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Notable & Quotable: MBA members in the news and more

Thursday, April 6, 2023
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  • MBA Executive Management Board member Peter Elikann appeared on NECN to preview and recap the April 4 arraignment of former President Donald Trump. Elikann was also interviewed on Boston 25 News following the announcement that Trump had been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.

  • "5 for Good: Paralegal training program in courts offers students with autism skills, job experience," WCVB (April 3). Hon. Angela M. Ordoñez, an associate justice of the Barnstable County Probate and Family Court, who founded and co-chairs the MBA's Tiered Community Mentoring Program, was interviewed about her support for the Paralegal Assistant Training program for students with autism.

  • "Photos of minor auto damage admissible to rebut injury claim," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 3). MBA Judicial Administration Section Council member Kathy Jo Cook commented on an Appeals Court decision that defense counsel in a rear-end collision case could introduce photos showing minor damage to the parties' vehicles to argue that the plaintiff's injuries were less severe than she claimed.

  • "Bar on transfer of marital home unenforceable," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 3). MBA member Ana E. Schwarz discussed an Appeals Court decision that a provision in a couple's separation agreement requiring mutual consent for any future sale or transfer of their marital home was unenforceable.

  • "Four-day work week wave may have crested," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 3). MBA Labor & Employment Section Council Chair Michelle M. DeOliveira, Labor & Employment Vice Chair Valerie C. Samuels and MBA member Peter J. Moser discussed the prospect of employers adopting a four-day work week.

  • "Law firms need systems in order to run efficiently," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 3). MBA Solo/Small Firm Law Practice Management Section Council member Christopher F. Earley wrote an article explaining why law firms should create systems in order to run more efficiently.

  • "1st Circuit: Judge could offer own expertise on guns in criminal case," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 3). MBA Criminal Justice Section Council member D. Christopher Dearborn commented on a First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that a federal judge did not overstep his authority when he cited his personal experience with firearms in ruling that prosecutors had successfully argued for revoking a drug defendant’s supervised release.

  • "ABOTA annual dinner draws crowd of lawyers and judges," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 3). The annual dinner of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates was attended by several MBA members, including retired Superior Court Judge Karen F. Green, retired Superior Court Judge Bonnie H. MacLeod of the Dispute Resolution Section Council, Appeals Court Chief Justice Mark V. Green, Superior Court Judge Maureen Mulligan, Appeals Court Judge John C. Englander, John J. Barton, MBA Past President Douglas K. Sheff, Superior Court Chief Justice Heidi E. Brieger, Superior Court Judge Janet L. Sanders, Kathy Jo Cook of the Judicial Administration Section Council, U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young, Appeals Court Judge Kenneth V. Desmond Jr., Elizabeth Reidy, Edward T. Hinchey and Patrick T. Jones.
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