ATTORNEY PROFILE
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Boston Latin School, 1948
Harvard College, 1951, A.B., cum laude
Harvard Law School, 1954, LL.B.
University of California at Berkeley, Summer 1956
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS
| 1955 |
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Supreme Judicial Court (Massachusetts) |
| 1957 |
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U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
| 1957 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit |
| 1965 |
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U.S. Supreme Court |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Gossels serves as Chair of the Fee Disputes Committee of the Boston Bar Association and as a hearing officer for the Board of Bar Overseers. He is a member of its Sections on Litigation, Family Law and the Administration of Justice.
| 2000-Present |
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Guardian ad Litem and Conservator of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court |
| 1984-Present |
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Master of the Massachusetts Superior Court |
| 1977-Present |
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Examiner of Titles of the Massachusetts Land Court |
| 1968-1979 |
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Town Counsel of the Town of Wayland |
| 1982-1991 |
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Special Counsel to the Burlington Town Meeting |
| 1979-1982 |
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Special Counsel to the Town of Wayland |
| 1974-1983 |
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Town Counsel to the Town of Boxborough |
| 1978-1991 |
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Special Counsel to the School Committee of the Town of Needham |
| 1976-1984 |
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Special Counsel to the School Committee of Franklin |
| 1965-1970 |
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Adjunct Professor of International Business Law, Boston University |
| 1962-1967 |
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Moderator, New England Conference on Legal Problems of Doing Business Abroad |
| 1961-Present |
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Real Estate Broker |
| 1957-Present |
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Notary Public of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
CIVIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
| 1997-Present |
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Host: Meet the Candidates, Live! on Channel 9, Wayland |
| 1982-Present |
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Moderator of the Town of Wayland |
| 1966-1968 |
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Finance Committee of the Town of Wayland |
| 1977-1979 |
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President of Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley, Sudbury, Massachusetts |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Altruism in Government: Exemptions from the Tax on Owners of Real Estate in Massachusetts," 1954, limited publication by the Massachusetts Special Commission on Taxation.
"Gifts to Minors: Income Tax Consequences of Massachusetts Support Law," Boston Bar Journal, February, 1960.
"Assessments of Perpetual Rights and Easements," Newsletter of the Association of Massachusetts Assessors, December, 1972.
Co-Editor, (with Nancy Lee Gossels and Joan S. Kaye), Vetaher Libenu, the first egalitarian Jewish siddur (1980).
Co-Editor, (with Harry Abadi, Gary Bean, Nancy Lee Gossels and Ellen Zellner), Chadesh Yamenu, an egalitarian machzor for Rosh Hashanah (1997).
Co-Editor, (with Harry Abadi,
Velda Adams,
Gary Bean, Nancy Lee Gossels and Michael Mirman), Canfey Hashachar, a siddur for weekday mornings (2003).
"Know the Law Before Starting a Small Business," Banker & Tradesman (July 2, 2001).
"Delaware: The Black Hole of Corporate Reform," New England In-House, by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 2003).
Co-Author and Co-Editor of Enhancing Cost and Time Efficiencies in the Commonwealth's Courts Through Effective Judicial and Attorney Practices adopted and published by the Council of the Boston Bar Association on November 15, 2005
"Why should Probate Rule 16 Trump Rule 27B?", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (December 5, 2005).
"The Moderator's Handbook for Wayland Town Meetings," (December, 2006).
"Problems with Electronic Voting," Wayland Town Crier (January 11, 2007).
"Have the Courts Overlooked the Problem of the Predator Spouse?", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (February 5, 2007)
"Town Meeting process is hardly 'outdated'," The Wayland/West Town Crier (April 30, 2009).
"Moderator's Handbook for Wayland's Town Meeting," (Revised May 2009).
RECOGNITION
Martindale-Hubbell: "a.v." rating
www.avvo.com: superb rating
Who's Who in America: since 2001
Who's Who in American Law: Listed since the First Edition
Who's Who in the East: Listed since the 1993-1994 Edition
Who's Who in the World: Listed since the 12th Edition
International Who's Who of Intellectuals: Volume IV and thereafter
Appeared as an "expert" on school law on Miller's Court, a television program produced in Boston, Massachusetts: 1980 and as an "expert" on pre-nuptial agreements on Channel 4's Live on Four on October 12, 1988.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
French, German and Spanish
MILITARY SERVICE
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1954-1956 |
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Intelligence Section, Psychological Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
