IN THE NEWS

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Hemenway & Barnes partner Ned Notis-McConarty is set to speak at the MBA/CLE course entitled "Recent Developments in Elder Law and Probate Law" on June 11, 2008.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Diane C. Tillotson was selected as the 2008 "Lawyer of the Year" by the Frank J. Murray Inn of Court. The Murray Inn, named after the late Frank J. Murray, a particularly revered Superior Court and U.S. District Court Judge, is a chapter of the American Inns of Court. Their mission is to improve the skills, professionalism and ethics of the bench and bar. Each year, they select a lawyer who they believe exemplifies the principles of the Inn.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Ned Notis-McConarty is to be honored and has been selected to receive one of three 2008 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards for his pro bono work in connection with promoting and implementing Limited Assistance Representation as a means to expand access to legal representation.

Hemenway & Barnes LLP partner Michael J. Puzo and his wife, Christine, are to be honored by Boston College Law School and receive Mary Daly Curtin and John J. Curtin, Jr. Award for Public Service at the 20th Annual Public Interest Law Foundation Auction.

Hemenway & Barnes LLP is proud to announce that Nancy E. Dempze has recently been named a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trust & Estate Counsel.  More information on ACTEC can found on their website actec.org.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Ned Notis-McConarty speaks at the Massachusetts Bar Association's seminar entitled, "Minor's Settlements, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Supplemental Needs Trust."

Hemenway & Barnes partner Steve Kidder comments in the New York Times article "Which worksheet is for the away games?" discussing tax situations with professional athletes.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Ned Notis-McConarty is interviewed by the Dana-Farber Cancer Society's newsletter "Planning Matters, Estate Planning Newsletter."

Hemenway & Barnes partners Dennis Delaney and Nancy Dempze speak at the Boston Bar Association's Trust and Estates Mid-year Review. Recent cases and rulings of importance to Trusts & Estates practitioners were a main topic discussed.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Dennis Delaney successfully led two conservation restriction projects in Harvard totaling 37 acres in the historic Shaker Village and pastoral Oak Hill areas, bringing his 2007 total to over 75 acres of land permanently protected from development. To read more please click here.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Kurt Somerville is honored by the Noble and Greenough School.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Dennis Delaney writes "Estate Planning rules in Mass. are leaving pets out in the cold" for Mass Lawyers Weekly.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Ned Notis-McConarty speaks at Boston Bar Association's seminar "Undue Influence and Incompetence Cases in the Probate Courts."

Hemenway & Barnes partner Joseph L. Bierwirth voted as Chairman of the Town of Hingham's Advisory Committee.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Lawrence T. Perera, former co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's Peer Support Committee, quoted in the Boston Globe article "Law and a disorder" by Sacha Pfeiffer. Law and a Disorder

Hemenway & Barnes partner Dennis Delaney successfully lead a project to preserve 40 acres of pristine Harvard land.
The Harvard Press

Hemenway & Barnes partner Nancy E. Dempze was appointed to serve as Co-Chair of the 500 member Boston Bar Association Trust & Estates Section for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

Hemenway & Barnes partner Joseph L. Bierwirth will be speaking to the Boston Bar Association’s Fiduciary Litigation Committee on May 21, 2007. 

The topic of the meeting will cover recent developments in trust litigation, including analysis of cases involving claims for improper investment practices

Hemenway & Barnes' partner Nancy Dempze participates in the "Voices of the Bar" section in the Boston Bar Association Website
December 11, 2006

Q:  How do you see the legal profession as different from other vocations?

"The things that make law unique as a profession also make it rewarding.  Our duty to zealously represent our clients requires us to set high standards and put our clients’ needs first.  As counsel, we have a unique opportunity to learn about our clients and help them make wise decisions.  As advocates, we protect and fight for clients when they need us most."

