Allan van Van Gestel

Background

Gestel, Allan van was born on December 3, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Education

Colby College (Bachelor of Arts, 1957). Boston University (Bachelor of Laws, 1961). Member, Boston University Law Review, 1960-1961.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Bar: Massachusetts 1961, United States District Court Massachusetts 1963, United States Court Appeals (1st circuit) 1969, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1972, United States Court Claims 1979, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1980, United States District Court (northern district) New York 1980, United States District Court (western district) New York 1993, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit) 1993, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1995.

Membership

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.