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Massachusetts Trial Court Mass.Gov/Courts SEMINAR Practicing with Professionalism Program Materials FACULTY Kendra L. Berardi, Esq. Heather L. LaVigne, Esq. Robinson + Cole LLP, Boston Board of Bar Overseers, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Alissa Brill, Esq. Susan Letterman White, J.D., M.S. Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Association (VLP), Boston Program (LOMAP), Boston Scott D. Burke, Esq. Patricia A. Levesh, Esq. Morrison Mahoney LLP, Boston Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston Gabriel Cheong, Esq. Jack Marshall, Esq. Infinity Law Group LLC, Quincy ProEthics, Ltd., Alexandria, VA Hon. Dennis J. Curran Donna Jalbert Patalano, Esq. Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manmeet K. Desai, Esq. Charles River Associates, Boston Kathryn D. Stone, Esq. Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston Dr. Jeffrey Fortgang, Ph.D. Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Inc., Boston Sara Ann K. Supple, Esq. Chicago and Commonwealth Title Insurance Companies Steven E. Gurdin, Esq. Fitch Law Partners LLP, Boston Jessica P. Thrall, Esq. Federal Public Defender Office, Boston Melissa Langa, Esq. Bove & Langa, PC, Boston Peter Wittenborg, Esq. Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, Boston © 2017 by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Published 2017. Permission is here- by granted for the copying of pages or portions of pages within this book by or under the direction of attorneys for use in the practice of law. No other use is permitted without prior written consent of Massachusetts Continuing Le- gal Education, Inc. 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Parke Christopher T. Carlson Raymond Manigault Daniel J. Ossoff Julia Manzella Kathleen King Parker A. Silvana Giner Michael M. Robinson Peter M. Rosenblum Colin M. Korzec Jessie Marshall Susan M. Walsh Benjamin Monopoli Adam J. Ruttenberg Melissa Langa Peter Wittenborg George W. Tetler III Lisa A.H. McChesney Keith Morse Joshua S. Miller Kristof Nelson Cornelius J. Murray III Kevin J. Nihill Lisa M. Rico Elizabeth Phillips Jay D. Rosenbaum Sebastian Sansone John F. Shoro Brenda Seeley Craig A. Standish Andrew Stocker Kurt Russell Steinkrauss Beatriz Valdes Anne Marie Towle iv About the Faculty KENDRA L. BERARDI is an associate with the real estate litigation and title insurance practice group at Robinson & Cole LLP in Boston. She focuses her practice on real estate litigation, zon- ing appeals, representation of title insurance companies and their insureds, and condominiums. Prior to joining Robinson & Cole, Ms. Berardi served as a law clerk for Chief Justice Karyn Scheier of the Massachusetts Land Court. Ms. Berardi is currently a member of the Boston Bar Association, the cochair of the ABA young lawyers subcommittee of the real estate litigation committee, the cochair of the young lawyers committee of the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association (REBA), and a member of the REBA board of directors. Ms. Berardi is a graduate of Butler University and a cum laude graduate of Western New England University School of Law. ALISSA
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