Hemenway & Barnes partners to present at "Charitable Giving Conference 2006"
November 14, 2006

The MCLE is sponsoring a seminar on the future of charitable giving and advanced topics including private foundations, annuities, donor advised funds and supporting organizations. Hemenway & Barnes Partners Nancy B. Gardiner and Frederic J. Marx are Cochairs of the board, and along with the faculty will supply new giving incentives recently signed into law with the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Keynote speaker Marion Fremont-Smith will address the legislative landscape an what donors and tax-exempt organizations can expect.

Hemenway & Barnes set to host the Associated Grant Makers policy roundtable "Public Policy - Supporting Smart Growth & Livable Communities."
November 2, 2006

Associated Grant Makers, the Barr Foundation, the Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust and the Funders' Network for Smart Growth & Livable Communities are sponsoring this event to hear about and discuss specific opportunities for partnership, collaboration and investment in equitable development and smart growth opportunities.

Hemenway & Barnes Partners present at the MCLE BasicsPlus! "Representing Nonprofits"
June, 2006

Attorney Nancy B. Gardiner and Attorney Frederic J. Marx are faculty members of the June 20, 2006 MCLE program on Representing Nonprofits. Attorney Gardiner will be presenting the section on Charitable Giving. Attorney Marx will be making presentations on unrelated business income tax and officer and directory liablity matters. Copies of the program publication co-authored with fellow experts in this area can be purchased on-line at the MCLE.org website book store.

Hemenway & Barnes Partners present at the June 7th meeting of The Boston Probate and Estate Planning Forum
June, 2006

Joseph L. Bierwirth, Jr. and Nancy E. Dempze were the featured speakers at the June 7, 2006 meeting of The Boston Probate and Estate Planning Forum. They presented an overview of important Massachusetts probate and trust cases decided in the past year.

Hemenway & Barnes Speaker at the 2006 AAWIL Conference April, 2006

Kaberi Banerjee Murthy, program officer for the Hemenway & Barnes Select Client Group, will be a panel speaker at the 2006 Asian American Women in Leadership Conference held at Simmons College on April 29, 2006. Ms. Banerjee Murthy will be a panel member of "Gearing up for Leadership in the 'Real World'" which will focus on college as an environment where women can find their voice, discover their interests and begin to develop their leadership skills.

Hemenway & Barnes Attorneys Panelists at MCLE's Probate Litigation Seminar
Winter, 2005

Partner, Joseph L. Bierwirth, Jr. and associate Renee M. Sophocles were co-panelists with Lesley R. Goldsmith, Steven E. Gurdin and Beth N. Newmark at the MCLE seminar Probate Litigation - MCLE BasicsPlus; Practical Guidelines for Handling Probate Disputes in the Probate and Family Court. The publication of this seminar can be purchased on-line at MCLE.org.

MCLE Charitable Giving Conference
November, 2005

Hemenway & Barnes Partners Nancy B. Gardiner andd Frederic J. Marx were the 2005 Co-Chairs of the MCLE Charitable Giving Conference. Along with fellow Hemenway & Barnes Partners Timothy F. Fidgeon and Michael J. Puzo and Select Client Services Associate Director Gioia C. Perugini, the conference presented information on the major issues facing donors and families.

Attorney Puzo discussed areas of planned giving. Attorney Fidgeon spoke on structuring charitable gifts and Ms. Perugini spoke on stewardship of charitable gifts.

Program materials can be obtained on the MCLE.org website.

Hemenway & Barnes Partner has been named Co-Chair of the Boston Bar Association's Fiduciary Litigation Committee.
September, 2005

In September, 2005 Joseph L. Bierwirth, Jr. was named, along with Jordana Glasgow and Colin M. Korzec, as co-chairpersons of the Boston Bar Association's Fiduciary Litigation.

Hemenway & Barnes Partner Honored with Founder's Medal
June 15, 2005

Celebrating the school's 73^rd commencement exercises, the Boston College Law School presented the Founder's Medal, the school's highest award, to Hemenway & Barnes partner Michael J. Puzo. In his practice, Mr. Puzo focuses primarily on trust and estate work, charitable gift planning, and service as a trustee of private trusts and charitable foundations. He has served as our firm's managing partner since 1998.

