Justin H. Dion - Springfield, MA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Western New England University School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts, 2000
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: CALI Award for Excellence in Civil Procedure
    Honors: CALI Award for Excellence in Trusts and Estates
    Honors: CALI Award for Excellence in Jurisprudence
    Honors: Law Review Scribes Committee, Chair, 1998
    Honors: Student Bar Association, Member of Scholarship Committee
    Law Review: Western New England Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1999 - 2000
    Law Review: Western New England Law Review, Junior Staff Member, 1998 - 1999

• Non Legal Education

  • Southern Connecticut State University, 1996
    Bachelor of Science
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
    Major: Psychology
  • Southern Connecticut State University, 1997
    Master of Arts
    Major: Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Past Positions

• Notary Public

Classes and Seminars

• Seminar, Ninth Annual Western Massachusetts Bankruptcy Conference November 16, 2010
  
• Seminar, Eighth Annual Western Massachusetts Bankruptcy Conference October 6, 2009
  
• Contributor, Bankruptcy Bits
  
• Lecturer, Hampden County Bar Association's Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force, February 2009
  
• eBook Author, Seeking Bankruptcy Assistance in Western Massachusetts? Your top 12 personal bankruptcy questions answered., 2008
  
• Guest Speaker, Taxes & Assets, WHMP Radio, July 21, 2007
  
• Published Decision, In re Crocker _B.R._ 1st Cir. BAP (Mass) 2007
  
• Lecturer, Fifth Annual Western Massachusetts Bankruptcy Law Conference, October 2006
  
• Co-Author, Who Is Your Client? Ethical Considerations Potential Counsel Must Consider, Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, August 6, 2005
  
• Published Decision: In re Holyoke Nursing Home, Inc., 372 F3rd 1 (Mass) 2004
  
• In RE: Desroches, John V. et al 21, represented lender and successfully defeated Homestead claim to validate mortgage, 03-44855HJB, 2004 WL 1949739 (Bank D. Mass. August 31, 2004)
  
• Prosecutorial Discrimination or Contract Theory Restrictions? - The Implications of Allowing Judicial Review of Prosecutorial Discretion Founded on Underlying Contract Principles, 22 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 149 (2000)

Published Works

Articles

• Regional Law Firm Attorneys Honored as 2012 SuperLawyers & Rising Stars, February 21, 2013
  
• Ten Misconceptions about: Bankruptcy, BusinessWest, March 16, 2009
  
• "Means Test" or "Just a Mean Test": An Examination of the Requirement That Converted Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Debtors Comply With Amended Section 707(B), American Bankruptcy Institute, March 9, 2009
  
• Dollars and Sense - How to Negotiate a Pre-foreclosure Workout Agreement, Business to Business, November 14, 2007
  
• Forestalling Foreclosures - Is There a Solution to This Regional and National Problem?, BusinessWest, September 21, 2007
  
• Calm Before the Storm - Dealing with Secured Lenders When Times Become Tough, BusinessWest, December 1, 2006
• Timing is Everything-or Is It? - Cortez Challenges the "Snapshot" Approach to Analyzing Abuse Pursuant to 11 USC - 707(b), American Bankruptcy Institute, November 17, 2006
• The New Bankruptcy Law: Assessing The Law's Impact on Women, Massachusetts Bar Institute, October 18, 2006
• Good News for Landlords - Bankruptcy Law Revisions Make it Easier to Evict, BusinessWest, May 15, 2006
• Choose Your Entity, BusinessWest, October 5, 2005
• Light at the End of the Tunnel - Often, Bankruptcy Isn't the End, but the Beginning - of a Turnaround, BusinessWest, August 25, 2003

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 2001
• Connecticut
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Mediator

Other Affiliations

• Hampden County Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee (Chair)
• Square One (Member, Board of Directors)
• Longmeadow Educational Excellence Foundation (Member, Board of Directors)
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Hampden County Bar Association
• Hartford County Bar Association
• Hampshire County Bar Association
• Turnaround Management Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Teacher, Bankruptcy, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA, 2008
• Teacher, Non-Profit Business Law, Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, MA, 2008
• Teacher, Introduction to Law, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA, 2004 - Present
• Teacher, Real Estate Law, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA, 2003 - Present
• Teacher, Business Law, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA, 2003 - 2007
• Teacher, Torts, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA, 2006
• Teacher, Trusts and Estates, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA, 2006
• Volunteer, United Way Funds Allocation Panel
• Volunteer, Dial-A-Lawyer, Western New England School of Law
• Team Coordinator, American Cancer Society Relay for Life
• Youth Soccer Coach, Longmeadow, MA
• Youth Coach, Brookside Soccer Club in Springfield, MA