JUNE 2005: 'WOMAN OF DISTINCTION IN LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE'
by the MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS
COLLABORATIVE LAW HIGHLIGHTS:
MASSACHUSETTS COLLABORATIVE LAW COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, 2005
PRESIDENT-ELECT, 2004-2005
FOUNDING MEMBER - 2000
BOARD MEMBER - 2000 - present
CHAIRPERSON, MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE - 2003, 2004
ALLIED PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE - 2003 - present
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - 2000-present
MARKETING COMMITTEE - 2004-present
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE - 2002- 2004
NOMINATING COMMITTEE - 2002, 2003
COLLABORATIVE LAW TRAINING - APRIL 2000
Pauline Tessler, Trainer
ADVANCED COLLABORATIVE TRAINING - MAY 2003
Chip Rose, Trainer
COLLABORATIVE LAW FACULTY EXPERIENCE:
October 30, 2005, IACP (INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF COLLABORATIVE
PROFESSIONALS) ANNUAL FORUM - Atlanta, Georgia - "Talk-the-Talk
to Walk-the-Walk: Enrolling the Client."
June 3, 2005 - IACP (INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONALS)
CORE COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE SKILLS INSTITUTE - Dallas, Texas -
"Collaborative Law Update: On the Civil Side"
May 13-14, 2005 - "LAW, MONEY AND BROKEN PROMISES: A COLLABORATIVE
TEAM APPROACH TO MANAGING CONFLICT' - Massachusetts Collaborative
Law Training for Attorneys and Allied Professionals - co-sponsored
by the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and Suffolk Law
School Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Boston, MA.
March 10, 2005 - "MASSACHUSETTS ETHICS AND COLLABORATIVE
LAW" - Presentation to the Massachusetts Collaborative Law
Council with David Hoffman, Esquire, and Lynda Robbins, Esquire.
November 18, 2004 - "COLLABORATIVE LAW FOR CONSTRUCTION
DISPUTES" - BuildBoston: The Convention and Tradeshow for
Design, Building and Management Professionals - Boston, MA.
October 7, 2004 - " REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS FOR THE FAMILY BUSINESS
FIELD", Family Firm Institute Annual Conference - Boston,
MA.
September 30, October 1, 2004 - "CUTTING-EDGE COLLABORATIVE
LAW PRACTICE" - co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Collaborative
Law Council and MCLE (Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education)
- Collaborative Law Training for Attorneys - Boston, MA.
September 9 2004 - Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council -
Membership Advanced Training in Allied Professional Teams - Boston,
MA.
April 29 & 30, 2004 - "COLLABORATIVE LAW PRACTICE: At
the Cutting Edge" - co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Collaborative
Law Council and Western New England School of Law, Springfield,
MA
March 5 & 6, 2004 - "LAW, MONEY AND BROKEN PROMISES:
A COLLABORATIVE TEAM APPROACH TO MANAGING CONFLICT' - 1st Massachusetts
Collaborative Law Training for Attorneys and Allied Professionals
- co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
and Suffolk Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Boston,
MA.
September 19 and 20, 2003 --- Massachusetts Collaborative Law
Council and MCLE (MassachusettsContinuing Legal Education) - Collaborative
Law Training for Attorneys - Boston, MA.
May 8 and 9, 2003 - Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and
Suffolk Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies (with Chip
Rose), Boston, MA.
April 3, 2002 - Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and MCLE
(MassachusettsContinuing Legal Education) - Collaborative Law
Training for Attorneys - Springfield, MA.
March 20, 2002 - Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and
MCLE (MassachusettsContinuing Legal Education) - Collaborative
Law Training for Attorneys - Boston, MA.
January 11, 2002 - Boston Bar Association and Massachusetts Collaborative
Law Council - Collaborative Law Training for Attorneys - Boston,
MA.
June 13, 2001 - Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and MCLE
(Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education) - Collaborative Law
Training for Attorneys (with Stu Webb) - Boston, MA.
