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PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE: 1990present UnitedStatesMagistrateJudge UnitedStatesDistrictCourt/Boston DistrictofMassachusetts Responsibleforhandlingcivilcasesfromfilingthroughresolutionbyjury trialandcriminalcasesfromthefilingofchargesinfelonymattersuntil trialandmisdemeanormattersthroughtrialandsentencing.Broad subjectmatterjurisdiction. Extensiveexperiencewithhighprofilecriminalcases. Thecourthasoneofthebusiestintellectualpropertydocketsinthe countrybecauseofthenumerousacademicinstitutionsandtherelated commercialspinoffsintheBostonarea. Additional judicial duties include serving as a mediator as part of the Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program of the United States District Court of the District of Massachusetts (since 2002). Conducted over 400 mediationsintheDistrictsofMassachusetts,PuertoRicoandRhodeIsland involvingawiderangeofsubjectareasincludingcomplexbusinesslitigation, all types of intellectual property disputes, discrimination and civil rights, admiralty, personal injury, environmental matters and products liability cases resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements with an averageannualsettlementrateinexcessof80percent.Magistratejudge representative to the courts Committee on ADR, which administers the courts ADR program, which handles about 200 cases annually. Between 2004 and 2010 responsible for successfully mediating all of the DES (diethylstilbestrol)casesfiledintheDistrictofMassachusetts. Frequentguestspeakerandlectureronthesubjectofmediation. Special interests: admiralty, biotechnology, intellectual property, internationallaw,medicolegalissuesandproductliability.
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ChiefMagistrateJudge AdministrativeresponsibilitiesandliaisontotheChiefJudgefortheseven MagistrateJudgesservingintheDistrictofMassachusetts. ObserverMembertotheJudicialCounciloftheFirstCircuit Member of the International Judicial Relations Committee oftheJudicial ConferenceoftheUnitedStates(byappointmentoftheChiefJusticeofthe SupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates) *****
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AssistantU.S.Attorney DistrictofMassachusetts UnitedStatesDepartmentofJustice SeniorLitigationCounselFirstAUSAintheDistrictofMassachusettstobe awarded this title by the Department of Justice in recognition for outstandinglitigationskills.DutiesincludedtrainingAssistantU.S.Attorneys, servingasalitigationconsultantintheU.S.Attorney'sOfficeandhandling complexlitigationandmonitoringthesettlingofcases. ResponsibleforthedefenseofthegovernmentinMartinGaffney,etal.v. U.S.A., which alleged that medical malpractice by U.S. Navy physicians resulted in a stillborn birth and the mother's subsequent need for blood transfusionswhichresultedinthemother,herhusbandandanafterborn childdevelopingAIDS,whichcausedthedeathofallthefamilymembers.
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ExecutiveAssistantUnitedStatesAttorney First person to serve in this capacity in the District of Massachusetts. ResponsibilitiesincludedservingasActingU.S.Attorneyintheabsenceof theU.S.Attorney,makingmajormanagementandprosecutorialdecisions, overallsupervision,pressrelationsandoversightoftheadministrativeand civildivisions. AttorneyGeneral'sAdvocacyInstitute,Wash.,D.C. Selected by the Attorney General to direct the civil and appellate educational programs for all Assistant U.S. Attorneys nationwide. Responsibilities included managing an intensive two week civil litigation course for recently named Assistant U.S. Attorneys and a one week appellateprogramforseniorattorneys.LecturestoU.S.Attorneys'offices around the country on medical malpractice, settlement techniques, mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Specialized lectures on the
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selectionandpreparationofexpertwitnessesinvolvingscientific,medical ortechnicalsubjects. 19801986 CivilDivision,TrialAttorney Responsible for a wide variety of civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels, with special emphasis on complex personal injury cases, swine flu litigation, asbestos litigation and medical malpractice. Extensive use of mediationandalternativedisputeresolutioninconjunctionwithtraditional trialpractice. Handled 35 swine flu vaccine cases totaling in excess of $42 million in claims. There were no judgments against the government. Liability was admitted in one wrongful death case and a trial on the issue of damages resultedinanawardof$218,000.Fourothercasesweresettledforatotal payout of $160,000. The government prevailed at trial in all of the other casesandinalltheappeals. 