Herbert D. Friedman, Esq. (Of Counsel)

Herbert D. Friedman is a Harvard Law School graduate and an adoptive parent. He has a major concentration in adoption law and artificial reproductive technology law. He is Adoption Counsel to Jewish Family Service of the North Shore, Inc., in Salem and Bright Futures Adoption Center in Acton and is a founding member and board member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. He is also a board member of ACONE (Adoption Community of New England) He has represented adoptive parents in over 900 adoptions in the last 25 years. Mr. Friedman’s adoption website is www.massadopt.com. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and Mr. Friedman is also a participant in the Senior Partners for Justice Program of the Volunteer Lawyers Project, is a long time board member of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health and is legal counsel to The Mystic Chorale, Inc., a community chorus based in Arlington. He is fluent in Spanish.

Areas of Practice:

Adoption

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts, 1973

U.S. Federal Court, 1973

Education:

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973
Doctor of Jurisprudence

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1963
Bachelor of Arts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968
Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science and Management

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Academy of Adoption Attorneys

Founding Member, Board Member

Massachusetts Bar Association

Member

ACONE (Adoption Community of New England)

Board Member

Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Inc.

Board of Member

Mystic Chorale, Inc.

Legal Counsel

Practicing: Adoption, Conservatorship and Guardianship Law, Litigation, Personal Injury