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James S Bolan

James S Bolan

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Licensed for 52 years

Ethics and professional responsibility Lawyer at Newton, MA
Practice Areas: Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Litigation, Probate

100 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA

About James

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Ethics and Professional Responsibility 75%

I represent lawyers in BBO and malpractice matters, partnership breakups, departures and law firm litigation; provide counsel to local, national and transnational lawyers and law firms on risk management, law firm audits, malpractice prevention, and professional responsibility, practice and ethics matters; and frequently serve as an expert witness in legal malpractice and other proceedings, including on the reasonableness of legal fees, conflicts, issue relating

15 years

75%
Litigation 20%

15 years

20%
Probate 5%

15 years

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in Massachusetts for 51 years

State: Massachusetts

Acquired: 1975

Retired

No misconduct found

Licensed in Missouri for 52 years

State: Missouri

Acquired: 1973

Administrative - Not Authorized to Practice

No misconduct found

Location

Brecher, Wyner, Simons, Fox & Bolan

100 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA, 02459-3242

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Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2010

Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine

2009

Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine

2008

Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine

2007

Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine

2006

Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine

2005

Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine

2004

Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine

2004

Massachusetts Super Lawyer Top 100, Boston Magazine

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AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Associations

1990 - Present

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

Founding Member

Massachusetts Bar Foundation

Fellow

2001 - 2002

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

President

2000 - 2001

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

President-Elect

1999 - 2000

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

Secretary

1998 - 1999

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

Treasurer

1996 - 1998

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

Director

Education

1973

Boston College Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1970

Trinity College

Speaking Engagements

2010

Suffolk Law School Advanced Legal Studies

Avoiding Pitfalls in Starting and Running a Law Practice

2008

Boston University Law School Class

Legal Malpractice

2006

MCLE Webcast

Ethics in Negotiation

2006

MBA Annual Meeting

Ethics and Malpractice

2005

REBA Annual Conference

Ethics in Negotiation

1993

APRL Conference

Misdelivered Documents: Fair Game for Adverse Counsel

N/A

National Legal Malpractice Conference

The Hazards of Multi-Jurisdictional Practice: Avoiding Disciplinary Sanctions, Fee Forfeitures, and Legal Malpractice Claims.

N/A

APRL/Fudan University Law School, Shanghai, China Shanghai Conference

Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duty

N/A

APRL/Fudan University Law School Shanghai, China Conference

Duties to the Courts, Other Persons, and the Legal Profession

N/A

APRL Conference

I See Your Face Before Me: The Ethics, Practicalities, and Pitfalls of Electronic Networking (a/k/a Marketing) and Virtual Lives;

N/A

APRL Conference

You Can Run, but You Can't Hide: Epic Encounters/Elusive Ethics in Electronic Discovery

N/A

APRL Conference

Ethics of Judicial Elections in the Context of Regulation, Free Speech, Impartiality and Independence: Point and Counterpoint:

N/A

APRL Conference

Truth and Consequences: Negotiation Ethics

N/A

APRL Conference

Technological Advances in Ethics Research

N/A

APRL Conference

When Is a License Not a License? Applying MJP Principles to Federal Practice

N/A

APRL Conference

Conflicts and Other Issues for Lawyers with Ancillary Businesses

N/A

APRL Conference

Managing the Lone Wolf and Other Partner Problems

N/A

APRL Conference

Cross-Boundary Advertising: Impossibility of Performance?

N/A

APRL Conference

Fee and Profit Sharing with Non-Lawyers: The Evolving Definition of the Independence of Counsel;

N/A

APRL Conference

Opinions of Counsel: The Ways and Means.

N/A

APRL Conference

Safeguarding Client Funds for Non-Clients: Who Must the Lawyer Protect?

N/A

APRL Conference

The Rise of "Private Citizen" Discipline and the Demise of DR 1-102(A)(6): A Mystery in Two Parts.

N/A

APRL Conference

To Preclude or Not to Preclude: Should a Lawyer Have Two Bites at the Apple Before Being Thrown Out of the Garden? Or, what is the appropriate use of fact or issue preclusion in disciplinary proceedings?

N/A

ALI/ABA

Legal Problems in Museum Administration-Attorney Client Privilege for In-House Counsel

Publications

2004

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education New England Ethics Commentary - Health Law Manual

1998

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education New England The New Rules of Professional Conduct: The Impact on Ethical Practice in Massachusetts

1994

Massachusetts Bar Journal Representing a Respondent Before the Board of Bar Overseers

1994

Boston Bar Journal Practice Before the Board of Registration in Medicine

1992

Lexis Nexis/Butterworths, Tuoni, G. Editor Massachusetts Attorney Conduct Manual

1992

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education New England Ethical Lawyering in Massachusetts
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