I majored in music in undergraduate school, specializing in voice and French horn. I was a music teacher for awhile, and finally determined that music made a better avocation then a vocation. So, while music became my hobby, I became a computer programmer. I specialized in small computer financial systems. This led to jobs as a programmer, software consultant, support department manager, and IT director. For music, I sang in church choirs. The most notable of these was the Trinity Choir of Trinity Church, in Copley Square in Boston. As a member of that choir, I participated in two tours oversees (to England and to Central Europe) and several recordings. My father always said that music is not a spectator sport, and I've always lived by that creed.
I attended Suffolk Law School and graduated in 2007. My first legal job was for a firm that specialized in workers' compensation. My main role was to write appeal briefs to the Reviewing Board of the Department of Industrial Accidents. I wrote over 85 of these briefs, which is an extraordinary number. Since October of 2008, fully a quarter of all Reviewing Board decisions have been on issues in which I filed a brief. This unusual experience has given me a deep understanding of workers' compensation law. I have since gone on to represent clients at all branches and levels of the DIA. I'm trying to make a difference, one person at a time.
In 2009, I helped a friend through a chapter 7 bankruptcy. I have since worked on developing a bankruptcy practice in order to help people in financial distress get through tough times. Again, hoping to do what I can to make a difference for people.
Practice areas
Defense of injured workers, from initial filing to appeals to reviewing board, appellate brief preparation both to reviewing board and court of appeals. Also available to other attorneys for appellate work.
14 years
Languages spoken
English
Rubin, Rubin & Wilcox
333 Park Ave.
Worcester, MA
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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FL | Member in Good Standing | 2015 | 06/01/2022 |
MA | Inactive | 2007 | 09/28/2018 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Deans List | Suffolk Law School | 2007 |
Deans List | Suffolk Law School | 2006 |
Oral Advocacy Award | Suffolk Law School | 2006 |
Deans List | Suffolk Law School | 2005 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Attorney | Rubin, Rubin & Wilcox | 2010 - Present |
Attorney | Law Office of James Riley Hodder | 2009 - 2010 |
Associate Attorney | Ellis & Associates | 2007 - 2009 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys | Member | 2010 - Present |
Massachusetts Bar Association | Member | 2007 - Present |
Essex County Bar Association | Member | 2007 - Present |
American Bar Association | Member | 2004 - Present |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Suffolk Law School | JD - Juris Doctor | 2007 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Deborah Dean v. Access Nurses, Inc. | Decision of the Admin. Judge reversed, recommitted |
Jerrold R. Sicotte v. Land Air Express of Vermont | Decision vacated and recommitted |
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