Background
Gestel, Allan van was born on December 3, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Gestel, Allan van was born on December 3, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Colby College (Bachelor of Arts, 1957). Boston University (Bachelor of Laws, 1961). Member, Boston University Law Review, 1960-1961.
Associate firm Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, 1961-1970, partner, 1970-1996. Associate justice Superior Court Massachusetts, 1996—2005, recalled, 2006—2008. Presiding justice Superior Court Business Litigation Session, 2000—2008.
Mediator JAMS, since 2008, arbitrator, since 2008. Special counsel Boston Finance Commission, 1974. Special counsel to Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct, 1986.
Member Scituate (Massachusetts) Board Zoning Appeals, 1970, Scituate Planning Board, 1972. Special counsel Governor of New York on Indian Land Claims, 1985-1996. Special counsel to Governor and Attorney General of Vermont on Indian Claims, 1987-1990.
Chairman standing advisory committee Massachusetts Rules Civil Procedure, 1986-1993. Overseer Colby College, 1990-1999, trustee, 1999—2005.
The New York Indian Land Claims: An Overview and a Warning," New York State Bar Journal, 1981. The New York Indian Land Claims: The Modem Landowner as Hostage," Syracuse University Press, 1986. "Indian Property Rights," New York Law of Real Property, Matthew Bender, 1986.
Special Counsel, Boston Finance Commission, Investigation of Boston School Committee Members Fund-raising Practices, 1973-1975. Chairman, Supreme Judicial Court Standing Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, since 1986.
Fellow American College Business Court Judges, American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association (chairman, task force on drugs and the courts), Supreme Judicial Court History Society (chairman board overseers 1993-1996), Massachusetts History Society.