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Up to Date with DONOVAN & O’CONNOR Summer 2008

DONALD GOODRICH RECEIVES MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

Donald W. Goodrich received the Massachusetts Bar Association (“MBA”) Community Service Award for 2007 at the Berkshire Bar Association’s annual Winter Ball at the Cranwell Resort in Lenox, Massachusetts, on January 12, 2008. MBA President David W. White, Jr., presented the award to Don for his work on behalf of the Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation, which Don and his wife, Sally, founded to promote reconstruction in and student exchange programs with Afghanistan following the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

A native of Syracuse, New York, Don attended Middlebury College before receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont and his juris doctorate from Boston College Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1970. A member of Donovan & O’Connor since 1970 and a partner since 1973, Don is currently admitted to practice in all federal and state courts in both Massachusetts and Vermont. Primarily engaged in the practice of civil litigation, he splits his time between our offices in North Adams and Bennington.

JAMES LOUGHMAN JOINS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SUSAN B. ANTHONY BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM

This past fall, James R. Loughman became a founding member of the Board of Directors of the newly formed Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum in Adams, Massachusetts.

The Museum is a non-profit organization devoted to preserving the birthplace and educating the public about the legacy of that great social reformer, Susan B. Anthony, who was a pioneering feminist and suffragist as well as a noteworthy figure in the abolitionist, pro-life and temperance movements of the 19^th century. Following renovations of the birthplace (located at 67 East Road in Adams), which are currently ongoing, the Museum is scheduled to open to the public in February of 2009.

BRIGID HENNESSEY JOINS THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS MANAGING BOARD

This past May, Brigid Hennessey was unanimously nominated to the Board of Managers of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Founded in 1962, the Academy consists of approximately 1,600 family law practitioners throughout all 50 states who are generally recognized by judges and their fellow lawyers as preeminent in their field.

Chris Dodig negotiated settlements exceeding two million dollars in the first half of 2008. The settlements included a medical malpractice death claim, a motor vehicle accident death claim and a motor vehicle/pedestrian accident claim on behalf of a Vermont resident.

Michael Palmieri represented injured motorcyclists in two separate cases and succeeded in settling both of them for the policy limits of $100,000 each.

Donald Goodrich and Michael Hinkley secured settlements totaling $957,500, reflecting payments and interest owed to a Vermont manufacturer in connection with a bridge replacement project in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Michael Hinkley obtained a verdict in favor of a Massachusetts developer charged with a zoning violation by a Western Massachusetts municipality. Following trial, the court reversed a preliminary injunction previously issued against the developer, entered judgment in his favor and dismissed the case.

Chris Dodig and Michael Hinkley obtained a jury verdict in favor of four Connecticut women injured in a motor vehicle crash in Florida, Massachusetts. Following trial, the jury found the defendant driver negligent and awarded the plaintiffs $43,076, a figure in excess of available insurance.

Chris Dodig and Michael Hinkley obtained a $68,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who suffered a broken wrist and other injuries as a result of a fall on an icy stairway.

Stephen Pagnotta and Michael Hinkley recently obtained verdicts of not guilty on behalf of a Vermont man charged with four counts of vehicular homicide and negligent operation following a tragic 2006 motor vehicle accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Following trial, the court found that the man was not at fault for the accident and entered not guilty findings on all counts.