The Founder's Medal is the highest honor bestowed by BC Law and is named after John B. Creedon, S.J., who was instrumental in founding the Law School in 1929 and whose dedication to academic excellence and professionalism was the inspiration for the creation of the Founder's Medal. Recipients of the Founder's Medal embody the tradition of professionalism, scholarship and service that the Law School seeks to instill in its students.

In making his presentation, BC Law School Dean John H. Garvey praised Puzo's commitment to education, noting his service to Boston College, Notre Dame Academy, the South Shore Conservatory of Music and Walnut Hill School. Reflecting on Puzo's service to the Town of Hingham, Dean Garvey remarked, "If you live in Hingham, you might think that Michael Puzo worked for you." Puzo is currently Chairman of the Hingham Personnel Board, having also served on the Town's Zoning Board of Appeals, Water Supply Committee and Transportation Committee.

A Hingham resident since 1981, Mr. Puzo received his B.A. from Boston College in 1974 (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1977.

Sectionreview Massachusetts Bar Association
Probate Law Section
A Probate dilemma: The tolling of a minor's estate claim - beyond one year?
By Joseph L. Bierwrith, Jr.

DOR: Lawyers Should Use QTIP to Avoid Estate Tax
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, September 15, 2003
by Jason M. Scally,
MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes lawyer Dennis R. Delaney responds to a Massachusetts Department of Revenue directive involving a controversy over the new Massachusetts estate tax. DOR Directive 03-2 advises estate planners that they may elect a QTIP to help married couples avoid certain state death taxes when the first spouse dies. Some attorneys interpreted the new Massachusetts tax law as resetting both the federal and Massachusetts exemptions to their 2000 levels, while others maintain that there is a need for a separate Massachusetts QTIP election because the two exemptions are at different levels, with the difference for a 2003 death of $300,000.

"The authorization to make a different partial QTIP election on the Massachusetts return is certainly a way out of this dilemma," says Mr. Delaney. "This enables you to prevent the marital deduction from applying to $300,000 of marital trust property on the federal return, apply the 'extra' federal exemption to that property, and yet still take advantage of the Massachusetts marital deduction for that same property."

Mr. Delaney suggests that estate planners rethink their position if they believe there is no need for a QTIP election. "Why would you take that risk [that your client may pay unnecessary Massachusetts estate taxes]," Mr. Delaney states, "especially when the DOR has specifically authorized it?"

Hemenway & Barnes Associate Selected as Leader in Boston Bar Association's new Public Interest Leadership Program
September 2, 2003

The Boston Bar Association recently inaugurated its new Public Interest Leadership Program. Of the many qualified applicants, Hemenway & Barnes associate Robin L. Sheedy was selected as one of ten lawyers designated as Leaders for the upcoming year. As a Public Interest Leader, Ms. Sheedy will have a year-long opportunity to participate in this program and expand her commitment, as well as Hemenway & Barnes's commitment to the public interest as an essential part of Hemenway & Barnes's professional endeavors.

The BBA public Interest Leadership Program is designed to introduce young lawyers to leadership positions in the community, with a primary focus on public interest and pro bono work.

Boston Law Firm Takes the Cake, Marking Anniversary with General Donation to Mayor's Summer Job Program
June 20, 2003

Boston, Massachusetts - Mayor Thomas M. Menino today thanked Boston law firm Hemenway & Barnes for its generosity after Managing Partner Michael J. Puzo presented Mayor Menino with a $25,000 check for the Mayor's Summer Jobs Program. The law firm, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary, decided not to throw a traditional party and opted instead to donate the funds to the City of Boston.

"By stepping up to the plate and providing summer jobs, Hemenway & Barnes has opened a world of opportunity for children," said Mayor Menino. "And by investing in hardworking young people, you have made a solid investment in the future. A lot has changed in the 140 years you have been in business, but one thing has stayed the same: Part of what makes this City great is the people who know what giving back is all about."

