30 p.m. will be Mark Defrancisco,
chief counsel to the Appellate Tax Board's legal department.
Defrancisco advises the board on legal, evidentiary and related
issues; reviews and advises the board on motions heard before the
board; and drafts, edits and approves the board's findings of fact
and reports. With experience in state and local taxation, in both
the public and private sector, Defrancisco has spoken frequently on
matters relating to Massachusetts taxation at conferences sponsored
by MCLE, Massachusetts Association of Assessing Offices, county
assessors associations, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the
MBA and Boston Bar Association's taxation committees. This meeting
is free.