I am admitted to practice law in MA, NH, and VT and have tried more than 1,000 cases in the last 35 years. I was a member of the CJA Panel for the US District Court, District of NH, 2004-2010, qualified to represent criminal defendants in general and complex crimes. I am a certified Guardian ad Litem in MA and NH and am a certified martial mediator in NH.I have published and lectured in the areas of law, stress, comparative religion, and the martial arts.

My approach and philosophy in mediating is heavily influenced by my aikido training. I have been practicing aikido for 36 years, and I hold a Godan, 5th Degree, black belt from Aikikai Hombu. In other words, I tend to use its techniques of entering, blending and moving off the line to diffuse resistance, resentment, and anger, and to allow for the possibility of reconciliation.