Stephen N. Pagnotta
802-681-4729
413-776-4335
Areas of Practice
- Administrative Hearings & Adjudication
- Lending & Secured Transactions
- Loan Workouts
- Mortgages & foreclosures
- Savings & Thrifts
- Consumer Bankruptcy
- Creditor's Rights
- Foreclosures
- Commercial Leasing
- Contracts
- Debtor/Creditor
- Business Successions
- Closely Held Businesses
- Non-Profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
- Construction Contracts
- Construction Liens
- Criminal Law
- Employment Law -- Employee
- Employee Rights -- Employee
- Alternative Energy
- Living Wills
- Powers of Attorney and Appointment
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Commercial Real Estate
- Condominiums & Cooperatives
- Conveyancing
- Mortgages & Foreclosures
- Residential Real Estate
- Title Insurance
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1983
Education
- Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts
- J.D. - 1981
- Law Review: Boston College International Law Review, 1979 - 1981
- Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
- B.A. - 1977
- Major: Religion, French
Representative Clients
- Adams Cooperative Bank
- South Adams Savings Bank
- Crane & Co.
- Landmark Credit Union
- Adams Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Massachusetts Bar Association, 1981 - Present
- Real Estate Bar Association, 1990 - Present
- American Bankruptcy Institute, 2002 - Present
- Berkshire Bar Association, 1981 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- Cain, Hibbard & Myers, Associate, 1981 - 1983
- Driver & Ripps, Associate, 1983 - 1989
- Driver & Ripps; Driver & Pagnotta, Partner, 1989 - 2000
- Donovan & O'Connor, LLP, Of Counsel, 2000 - 2002
- Donovan & O'Connor, LLP, Partner, 2002 - 2006
Pro Bono Activities
- Volunteer Fireman, Williamstown Fire Department, 1983 - 1990
- Board Member and Present Board President, Taconic Golf Club, 2002 - Present
- Board Member, Adams Co-Operative Bank, 2006 - Present
- Board President, Church Corner Association, Inc., 2008 - Present
- Past President and Board Member, Helpline, 1984 - 1991
- Past Vice-President & Board Member, VNA of Northern Berkshire, 1991 - 1999
- Board Member and past Chairman of the Board, Northern Berkshire Healthcare, 1999 - Present
- Board Member, Turner House Living Center for Veterans, 1997 - Present
- Board Member, Williamstown House of Local History, 1989 - 1997
- Board Member, Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, 1991 - 2008
- Member, Faith Scarborough Community Service Award Committee, 1997 - Present