CONFERENCE PANELS and COMMUNITY TALKS - COLLABORATIVE LAW
November 18, 2004 - Build Boston - "Collaborative Law in
Construction Disputes" with Jessica Block, Doug Reynolds,
Stuart Robbins
October 7, 2004 - Family Firm Institute Annual Conference: "Revolutionary
Ideas for the Family Business Field" - panel on The Collaborative
Law Revolution with Jessica Block, Brad Hunter, Doug Reynolds
March 25, 2004 - New England Women in Real Estate (NEWIRE) with
Jessica Block - "Collaborative Law: Rebuilding Relationships
in Construction and Real Estate Disputes" (me - "Preserving
Relationships during and after Divorce and other family crises")
January 21, 2004 - Brookline Women's Lunch Group - with Jessica
Block - "Broken Hearts and Broken Promises - Women Using
Collaborative Law"
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS: (Collaborative Law and otherwise)
"A Textbook CL Divorce; Or, CL Looks Easy When the Clients
Totally 'Get It'", David A. Hoffman and Paula H. Noe, Collaborative
Law Journal: A Publication of the Massachusetts Collaborative
Law Council, Inc., Winter 2004, Vol. 3, No 2. page 21.
"Commentary on Ethics", Paula H. Noe and Eileen Z.
Sorrentino, Collaborative Law Journal: A Publication of the Massachusetts
Collaborative Law Council, Inc., Winter 2004, Vol. 3, No 2. page
4.
"Collaborative Law for Solutions, Not Conflict", Paula
H. Noe and Jessica Block, Banker & Tradesman:The Real Estate,
Banking and Commerical Weekly for Massachusetts, 'Structures'
monthly, November 2004, page 5.
"Pursue Settlements Via Collaborative Law: Disputes settles
Mutually Keep Business Relationships Intact", Paula H. Noe
and Jessica Block, Boston Women's Business Journal, September
2004, vol. 6, issue 12, page 20
"The Bumpy Road to That Hug: First Case Lessons" ,
Karen J. Levitt and Paula H. Noe, Collaborative Law Journal: A
Publication of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, Inc;
Summer 2004, Vol. 2, No. 1, page 1.
"The Bumpy Road to That Hug" , Karen J. Levitt and
Paula H. Noe, The Collaborative Review: Journal of The International
Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring
2004, page 22
"Reproductive Law in Massachusetts", Paula H. Noe and
Tina Z. Kraus, "Adoption and Reproductive Law in Massachusetts",
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education -2000
"Couples and Clinics - Strange Bedfellows: Assisted Reproductive
Technology and Privacy Rights", Massachusetts Family Law
Journal, Volume 14, Number 5, January 1997, Connecticut Law Journal,
Volume 15, Number 2, 1997
"New Trials: Amendment of Judgments - Rule 59", What
To Do When Problems Arise During the Nisi Period", Massachusetts
Family Law Journal, Volume 13, Number 3, September 1995
EDUCATION:
New England School of Law
Boston, Massachusetts J.D. awarded 1986 Cum Laude Class Standing:
Top Ten Percent Honors: New England Scholar Dean's List Honors
Moot Court Competition Commencement Committee Simmons College
Boston, Massachusetts M.A. in English, Cum Laude
June 1975 Simmons College Boston, Massachusetts B.A. in English
Education, Cum Laude
June 1967
LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Admitted and qualified as an attorney
and counsellor to the Supreme Court of the United States of America,
June 1994 Admitted and qualified as an attorney and counsellor
to the United States of America, District of Massachusetts, April
1988 Admitted and qualified as an attorney and counsellor to the
Massachusetts Bar, June 1987
2005 - present Partner,
Bowman, Moos, Elder and Noe
222 Third Street, Suite 3220
Cambridge, MA. 02142
1994-2005 Law Offices of Paula H. Noe
Brookline, MA.
"FAMILY LAW, COLLABORATIVELY"
Concentrating in Domestic Relations and General Practice Families
in Crisis - Family and Children's Issues Adoption, Custody, Divorce,
Grandparental Rights, Mary Moe issues, Paternity, Reproductive
Rights, etc.
