Background
Berry, Janis Marie was born on December 20, 1949 in Everett, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Dorothy I. (Barbato) Sordillo.
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Janis Marie Berry
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Bachelor magna cum laude, Boston University, 1971; Juris Doctor cum laude, Boston University, 1974.
Career
Law clerk, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, 1974-1975;
associate, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, 1975-1980;
assistant United State Attorneys, Boston, 1980-1981;
special attorney department justice, N.E. Organized Crime Strike Force, Boston, 1981-1984;
chief attorney department justice, N.E. Organized Crime Drug Task Force, Boston, 1984-1986;
partner, Ropes & Gray, Boston, 1986-1994;
private practice, 1995;
partner, Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo, 1996-1997;
partner, Rubin & Rudman LLP, since 1997. Instructor Harvard Law School, 1983-1986, Institute Trial Advocacy, Boston, 1984-1987. Lecturer Department Justice Advocacy Institute, 1986.
Member Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, 1989-1993. Board member Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, since 1995. Chairman merit selection panel United States Magistrate, 1989, Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Council, 1991-1992.
Trustee Social Law Library., since 1999.
Achievements
Membership
Candidate Massachusetts Attorney General, 1994. Member Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Superior vena cava syndrome, Boston, 1986-1991. Vice president Boston Inn of Court, 1990-1991.
Trustee Atlanticare Hospital, 1990-1994. Member Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, American Law Institute, Women's Bar Association Beta Kappa.
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Connections
Married Richard G. Berry, December 27, 1970. Children: Alexis, Ashley, Lindsey.