Speaking for Hemenway & Barnes, Mr. Puzo thanked Mayor Menino for his efforts on behalf of the City's young citizens, stating, "We have been proud to call Boston our home for 140 years. As we pass this milestone, we do so with gratitude to our clients, respect for our colleagues and a continuing commitment to the vibrant community that is today's Boston."

The $25,000 donation will put 21 teenagers to work this summer. Starting July 7, teens between the ages of 15-17 will work for seven weeks at one of 210 community-based organizations throughout Boston.

In recent years, the Mayor's Summer Jobs Program, with the help of PIC and ABCD, was able to provide as many as 11,000 summer jobs. This year, however, drastic cuts in local aid have forced the city to reduce the number of youth it employees to 2,200 and to eliminate the Gray Shirts program altogether.

Mayor Menino is urging any area business that can offer jobs to call (617) 635-3558.

Builder Recovers Lost Profits After Deal Goes Awry
Argued That Defendants Did Not
Obtain Two-Thirds Vote of Shareholders
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, June 16, 2003
Verdicts & Settlements

State Grapples with Growing Ranks of Lawyerless Litigants
Boston Business Journal, June 13-19, 2003
by Mary K. Pratt, SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL

Hemenway & Barnes partner and chairman of The Working Group on Expanding Access to Legal Representation Ned Notis-McConarty says his committee may propose that Massachusetts change its rules to allow lawyers to offer limited representation to litigants. Mr. Notis-McConarty and the working group, sanctioned by the Supreme Judicial Court's Steering Committee on Self-Represented Litigants, are acting in response to continued increases in the number of parties going into court without a lawyer. "Self-represented" litigants (sometimes referred to as "pro se") slow the court process and most perform poorly as advocates for themselves because they do not understand procedures or the law. "Even if we find a way to have a lawyer involved in part of the case, then it's better than nothing," Mr. Notis-McConarty says.

By unbundling legal services, litigants would be able to hire lawyers to perform specific tasks without hiring them for an entire case. Current Massachusetts ethical standards and rules of civil procedure prevent self-represented litigants from hiring lawyers on a task-by-task basis. "You can't hire a lawyer to do just one court appearance for you or to draft one motion or one memorandum for you," Mr. Notis-McConarty says.

Experts say the majority of self-represented litigants just can't afford a lawyer. "If we can get to the point where lawyers don't have to sign on ... but can do one definite item, then they can charge a more reasonable fee and get in and get out," Mr. Notis-McConarty states.

New Charitable Lead Trust is Created
June 1, 2003

Boston, Massachusetts - A new charitable trust has been formed as a result of the death, in July 2002, of Jane Bancroft Cook. An heir of the family that founded the Dow Jones & Company newspaper publishing business and a board member of Dow Jones & Company from 1950 to 1985, Mrs. Cook was familiar in the communities where she lived as a down- to-earth woman who was generous to the core. The trust will make charitable grants in the amount of $8.9 million per year for 35 years and will be administered at the law firm of Hemenway & Barnes, 60 State Street, Boston, MA. The Trustees will be members of the Cook family as well as Roy A. Hammer, a senior partner at Hemenway & Barnes, and Rod MacLeod, recently retired partner at MacLeod, McGinness & Bowman, P.A. of Sarasota, Florida. The trust, which will be known as Jane's Trust, will make grants in the areas of the arts, education, the environment and health and welfare, focusing its grantmaking in Florida and the New England states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. For further information please contact Nancy B. Gardiner at Hemenway & Barnes.

