Diana Stasia Gondek - Dracut, MA

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1973
    Juris Doctor

• Non Legal Education

  • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1970
    Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Sole Practitioner

Past Positions

• Private Practice, Boston, Massachusetts, Attorney, 1975 - Present
• Massachusetts Department of Education, Boston, Massachusetts, Attorney, 1973 - 1975
• Simmons College, Graduate General Education, Bostonm MA, Lecturer
• Northeastern University Graduate School of Education, Boston, MA, Lecturer
• Fitchburg State College, Merrimac Education Center, Billerica, MA, Lecturer

Classes and Seminars

• Presenter, The Education Law Institute (Annual Conference), M.A.S.B.O.
  
• Presenter, Various Statewide In-Service Training Programs, Workshops and Seminars to Educators on School Law

Representative Clients

• Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials

• The School Committee of the Town of Holbrook, Massachusetts

• The School Committee of the Town of Rockland, Massachusetts

Representative Cases

• Foudy v. Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee
  • Citation: 402 Mass.179, 521 N.E.2d 391
  • Court: Mass.
  • Year: 1988
  • Serial Number: 1988049425
• Matthews v. School Committee of Bedford
  • Citation: 22 Mass.App.Ct.374, 494 N.E.2d 38
  • Court: Mass.App.Ct.
  • Year: 1986
  • Serial Number: 1986132122
• McParland v. Rosencranz
  • Citation: 629 N.E.2d 369
  • Court: Mass.App.Ct.
  • Year: 1994
  • Serial Number: 1994046724
• School Committee of Holbrook v. Holbrook Education Association
  • Citation: 395 Mass.651, 481 N.E.2d 484
  • Court: Mass.
  • Year: 1985
  • Serial Number: 1985141470
• School Committee of Town of Rockland v. Massachusetts Department of Education
  • Citation: 753 F.2d 169
  • Court: 1st Cir.
  • Year: 1985
  • Serial Number: 1985104637
• Doe v. Anrig
  • Citation: 561 F.Supp. 121
  • Court: D.C.Mass.
  • Year: 1983
  • Serial Number: 1983115555
• Dale Wilson v. Labor Relations Commission
  • Citation: 96-P-193
  • Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Year: 1997
• Direnzo v. Gerhart
  • Citation: 94-J602
  • Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Year: 1994
• Timothy Russell v. Peter L. Nixon, trustee & other
  • Citation: 01-P-704
  • Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Year: 2003
• Dale Wilson v. Labor Relations Commission
  • Citation: 00-P-598
  • Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Year: 2002
• John McParland v. James Rosencranz, Esq.
  • Citation: 93-P-368
  • Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Year: 1994
• Braintree Baptist Temple v. Holbrook Public Schools
  • Citation: 616 F.Supp.81
  • Court: D.Mass.
  • Year: 1984
• Doe v. Anrig
  • Citation: 692 F.2d 800
  • Court: 1st Cir.
  • Year: 1982

Published Works

Articles

• The Massachusetts School Law Disgest, M.A.S.B.O., Bimonthly, 1993
  
• The Legal Status of Professional Personnel in the Public Schools, M.A.S.B.O., 1986
  
• Issues and Concerns of Importance to Public School Officials, Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative, Vol. II, 1988
  
• Issues and Concerns of Importance to Public School Officials, Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative, Vol. I, 1986
  
• General Law of Education Relating to School Committees, M.A.S.B.O. Cooperative Corporation, January, 1984
  

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1973
• New York, 1974
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1979
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Quincy Tenants Organization (Past President)
• Quincy Community Action Program (Board of Directors)
• Quincy's Commission on the Status of Women (Mayor)