- Life Member, American Law Institute (elected, 1978)
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (elected, 1981)
- Life Fellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation (President, 2008-2009, Trustee, 2005-2012)
- Massachusetts Bar Association, (House of Delegates), (Chair, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities), (Chair, Insurance Committee), (Budget and Finance Committee)
- Boston Bar Association
- Supreme Judicial Court Law Clerk’s Society (Board of Governors)
- Boston Inn of Court (Board of Governors)
- Massachusetts IOLTA Committee
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association (Board of Directors)