Boston Lawyer Honored by IMS Health As Its Outstanding Outside Counsel
March 19, 2003

BOSTON, Massachusetts - Boston lawyer Frederic J. Marx has been named by IMS Health as the recipient of its Outstanding Outside Counsel Achievement Award. Mr. Marx is a partner in the Boston law firm of Hemenway & Barnes. Mr. Marx concentrates his practice in business law, with an emphasis on technology, health care information and software companies. He has represented IMS Health since 1995 in connection with mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and information system and database licensing transactions throughout the United States and England. Mr. Marx is a graduate of Haverford College and Boston University School of Law, where he served as an Editor of the Boston University Law Review.

IMS Health (NYSE:RX) is the world's leading provider of business intelligence and strategic support of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. The company offers a variety of solutions to help clients understand the marketplace, improve marketing effectiveness and optimize sales productivity. With $1.4 billing in 2002 revenue, a presence in more than 100 countries and nearly 50 years of experience, IMS applies leading edge technologies to transform billions of pharmaceutical transactions collected from thousands of sources into strategic insights. Interpreted and analyzed by IMS experts, these insights are an unmatched source of facts, figures, trends and perspectives about the pharmaceutical marketplace - precise market intelligence that can be translated into strategic actions.

Sosa Cries Foul Over Illinois Tax
Chicago Sun-Times, March 3, 2003
by Tim Novak, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES STAFF REPORTER

Hemenway & Barnes partner Stephen Kidder, who serves as counsel to the Major League Players Association, has filed a complaint on behalf of Chicago Cub outfielder Sammy Sosa challenging the decision of the Illinois Department of Revenue to deny tax credits for taxes paid in other states.

"We're looking to challenge this because it is so fundamentally unfair," says Mr. Kidder, who has been battling Illinois revenue officials for several years on behalf of dozens of athletes.

Criticizing the Illinois Department of Revenue for taxing Mr. Sosa's income on which he already paid taxes to other states, Mr. Kidder states, "Illinois taxes in an extraordinary fashion. Illinois has a very special status in how it taxes professional athletes. I could not name for you another state in the country that would not allow a resident to claim credit for income taxes paid elsewhere."

In Professional Sports, States Often Claim Players
'Jock Tax' Follows Athletes to Their Places of Work
Washington Post, February 24, 2003
by Thomas Heath and Albert B. Crenshaw,
WASHINGTON POST STAFF WRITERS

Hemenway & Barnes partner and tax lawyer Stephen Kidder, who serves as counsel to the players' unions in Major League Baseball, the NHL and the NFL, comments on the increased phenomenon of state taxation of visiting professional athletes.

Although states argue their taxes are equally applicable to everybody and that they aren't picking on professional athletes, Mr. Kidder notes California has an associate tax auditor, Duane Hoffman, who is assigned almost exclusively to keeping track of the comings and goings of professional athletes to assess their taxable income.

"This is a guy who knows the injury and waiver wire better than many managers," says Mr. Kidder. "[Hoffman] knows exactly who is here and who is on the plane and on the roster."

Attorneys See Benefits in Expansion of Land Court
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 20, 2003
by Jason M. Scally, MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and vice chair of the MBA's Property Law Section Diane Tillotson discusses a new Massachusetts law giving the Land Court concurrent and expanded jurisdiction over many real estate issues previously reserved for only the Superior Court or the Probate & Family Court.

Calling the new law, Chapter 393 of the Acts of 2002, a "tremendous boon" for real estate attorneys to bring more cases in front of the Land Court, Ms. Tillotson notes the Land Court is the only court that has its own engineering department, giving it greater expertise in reading plans.

Ms. Tillotson says the Land Court judges' expertise in real estate matters provides advantages for attorneys appearing before them. "It requires a lot less of the litigation attorney to really educate the court in that area of the law because they are always up to speed," she explains.

Practitioners Needn't File Entire Trust Document
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 13, 2003
by Jason M. Scally, MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and Massachusetts Bar Association Property Law Section Council vice-chair Diane Tillotson comments on a new law passed by the Massachusetts Legislature eliminating the requirement of filing entire trust documents in real estate matters by allowing attorneys to record a trustee certificate at the Registry of Deeds when a property interest is owned by a trust.

