Boston Bar Association

Corporate Counsel

James D. Smeallie | Boston Bar Association

Editor: Please share with us your professional background. Smeallie: After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law, I began my career in San Francisco at Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon. After a few years, I moved back east to Boston and joined Sherburne, Powers & Needham,...

Donald R. Frederico | Boston Bar Association

Editor: Please tell our readers about your long history with the Boston Bar Association and how these experiences led to your becoming BBA President. Frederico: In the mid-1990s, I chaired the BBA's Federal Practice and Procedure Committee of the Litigation Section. When my own practice...