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MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS JOURNAL | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017
Hundreds attend Conflict Resolution Week celebrations From October 16-20, the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution (DR) Section presented a series of events around the state in honor of Conflict Resolution Week. More than 400 people attended Conflict Resolution Week programs, including judges, lawyers, DR professionals, students, parents, teachers and other members of the public. Governor Charlie Baker issued a proclamation recognizing October 19 as Dispute Resolution Day in Massachusetts. The day was celebrated with a reception at the Adams Courthouse, which featured a keynote address by Kenneth Feinberg (One Fund Boston, September 11 Victim Compensation Fund), and remarks from Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants and Trial Court Chief Justice Paula M. Carey. Other highlights included the Oct. 20 screening of The Peacemaker, a documentary film about international Irish peacemaker Padraig O’Malley. The full list of Conflict Resolution Week events included: Oct 16: Western Mass. Court Connected Dispute Resolution Programs, Hampden County Hall of Justice, Springfield Oct 17: Youth Mediation and Juvenile Justice Panel, Massachusetts School of Law, Andover Oct 18: Beyond the Courthouse, Dispute Resolution Options for Families in Transition, Ventress Memorial Library, Marshfield Oct 19: Conflict Resolution Day Reception, Adams Courthouse, Second Floor, Boston Oct 20: Documentary Film Screening: The Peacemaker, Harvard Law School, Cambridge The MBA thanks our Conflict Resolution Week co-sponsors: Berkshire County Bar Association, Commonwealth Mediation, Franklin County Bar Association, Hampden County Bar Association, Hampshire County Bar Association, Harvard Program on Negotiation, JAMS, Juvenile Court Department, Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Massachusetts Dispute Resolution Services, Northeast Mediation and Arbitration, Sarah E. Worley Conflict Resolution PC, The Mediation Group, and the Trial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution. ■
Michael Zeytoonian (Conflict Resolution Week Chair), Brian Jerome (MBA Dispute Resolution Section Chair), and Martin W. Healy (Chief Legal Counsel, MBA) with Governor Charlie Baker’s proclamation of Oct. 19 as Dispute Resolution Day.
Martin W. Healy (Chief Legal Counsel, MBA), Hon. Ralph D. Gants (Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court) and Christopher A. Kenney (MBA President-elect) at the Conflict Resolution Day Reception.
Western Mass. Court-Connected Dispute Resolution Programs Reception participants (from left) Timothy M. Linnehan (ADR Coordinator for the Trial Court), Brad Gordon (Executive Director, Berkshire Regional Housing Authority, Mediation Program, Pittsfield), Lynne McMillan (Hampden County Bar Association),Eric Gouvin (Dean, Western New England University School of Law), Jocelyn Axelson (Assistant Judicial Case Manager, Hampden Probate & Family Court), Kristina Bordieri (Assistant Judicial Case Manager, Hampden Probate & Family Court), Oran Kaufman (Hampden Probate Mandatory Mediation Pilot, Amherst Mediation), Hon. Mark D Mason (Hampden Superior Court), Ronald Waskiewicz (Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Hampshire Probate & Family Court), Leo Florian (Executive Director, Dispute Resolution Services, Springfield), Donna Zundell (Chief Housing Specialist, Western Housing Court), Hon. David G. Sacks (Hampden Probate & Family Court, Chair of the Trial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution), Sen. Eric P. Lesser (First District Hampden & Hampshire), Lea Occhilini (The Mediation and Training Collaborative, Greenfield), John Gilpatrick (Chief Probation Officer, Hampden Probate & Family Court), Bette Babinski (Chief Probation Officer, Franklin Probate & Family Court), Amy Koening (Chief Probation Officer, Berkshire Probate & Family Court).
Justin Kelsey and Crystal Thorpe, panelists for Dispute Resolution Options for Families in Transition, Marshfield.
Kenneth R. Feinberg, keynote speaker for the Conflict Resolution Day Reception.
Youth Mediation and Juvenile Justice Panel participants. Front row, from left: Boston Emmanuel (Andover High School), Joey Grieve (Andover High School), Sophia Saraiva (Amesbury Middle School), Chili Dowd (Amesbury Middle School) and Mary Kate McElaney (Amesbury Middle School). Back row, from left: Cynthia McClorey (Executive Director, North Shore Community Mediation Center), Anya McDavitt (Director of Youth Programs, North Shore Community Mediation Center), Mary Mitchell (Peer Mediation Coordinator, Amesbury Middle School), Hon. Mark Newman (First Justice, Essex Juvenile Court), Hon. Jay D. Blitzman (First Justice, Middlesex Juvenile Court), Paula Kaldis (Assistant Dean, Massachusetts School of Law), Hon. Amy L. Nechtem (Chief Justice, Juvenile Court Department) and Timothy M. Linnehan (ADR Coordinator for the Trial Court).
At the Conflict Resolution Day Reception, Thomas Sander (left) accepts the MBA Public Service Award from Hon. John C. Cratsley (Ret.) on behalf of his father, Frank E.A. Sander, Bussey Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School.
The Peacemaker film screening participants (from left) Michael Zeytoonian (Conflict Resolution Week Chair), Polly Hamlin (Senior Event Planner, Harvard Program on Negotiation), James Demo (Filmmaker), Padraig O’Malley (Subject of the film The Peacemaker), Susan Hackley (Managing Director, Harvard Program on Negotiation), Brian Jerome (MBA’s DR Section Chair) and Jeanne Kempthorne (MBA’s DR Section Council).