Listing a number of reasons why the legislation was long overdue, including retaining privacy advantages for clients with trusts and simplifying a tedious and burdensome step in real estate transactions, Ms. Tillotson said, "It's so non-controversial that I can't believe it's taken so long to go through."

Attorneys and registries found the old way of recording trusts cumbersome due to the length of larger trusts common today. "In order to comply with the indefinite reference statute, you had to record the entire trust instrument," explained Ms. Tillotson. "As our cases have become more and more complex, trust instruments have become longer and longer."

Ms. Tillotson believes the registries will benefit from the new law by easing space concerns as well as cutting down on the number of pages that must be electronically scanned for online or microfilm imaging. For attorneys and clients, Ms. Tillotson said filing the trustees certificates "will be less expensive."

Piper Set to Join Land Court as Chief Justice Prepares to Retire
Banker & Tradesman, November 4, 2002
by Michael P. Norton, BANKER & TRADESMAN STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner Diane Tillotson details her lengthy and extensive collegial relationship with Land Court judicial nominee Gordon Piper, highlighting his qualifications for the bench.

Noting a complex case she litigated just last week in front of the Land Court in which the judge needed to listen to traffic experts one day and drainage experts the next, Tillotson expounded, "The Land Court is not easy work for a judge. This is heady stuff. It really requires somebody with intellectual stamina. I can't think of a better nominee for this position."

Not Quite a Green Light: Ikea's Assembly Square Plan Still Faces State Review, Threat of Suits
Boston Globe, December 30, 2001
by Thomas Grillo, BOSTON GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Hemenway & Barnes partner Diane Tillotson gives her expert opinion on the contentious Assembly Square Mall proposed development plan by the Swedish furniture store company Ikea.

Acknowledging a developer's need to accommodate the surrounding neighborhood in order to avoid costly litigation, Tillotson states, "The real issue is a developer's bottom line vs. the demands of the neighborhood."

Hub Law Firms Chart Path Through Post-Terror Thicket
Boston Business Journal, Vol. 21, No. 34,
September 28-October 4, 2001
by Sheri Qualters, BBJ STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes managing partner Michael J. Puzo discusses clients' concerns after the September 11th terror attack.

In response to clients' questions arising out of the value of their trust portfolios, Puzo advises, "Unless people absolutely needed money, we weren't selling anything. A lot of stocks were knocked down and effectively put on sale, so we bought them."

Many Hemenway & Barnes clients responded to the attacks by asking how they could make donations.

"We have clients with substantial resources who are trying to determine how they should respond charitably," Puzo says.

Not Qualified?, "Hearsay" column
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, May 28, 2001
LAWYERS WEEKLY STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and Joint Bar Committee Chairman Edward Notis-McConarty explains the committee's decision to rate judicial nominee for the New Bedford District Court, Ronald F. Moynahan, "not qualified" due to his failure to submit a JNC questionnaire to the Judicial Nominating Council.

"If there is not a problem then I don't know why a nominee would withhold information from [the Joint Bar]," he told Lawyers Weekly.

Notis-McConarty also noted that procedural change has left people with unnecessary humiliation that could have been avoided under the old process.

"The governor and nominees could once make decisions confidentially," he said. "Now, this whole process becomes very public."

Lawyer Panel Backs Cowin: Bar Group Split on Judicial Pick
Boston Globe, January 17, 2001
by Frank Phillips, GLOBE STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and Joint Bar Committee Chairman Edward Notis-McConarty reports on the committee's vote of rating state Appeals Court nominee William I. Cowin "qualified" after interviewing him about his role in a corruption scandal 20 years ago and his 1981 censure as a practicing lawyer.

"I can't tell you the number, but it was very close," he said. "We have 21 members across the state and each voted his or her conscience."

Notis-McConarty said the lawyers' committee felt it should back Cowin because the allegations against him dated back more than two decades and Cowin's professional reputation has been solid since then.

