JUDITH FARRIS BOWMAN

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1 JUDITH FARRIS BOWMAN Legal Education Columbia Law School, Class of Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, , Activities: Teaching Fellow in Civil Procedure, Other Graduate Education Simmons School of Social Work, (no degree). Undergraduate Education Radcliffe College, Class of Majors: Biochemistry and Philosophy. Activities: Chairman, Phillips Brooks House Mental Hospitals Committee. Professional experience September 2005-present: Partner, Bowman, Moos & Elder, LLP, a general practice firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts; emphasizing family law litigation and mediation. February 1992-August 2005: Partner, Bowman, Moos & Hilton, a general practice firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts; specializing in family law litigation and mediation. June 1989-February 1992: Sole practitioner as of counsel to Gitlin, Emmer & Kaplan, Boston, Massachusetts, also emphasizing domestic relations practice. June 1979-June 1989: Partner, Bowman & Bowman, a general practice firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts; concentrating in appellate practice (principally in criminal cases), domestic relations, and general civil litigation (including medical malpractice litigation); occasionally involved in civil liberties and international law litigation.

2 January 1977-June 1979: Associate, Oteri and Weinberg, Boston, Massachusetts, a criminal defense firm; researching and writing briefs at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts in various jurisdictions throughout the United States. September 1974-June 1977: Associate appellate counsel, Criminal Appeals Bureau, Legal Aid Society of New York, 15 Park Row, New York, N.Y ; preparing and arguing appeals in criminal cases in New York state appellate courts. Bar Admissions Court of Appeals of New York, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Supreme Court of the United States, Bar Activities Member: Massachusetts Bar Association, Family Law Section (chair, Lawyer Projects sub-committee of the Family Law Section Committee on the Crisis in the Probate Courts and chair of subcommittee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, ). Member: Boston Bar Association, Family Law Section Steering Committee and co-chair of sub-committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, ). Middlesex Multi-door Courthouse Pilot Mediation Project in the Probate and Family Court: Member of Steering Committee, ; screener and participating mediator, Mediation Panel Member, Boston Teacher s Union Prepaid Legal Services Program, 2002-present. Member: Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, 1989-present. Member, Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem, present.

3 Member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, present. Member: American Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2002-present Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Reported cases (selected): Custody of Lori, 444 Mass.316 (2005); Mitchell v. Mitchell, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 769 (2005); Trigones v. Bissonnette, 296 F3d. 1 (2002); Trigones v. Attorney General, 420 Mass. 859 (1995). Other Publications: A report for the Environmental Protection Agency on state landuse planning statutes, published as Chapter III in Hagevik, Mandelker and Brail, Air Quality Management and Land Use Planning, Praeger, Other Training Mediation training: basic, 35 hours, 1989; advanced, 16 hours, of the Child: Testimony in Sexual Abuse Cases, 10 hours, of the Child Alienation and Estrangement in High Conflict Families: Clinical and Legal Perspectives, 10 hours, AFCC: International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, 17 hours, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Giving Voice to Children in the Court, 5 hours, Massachusetts Association of Guardian ad Litem: In the Best Interest of the Child: Miles Apart: The Relocation Dilemma for Divided Families, 6 hours, Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Mandatory Domestic Violence Training for Persons Eligible to Receive Appointments Under Category E and Category F, 2003.

4 Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem: Sexual Abuse Training for Category E & F GAL s, Court Certified GAL Training in Category F Matters, 3 hours, Massachusetts Probate and Family Court: Privilege and Confidentiality in Child Custody Conflicts, 1.5 hours, Boston Bar Association: GAL Investigations, 1 hour, Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem: Shifting Family Landscapes: Same Gender and De facto Parenting, 42 hours, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Parenting Coordination: Bringing Order out of Chaos, 7.25 hours, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education: 8 TH Annual Family Law Conference, 7 hours, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology: Parenting Coordination: Working With High Conflict Families, 12 C.E. credits, Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem: Advanced Course GAL 202, 12 hours, 2007 Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Children s Realities: The Truth about Children and Divorce, 21.5 hours, American Bar Association Section of Family Law and the American Psychological Association: Reconceptualizing Child Custody, Past, Present and Future, 20 hours, 2008 Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Ninth Symposium on Child Custody evaluations, 21.5 hours, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Advanced Issues in Child Custody: Evaluation, Litigation, and Settlement, 21.5 hours, of the Child Series: Shared Parenting: Solomon s Dilemma in the 21st century, with Jennifer McIntosh, Ph.D., 6 hours, 2011.

5 Community Activities Member: Board of Management of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association (Chair of the nominating committee for Radcliffe College Alumnae Association awards to alumnae of distinguished achievement) ; Chair, Alumnae Awards Committee, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study,