1979 NewEnglandStrikeForceAgainstOrganizedCrime Special assignment to the prosecution trial team in a 15 defendant RICO case.ThecasewasthesecondprosecutioninMassachusettsundertheRICO statute.Thetriallastedthreemonths. CivilDivision,TrialAttorney Generalcivillitigation,includingbothaffirmativelitigationandthedefense ofthegovernment. AssistantDistrictAttorney MiddlesexCounty,Cambridge,MA Prosecution of criminal cases in the District and Superior Courts. Co Prosecutor in the first degree murder trial Commonwealth v. Anthony Jackson,whichresultedinconvictionandlifesentencewithoutparole. DeputyChiefLawClerktotheJusticesoftheMassachusettsSuperiorCourt Responsibleforthemanagementofthelawclerkprogram,hiringoffuture lawclerksandspecialassignmentsfortheChiefJustice.Assignedtocomplex cases,primarilyfirstdegreemurdercases. LawClerktotheJusticesoftheSuperiorCourt ManagingEditor,"ThisWeekinPublicHealth" TheofficialpublicationoftheMass.DepartmentofPublicHealth. FreelanceWriterMedicalandScientificSubjects Articlesappearedinnumerousnewspapersandmagazines
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ResearchAssistantinBiochemistryHarvardMedicalSchool Subjectareaofinterest:CalciumRetentioninPatientswithMetabolicBone Disease J.D.cumlaude(1976)SuffolkLawSchool,Boston ClassRank:5/247 Honors:Dean'sListAllsemesters JohnB.HynesScholarship(twoyears) HiramArcherScholarship(oneyear) A.B.(1967)RegisCollege,Weston,Mass.Premed.Seniorthesis entitled"AReportontheCurrentStatusoftheOvarianHormoneEstrogen" DoctorofLaws,honoriscausa RegisCollege,2003 DoctorofLaws(Honorary) SuffolkUniversity,1994
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SELECTEDPROFESSIONALORGANIZATIONS: AmericanBarAssociation AmericanInnsofCourt BostonBarAssociation BostonIntellectualPropertyInnofCourtVicePresident20112012 President20122013 BostonCollegeInnofCourtforIntellectualProperty,FoundingCopresident in1997 Maritime Law Association of the United States Elected to Honorary Membershipin2008 Suffolk Law School Alumni Association President,1980/81 (First woman president)
PUBLICATIONS: Pfeffer MA, Bowler MB. Access to safety datastockholders versus prescribers.NewEnglandJournalofMedicine2011;365:13 Mass. Bar Assoc. Civil LitigationMarch 1993 (CL53) Resolving discovery disputesinfederalcourt Acknowledged in the preface of Seamen's Damages for Death and Injury, 1988supplement.HarrisonCo.(1988).
Acknowledged: Flanagan, B. and Nichols Jr., G. Bone matrix turnover and balanceinvitro:ll.Theeffectofageing.JournalofClinicalInvestigation1969; 48(4):607612 Acknowledged: Flanagan, B. and Nichols Jr., G. Bone matrix turnover and balanceinvitro:l.Theeffectofparathyroidhormoneandthyrocalcitonin. JournalofClinicalInvestigation1969;48(4):595606 Printoutofpublishedopinionsavailableuponrequest.
SELECTEDAWARDS/HONORS: 2012 2011 2004 1991 DistinguishedPublicServiceAwardBostonPatentLawAssoc. U.SUkranianFoundationAppreciationAward BostonBarAssoc.CitationforJudicialExcellenceatAnnualLawDayDinner SuffolkUniversityLawSchoolOutstandingAlumniAwardfor"Exceptional ProfessionalAchievements"(firstwomantoreceiveaward). MCLE,CertificateofAppreciationforParticipationinEducationalPrograms. MassachusettsBarAssociation,CertificateofAppreciationforProfessional EducationProgram. United States Department of Justice, Certificate ofAppreciationfor OutstandingServices(conferredinWashington,D.C.). 10thSpecialForces,CertificateofAppreciation. Listedin WhosWhoinAmerica WhosWhoinAmericanWomen WhosWhoinAmericanLaw
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GovernmentofKuwait,KuwaitCity(1997firstUSwomanjudgetospeakin Kuwait GovernmentofEgypt(2012)presentationonenforcementofforeigncourt ordersincrossborderfinancialinvestigations,presentationsbefore theCourtofCassationandCairoUniversityLawSchool JudicialInstituteoftheUnitedArabEmiratesatSharjah(2011)presentation oncopyrightandtrademarklaw MassachusettsBarAssociation MassachusettsContinuingLegalEducation MassachusettsFederalBarAssociation OpenWorld PracticingLawInstitute,NYC(UnderstandingIntellectualPropertyLicense) UnitedStatesDepartmentofJustice,Washington,D.C.AttorneyGenerals AdvocacyInstitute WomensBarAssociation U.S.Embassy,Belgrade,Serbia2012 In addition, numerous law schools, foreign judges, prosecutors, law enforcementagentsandcivicorganizations
SELECTEDCIVICACTIVITIES: 20052008 BoardofOverseers USSConstitutionMuseum,Boston BoardofDirectors,DiscoveringJustice, JamesD.St.ClairCourtEducationProject VisitingCommitteeonNeuroscience, MassachusettsGeneralHospital Board of Directors, South Cove Manor (nonprofit nursing facility serving BostonsChinatown) BoardofDirectors,TheBostonFoundation Trustee,SuffolkUniversity,Boston MemberofVisitingCommittee,MuseumSchool (BostonMuseumofFineArts) Chairman,BoardofTrustees,NewEnglandBaptistHospital,Boston
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