Adam Dash Esq. - Somerville, MA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1990
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1987
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Dean's List 1983-1987
    Honors: Economics Tutor 1986-1987
    Major: Economics and Fine Arts

Current Employment Position(s)

• Principal Attorney

• Founder

Past Positions

• Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian, Associate Attorney, 1991 - 1993
• Anderson and Quinn, Law Clerk, 1989

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor in Corporations, Partnerships and Agency; Law Office Management; Administrative Law; and Trial Practice Assistantship, National Academy of Paralegal Studies, 1993 - 1994
  
• Lecturer, Condominium Law, Century 21 Commonwealth, 2004
  
• Lecturer regarding legal aspects of first-time home buying as part of the HOMEBASE program, City of Boston, Department of Public Facilities, 1994
  
• Lecturer on Operating Under The Influence to Driver's Education classes, Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School , 1994
  
• Lecturer on School-To-Work Program, Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School , 1997
  
• Lecturer on Statutory Rape issues, Boston Initiative For Teen Pregnancy Prevention, 1996
  
• Lecturer on Employment, Credit and Landlord/Tenant issues to ESL students, North Reading YMCA, 1999 - 2000
  
• Lecturer on home buying, business law issues and consumer protection, La Alianza Hispana, 1999
  
• Lawyer of the Day , Suffolk County Probate and Family Court, 1999 - Present
  
• Lawyer of the Day, Middlesex County Probate and Family Court, 2000 - Present
  
• Lecturer on carbon monoxide detector law, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, 2006
  
• Mentor for The Family Law Project for Battered Women, Women’s Bar Foundation, 2009 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Lawyer of the Day, Middlesex Probate and Family Court, 2000 - Present
• Chairman, Somerville Chamber of Commerce, 2002 - 2006

Representative Cases

• Lowell Development and Finance Corp. v. Winter Hill Bank, FSB
  • Citation: 508 B.R. 790
  • Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court for MA
  • Year: 2014

Ancillary Businesses

• Member, Town of Belmont Warrant Committee

• Former Member, Town of Belmont Zoning Board of Appeals

• Former Chairman, Town of Belmont Community Preservation

• Act Study Committee

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1991

Other Affiliations

• Massachusetts Bar Association, 1991 - Present (Member)
• Better Business Bureau, 2007 - Present (Member)
• Notary Public, 1992 - Present
• Somerville Chamber of Commerce, 1995 - Present (Past Chairman, Officer, Director & Member )
• Lawyers Clearinghouse On Affordable Housing And Homelessness, 1993 - 1995 (Member & Legislative Committee)
• Somerville Homeless Coalition, 1993 - Present (Board member, President, Vice-President, Fundraising Committee, member, Chairman, Nominating Committee, Chairman, Road Race Committee, Founder and Chairman)
• Middlesex County Bar Association, 1993 - 2007 (Member )
• Somerville Bar Association, 1999 - 2006 (Member )
• Massachusetts Democratic Party, 1995 - 1999 (Delegate from Wards 5 and 7, Somerville, Massachusetts to the Massachusetts State Democratic Convention )
• Somerville Youth Soccer League, 2003 - 2007 (Coach )
• Brandeis University (Mock Trial Judge )
• Town of Belmont, 2007 - 2016 (Warrant Committee. Member, Vice Chair, Community Preservation Act Study Committee, chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Associate Member, Full Member, Town Meeting Member, Underwood Pool Building Committee, Vice Chair )
• Beth El Temple Center, 2007 - 2010 (Trustee)
• City of Somerville, 2013 - Present (Zoning Advisory Committee, Member )