S. Elaine McChesney

Background

McChesney, S. Elaine was born in 1954.

Education

Western Kentucky (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1975). Harvard (Juris Doctor, 1978).

Career

Worked at Bingham, Dana & Gould LLP (Boston, MA) specializing in General Practice. Commercial, Banking, Corporate, Litigation, Admiralty, Labor and Employment, Tax, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Trials, all Courts.

Admitted to the bar, 1978, Kentucky.

1979, Massachusetts. Co-Author: with Gordon and Rainer, "Massachusetts Civil Practice: Discovery," Lawyers Cooperative, 1996. With John J. Curtin, Junior, "Recoverability of Punitive Damages in Employment Related Cases," and "Punitive Damages in Insurance Cases," prepared for the American Bar Association Section of Litigation in 1980, and reprinted in Ghiardi and Kircher, Punitive Damages, (Callaghan & Company 1981).

Member, Board of Editors, Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly, 1987-1988. Lecturer: MCLE Trial Skills, 1983. MCLE Fundamentals of Civil Trial Preparation, 1984.

MCLE Evaluating and Preparing to Prove Damages, 1985. MBA Civil Motion Practice, 1986. MCLE Deposition Skills Training Program Exercises, 1990.

MCLE Accounting in the Courtroom, 1995. MCLE Litigating Fraud and Mismanagement Disputes, 1996. MCLE Drafting Commercial Documents (Employment), 1996.

Member, 1988-1991 and Chair, 1988-1989 and 1990-1991, Joint Bar (BBA and MBA) Committee on Judicial Appointments. Member: Boston (Member: BBA Council, 1994—. Law School Liaison Committee, 1984-1985) and American (Member: Committee on Developments in the Law of Individual Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace, Section on Labor and Employment Law, 1982—.

Commercial, Banking, or Financial Transactions Litigation Committee, Litigation Section, 1984—). Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts (Editor, WBA Calendar, 1988-1992). Bingham, Dana & Gould LLP is a legal advisor to corporations, institutions, partnerships and individuals.

The firm's 225 plus lawyers represent clients in connection with local, state, regional, national and international matters. The firm was founded in 1891 in Boston and has offices in Hartford, Connecticut, Washington, D.C. and London, England.

Works

• Other Work

  • Co-Author: with Gordon and Rainer, "Massachusetts Civil Practice: Discovery," Lawyers Cooperative, 1996. With John J. Curtin, Junior, "Recoverability of Punitive Damages in Employment Related Cases," and "Punitive Damages in Insurance Cases," prepared for the American Bar Association Section of Litigation in 1980, and reprinted in Ghiardi and Kircher, Punitive Damages, (Callaghan & Company 1981).

Membership

Member, Board of Editors, Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly, 1987-1988.