1993 - 1994 Stephen R. Morse, Esquire-One Court Street, Boston,
MA. - STAFF ATTORNEY concentrating in Domestic Relations
1993 - Present Norfolk County Bar Association-Pro Bono Legal
Clinics
1989 - 1991 Eldon B. Sudalter, P.C.-801 Boylston Street, Chestnut
Hill, MA. 02167 - STAFF ATTORNEY
PRO BONO LEGAL WORK
2004 - present Brookline Council on Aging
Volunteer Attorney
Brookline Legal Assistance Bureau
1987- 1991 Cambridgeport Problem Center
January - June 1984 The Government Lawyer-
New England School of Law
Office of the Secretary of Consumer Affairs
LEGAL EDUCATING, LEGAL EDUCATION AND/OR SPECIALIZED LEGAL TRAINING:
June 2001 Faculty and planner -- "Collaborative Law Practice"
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and Massachusetts Collaborative
Law Council
April 2000 Collaborative Law Training
Spring 1994: Faculty -
"What To Do When Problems Arise During the Nisi Period"
Boston Bar Association
November 1994 Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Child
Custody and Evaluation Training
June 1993 Family Law Trial Advocacy Massachusetts Continuing Legal
Education
October 1993 Committee for Public Counsel Services Training State
Intervention in the Family, Child Custody, and
Termination of Parental Rights Spring 1990 Mediation Training
Spring 1989 Committee for Public Counsel Services Judicial Consent
for Minors Training (MGL Chapter 112, §12s) 1978 - present
Ongoing attendance at Continuing Legal Education Seminars and
Advanced Legal Studies courses sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing
Legal Education, Suffolk University Law School, The Massachusetts
Bar Association, The Boston Bar Foundation Continuing Legal Education
, The Norfolk County Bar Association, The American Bar Association,
The Boston Bar Association, The Association of Family and Conciliation
Courts
LEGAL AFFILIATIONS: American Bar Association Association
of Family and Conciliation Courts Boston Bar Association Massachusetts
Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association Family Law Education Committee Shared
responsibility for Planning, researching and implementing Continuing
Legal Education Courses in Family Law
Massachusetts Bar Association Family Law Legislation Committee
-
2002 - 2004
Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
President, 2005-2006
Founding Board member - 2000
Chairperson, Membership Committee - 2003-2004
Chairperson - Nominating Committee - 2002
Education Committee 2000 - present
Massachusetts Women's Bar Association
Norfolk County Bar Association
The Boston Law Tribune, Board of Editors
OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: 1977-1979 Director, ROP (Regional
Occupational Program)
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District, Lexington,
MA.
1976 - 1977 Teacher, English & Speech Marblehead High School,
Marblehead, MA. 1975 - 1976 Project Coordinator, TOTE (Tangential
Occupation Training Experience)-- Marblehead High School, Marblehead,
MA.
1974 - 1975 Aide to the Governor
Executive Department, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Francis W.
Sergeant, Governor, State House, Boston, MA.
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:
2004 - present: Brookline Council on Aging, Brookline, MA.
Volunteer attorney - Brookline Legal Assistance Bureau
1993 - present: Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA. Board of
Directors, Community Advisor
1995 - 1998: Brookline Women's Commission Commissioner Appointed
by the Board of Selectmen, Spring 1995
1993 -1999 Chilmark, MA. Town Affairs Council Executive Secretary,
Member 1994 - present: Temple Israel, Boston, MA. Education Committee
Co-Chair - Women's Kallah - April 2003
Long Range Planning Committee Women's Study Group Co-Chair - Scholar
in Residence Program - 1995
1994 - present: Little Brothers/ Friends of the Elderly Volunteer
1996: Brookline High School, Brookline, MA. Co-Chair: After the
Prom Party - June 6, 1996 2000 - present The Jewish Domestic Violence
Coalition of Greater Boston
Board member
12/8/05
