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SEMINAR Practicing with Professionalism Program Materials CHAIR Hon. Peter M. Lauriat JAMS, Boston Catherine F. Downing, Esq. Downing Van Dyke, Boston Susan Letterman White, JD, MS Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP), Boston FACULTY Sofia S. Lingos, Esq. Hon. Margot Botsford Trident Legal LLC, Boston Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Ret.) Lynne Murphy Breen, Esq. Chicago Title and Commonwealth Land Barbara J. Bowe, LICSW Title Insurance Company, Boston Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Inc., Boston C. Max Perlman, Esq. Shira M. Diner, Esq. Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP, Boston Todd & Weld LLP, Boston Joanne E. Romanow, Esq. Hon. Shannon Frison Casner & Edwards LLP, Boston Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Jessie J. Rossman, Esq. Sherri A. Gilmore, Esq. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Boston Board of Bar Overseers, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Amy Sixt, Esq. Law Office of Amy Sixt, Lynn Eugene H. Ho, Esq. 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Walsh Benjamin Monopoli Adam J. Ruttenberg Melissa Langa Peter Wittenborg Keith Morse George W. Tetler III Lisa A.H. McChesney Joshua S. Miller Kevin J. Nihill Cornelius J. Murray III Elizabeth Phillips Lisa M. Rico Serena Picanso Jay D. Rosenbaum Beatriz Valdes John F. Shoro Craig A. Standish Kurt Russell Steinkrauss Anne Marie Towle iv About the Faculty CATHERINE F. DOWNING started her own firm in 1990, specializing in the representation of property management companies and landlords throughout Massachusetts. Prior to founding the firm, Ms. Downing graduated from Boston College in 1980 with a B.A. in history, magna cum laude, and from Suffolk University Law School in 1983 with a J.D., cum laude. She then served as a clerk to the Honorable Marilyn M. Sullivan at the Land Court. Following this clerkship, she went to work for a firm that specialized in real estate litigation, remaining there until she opened her own firm. She is a frequent speaker for the New England Affordable Housing Management Association and has been honored by that group with an award for excellence in providing legal education to the affordable housing industry. Ms. Downing has also conducted seminars for the New England Resident Services Coordinators, Inc. and the Institute for Real Estate Management. She has served as both panelist and chair for several programs for