Stephen J. Abarbanel

Background

Abarbanel, Stephen J. was born on April 3, 1953 in New York City. Son of Arthur and Eva Abarbanel.

Education

Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, 1975; Juris Doctor, New England School Law, Boston, 1978.

Career

Worked at Palmer & Dodge Limited Liability Partnership (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in General Practice. Trials and Appeals in all Courts. Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Workout, Business Law, Commercial and Institutional Lending, Communications, Construction, Copyright, Corporate Finance, Creditors" Rights, Employee Benefits, Energy, Environment, Estate Planning and Trust and Estate Administration, Government Contracting, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Nonprofit Corporations, Personal Injury/Products Liability, Probate, Public Utility, Publishing and Entertainment, Real Estate, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Securities, State and Municipal Bonds and Municipal Law, Tax, Technology, Transportation, Venture Capital.

Admitted to the bar, 1979, Massachusetts.

1983, United States. Supreme Court. Published numerous articles on various insurance issues, including environmental coverage, bad faith and tri-partite relationships.

Member: American Bar Association (Chairman, Special Task Force on Selection and Performance Standards of Retained Counsel, 1988-1992. Member, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1993—.

Chair, Committee on Economics of Tort and Insurance Law Practice, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1996—).

Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Member: Insurance Coverage Committee, 1995—. Extracontractual Liability Committee, 1991—). Defense Research Institute.

Palmer & Dodge Limited Liability Partnership, founded in 1887, is one of Boston"s largest law firms, with more than 150 attorneys providing a full range of corporate legal services to a broad mix of domestic and foreign clients.

The firm serves clients in Boston, throughout New England, elsewhere in the United States and internationally. Practice ranges from sophisticated corporate transactions and complex civil litigation to private client trust matters, with a number of focused specialties, including biotechnology, high technology, aviation, immigration, antitrust, banking and financial services, energy, publishing and entertainment, tax, environmental, and labor and employment law.

Achievements

• Stephen J. Abarbanel has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member: American Bar Association (Chairman, Special Task Force on Selection and Performance Standards of Retained Counsel, 1988-1992. Member, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1993—. Chair, Committee on Economics of Tort and Insurance Law Practice, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1996—).

Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Member: Insurance Coverage Committee, 1995—.

Extracontractual Liability Committee, 1991—). Defense Research Institute.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, woodworking, traveling.

Connections

Married Ruth Cleveland Robertson, September 10, 1983.

Father:

Arthur Abarbanel

Mother:

Eva Abarbanel

Spouse:

Ruth Cleveland Robertson