Background
Bigelow, Robert P. was born on January 17, 1927 in New York City. Son of Robert R.L. and Doris W.S. (Bissell) Bigelow.
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Bigelow, Robert P. was born on January 17, 1927 in New York City. Son of Robert R.L. and Doris W.S. (Bissell) Bigelow.
Bar: Massachusetts 1953, New York 1980. Law clerk Supreme Court Massachusetts, 1953-1954. Associate Bingham Dana & Gould, Boston, 1954-1956.
Attorney, assistant counsel John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, 1956-1966.
Private practice, Woburn and Boston, Massachusetts, 1966-1986. Of counsel Hennessy Kilburn Killgoar & Ronan, Boston, 1973-1984.
Partner Bigelow & Saltzberg, Woburn, 1980-1986. Counsel Warner & Stackpole, Boston, 1986-1987.
Sole practice, 1987-1991, 95-97.
Counsel Bird & Bird, London, 1995-1997. Arbitrator, mediator, 1966. Adjunct Professor Dartmouth College, 1982-1984, Suffolk Law School, 1986-1992.
Acting director New England Law Institute, 1974-1975.
Law clerk Supreme Court Massachusetts, 1953-1954. Associate Bingham Dana & Gould, Boston, 1954-1956. Attorney, assistant counsel John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1956-1966.
Private practice Woburn and Boston, 1966-1986. Of counsel Hennessy Kilburn Killgoar & Ronan, Boston, 1973-1984. Partner Bigelow & Saltzberg, Woburn, 1980-1986.
Counsel Warner & Stockpole, Boston, 1986-1987. Private practice, 1987—2007. Counsel Bird & Bird, London, 1995-1997.
Arbitrator, mediator, since 1966. Hearing officer Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, 2003—2006. Adjunct professor Dartmouth College, 1982-1984, Suffolk Law School, 1986-1992.
Acting director New England Law Institute, 1974-1975.
With United States Army, 1945-1946, 51-64. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, British Computer Society (life, qualified arbitrator), New Zealand Computer Society, I.S.P. Canada Information Processing Society, American Bar Foundation (life), Massachusetts Bar Foundation (life), College Law Practice Management (honorary), Australian Computer Society (senior life). Member American Bar Association (life, editor Computers and the Law 1966, 69, 81, Jurimetrics Journal 1971-1974, Bulletin Law, Science and Technology 1977-1980, chairman committee law relating to computers 1979-1980, briefs editor Law Practice Management 1979-1991, 93-96), Massachusetts Bar Association (life, chairman economics committee 1969-1973, member committee professional ethics 1973-1979, member council law practice 1981-1984, chairman business law section 1984-1985), Computer Law Association (now International Technology Law Association) (president 1977-1979, director 1973-1984, advisory board since 1984), Boston Bar Association (chairman committee on automation 1963-1968).
Married Katharine West. MacKenty, April. Children: Katharine R., Robert South., Sanford West., Edward G. Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, 1950, Juris Doctor, 1953.