Nationally-recognized as a civil trial lawyer, Mike Mone has been a pioneer in the field of tort litigation. A 1967 graduate of Boston College Law School, Mr. Mone has been awarded honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Middlebury College and Suffolk University. Mr. Mone's practice concentrates on all aspects of civil litigation, with particular emphasis on medical malpractice, products liability, insurance law, and aviation claims. Mr. Mone also has considerable experience in professional malpractice and disciplinary claims, and has practiced extensively at all levels of the state and federal trial and appellate court systems. Mr. Mone is a Fellow, a Regent, the former Secretary (1997-1998), and the immediate past President of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the first plaintiff's attorney to head that prestigious organization. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and a former member of its national Board of Governors (1975-1978). He is also a member and past President of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (1981-1984), a member and past President of the Massachusetts Bar Association (1993), a member of the American Bar Association, and an alumnus of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers and Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments. Mr. Mone served, at Governor Dukakis's appointment, on the Judicial Nominating Committee (1987-1988). Mr. Mone has written and lectured exhaustively on issues relating to insurance coverage and disputes, trial practice, and civil litigation generally, and has testified as an expert witness on numerous occasions on those and related topics.