"It is clear that Mr. Cowin has an outstanding career since that time," he said.

Panelists Uncertain of Cowin Approval: Advisory Vote Set on Judicial Post
Boston Globe, January 16, 2001
by Michael Rezendes, GLOBE STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and Joint Bar Committee Chairman Edward Notis-McConarty is quoted concerning the pubic nature of state Appeals Court nominee William I. Cowin's review by the committee in the wake of Governor Cellucci's curtailment of its role in the judicial nominating process.

"Now that we're not part of a confidential process with the governor, we report our vote publicly," he said.

Bar Could Make Review of Judicial Picks Public: Committee Put Off by New Process
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, December 4, 2000
by Paul Boynton, LAWYERS WEEKLY STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and Joint Bar Committee Chairman Edward Notis-McConarty responds to the governor's office decision to "devalue" the committee's role in the judicial nominating process by reducing the amount of information provided on candidates and supplying multiple candidates names for unspecified positions instead of providing the one candidate the governor intends to nominate.

"The unilaterally imposed process undercuts our role to the point that we could not go along with it," he said. "The new process is simply something we can't accept, and it's fair to say that we are not going to participate in the structure as it's currently set up."

What do these two have in common? They use their lawyers as money managers
Boston Globe, November 2, 2000
by Beth Healy GLOBE STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes is listed with assets under management of $3.5 billion, topping a roster of law firms in Boston that manage money.

"People who are financially sophisticated want someone to help them build wealth, keep wealth, and dispose of it in the long run," says Michael Puzo, managing partner at Hemenway & Barnes. "In Boston there's an old tradition of turning to your lawyer for that."

Trial Court Gets Grant for Pro Se Conference
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, July 17, 2000
News Brief by LAWYERS WEEKLY STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and Boston Bar Association's task force on unrepresented litigants Chairman, Edward Notis-McConarty, along with members of a state team appointed by Chief Justice of Adminstration and Management, Barbara Dortch-Okara, receives a grant to conduct a statewide conference on unrepresented litigants.

Changes to Probate Court Procedure Applauded: Summary Judgment Among Amendments
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, May 22, 2000
by Meghan S. Laska, LAWYERS WEEKLY STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner Edward Notis-McConarty discusses probate court rule changes that implement summary judgement as a tool for probate litigation.

"The rule is establishing a clear process and procedure that every lawyer will be aware of and that will allow judges to focus cases in very constructive ways," he said.

Notis-McConarty warned that attorneys need to be cautious, as not all of the civil procedure rules have been adopted.

"There are lots of other parts of probate litigation that are still governed by other rules such as attachments and trustee process," he said.

American Bar Association Clears Way For Firms To Expand Practices
Boston Business Journal, Vol. 19, No. 18, June 11-17, 1999
by E. Douglas Banks, BBJ STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and member of the ABA's 520-member House of Delegates, Roy Hammer, discusses conflict-of-interest and confusion problems between attorneys and clients if bar rules are altered to allow fee-sharing between lawyers and professionals working in other disciplines.

Boston Attorney Seeks Consistency in Athlete Taxation: Says Pro Athletes Can Be Taxed in Every State Where They Play Games
Boston Business Journal, March 5-11, 1999
by E. Douglas Banks, BBJ STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and former Massachusetts Commissioner of Revenue, Stephen Kidder, discusses issues surrounding state taxation of professional athletes.

City Law Firm Jumps into Asset Management
Boston Business Journal, November 13-19, 1998
by Chris Mahoney, BBJ STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partners, Michael Puzo and Michael Elefante, comment on law firms as money managers.

Law Firms Fall Short in Pro Bono Work
Boston Business Journal, November 6-12, 1998
by Chris Mahoney, BBJ STAFF

Hemenway & Barnes partner and president of Boston's Legal Advocacy and Resource Center, Edward Notis-McConarty, comments on the poor state of affairs of unrepresented litigants at the Housing Court in Boston.