Sign up now for ADTA's 69th Annual Meeting in Boston: April 28 - May 2, 2010

You won't want to miss an opportunity to spend time with your ADTA friends, enjoy a fun-packed program of activities, excellent CLE, and experience the great City of Boston. The program brochure and registration form for ADTA's 69th Annual Meeting is ready - sign up now!

The Boston Marriott Copley Place, 11 Huntington Avenue in the Back Bay section of Boston, will be our hotel and meeting venue. The Copley Marriott connects to two urban shoping malls, which include upscale shops, restaurants, a movie theatre, and more - you could spend the entire weekend indoors if you cared to! But that would be a shame, because within blocks of the hotel are residential streets with some of the best preserved examples of late 19th century urban architecture in the country. Copley Square, one block from the hotel, includes Trinity Church, the Boston Public Library, the John Hancock Tower, and other architecturally and historically rich sites. There are numerous restaurants, shops and other places of interest within walking distance of the hotel. The South End, Beacon Hill, the North End, Harvard Square, and Boston’s great museums are within reasonable walking distance, a 5-10 minute cab ride, or a short hop on Boston’s rapid transit (the “T”).

Our Thursday evening event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. This harbor side venue is home to the Kennedy archives, and its museum provides a fascinating collection of JFK-era memorabilia. You will have an opportunity to tour the museum at leisure, and  then enjoy cocktails, an indoor New England Lobster "Clambake" Dinner, and dancing.

Thursday’s ADTA golf tournament will be at the Framingham Country Club. FCC, 30 minutes west of Boston, is a classic New England course, founded in 1902. ADTA’s prime member from Springfield, Massachusetts – John Stewart – will chair the tournament committee. He will be assisted by John Ryan and George Walker.

Friday evening will feature "Dine Around Boston," coordinated by Ed and Ceci Burke. Signup sheets will be provided for many of the best Boston restaurants, to make the process of selecting a dining venue easier, and to ensure that those who have not made prior plans will have the opportunity to dine with other ADTA members and spouses. Before heading out for dinner in the City, enjoy refreshments and good company in ADTA's renowned hospitality room.

Saturday evening’s black tie Jazz Gala will be truly special.  ADTA has reserved the Prudential Center Skywalk Observatory, which offers a breathtaking 51st floor panoramic views of the Greater Boston area and beyond. Visitors gain a bird's eye view of Boston's Hancock Tower, Fenway Park, the Boston Common and Public Garden, the Esplanade and Hatch Shell, the Charles River, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, MIT, Harvard University, and countless other Boston landmarks. We will enjoy the Skywalk Observatory’s spectacular views while we dine, dance and enjoy the evening with good friends.

Other Annual Meeting activities will include:

• A special spouse’s program, including a keynote address on the history of Boston’s Back Bay by Dr. Nancy S. Seasholes, an historian and historical archaeologist. Walking Tours of Boston's Made Land is the companion to her earlier book, Gaining Ground (MIT Press, 2003). Dr. Seasholes was a contributing author to Mapping Boston (The MIT Press, 1999). She will lead a walking tour of Copley Square after her presentation.

• A presentation by Theresa McIntosh, Acupuncture Physician, entitled “Your Health, Your Choice," in which you will learn how to improve your health and wellness with education on stress reduction skills and whole food nutrition. Theresa is a Diplomate in Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology, and a licensed Acupuncture Physician, practicing wellness medicine. She is a Qualified National Marketing Director with National Safety Associates, the maker of Juice Plus+. Theresa is spouse of ADTA Member Doug McIntosh, West Palm Beach, Florida.
• Saturday morning's keynote presentation will be delivered by Bill Littlefield, nationally known author and veteran sports commentator, host of National Public Radio's Only A Game, a weekly one-hour sports magazine.

• Tour of selected art galeries on Boston's fashionable Newbury Street

• Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

• Walks along Boston’s Freedom Trail

• Duck Tours

• Fenway Park

ADTA Boston 2010 will be a truly special experience in one of America’s great historic cities. Sign up now to share the fun with your ADTA friends in Boston, Massachusetts, Wednesday April 28 to Sunday May 2, 2010!

David Zizik and Karen Baker
Boston 2010 Meeting Hosts

Managing Attorney
Zizik, Powers, O'Connell, Spaulding & Lamontagne, P.C.
690 Canton Street, Suite 306
Westwood, Massachusetts 02090
Direct Tel: 781-320-5401
eFax: 781-658-2532
email: dzizik@zizikpowers.com

Boston Red Sox Release 2010 Schedule

The Red Sox will be playing a weekend series at Fenway Park the weekend of April 23-25, 2010 - the weekend preceding the start of ADTA's Boston 2010 Annual Meeting. For a look at the entire 2010 schedule, click here.

Another ADTA Annual Meeting Success Story!

From "Adta-talk"
May 8, 2009

If you attended the Annual Meeting in Scottsdale you will remember that Bob Tait, our new President, and Fred Raschke were not able to make it to the meeting until very late Friday night, with Bob missing some of the events a President-elect would truly not want to miss. They could not get away from the trial that seemed endless. But their dedication to serving their clients to the fullest finally paid off.

After three months in trial, Fred and Bob brought in a Defense Verdict in a rail-injury case that one would have normally expected to swing toward the plaintiff.

Fred requested Bob's expertise in the defense of this case as a result of their membership, and ensuing friendship, in ADTA. Dan Balmert, ADTA Marketing Committee Chair, commented:

Relationships. . .it's all about relationships. The ADTA provides its members with the unique opportunity to meet and to get to know genuinely great trial lawyers from all around our country, Puerto Rico and Canada - lawyers who truly are 'one in a million.' Fred Raschke (from Texas) and Bob Tait (from Ohio) met each other at an Annual Meeting of the ADTA and became good friends. That relationship, built on respect for the talents of the other, is very special. The opportunity to engage in and grow such relationships distinguishes our Association from all others.

This case referral was first discussed in the hospitality suite a few years back at an Annual Meeting and after thousands of hours of hard work, a Defense Verdict. Fred noted in discussing the case: "You are correct that this case is a testament to the marketing and networking of the ADTA, but more importantly, it is a testament to the quality of lawyers in the ADTA. As you all know, Bob Tait is pure quality."

This is just one instance where we can truly say the ADTA Annual Meeting Hospitality Suite is definitely a place to connect and make friends for the betterment of your practice and your firm.

Congratulations to Fred and Bob!

CLICK HERE learn more about the case.

Charles River Reservation

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR's) Charles River Reservation is a linear park stretching from Boston Harbor up the Charles River for 20 miles. The lower half of the reservation, from downtown Boston to the Watertown Dam, is the Charles River Basin, which includes the Esplanade on the Boston side. The basin abuts the campuses of MIT, Boston University and Harvard. The Upper Charles River section of the Reservation begins at Watertown Square and meanders to Riverdale Park in West Roxbury.

The Charles River was given this name in honor of Charles I of England, the reigning monarch, by John Smith in the 1600s. Subsequent European settlers harnessed the river for industrialization, and by 1640 entrepreneurs on the Neponset River had diverted its water to power their mills. For more about the history about this area CLICK HERE.

April scorcher drives mercury to a record-breaking 93 in Boston

One year to the day before ADTA's 2010 Annual Meeting begins...

Boston Globe, April 28, 2009 04:09 PM
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff

Barren trees just beginning to sprout with buds offered no shade from the scorching sun. Spring tulips wilted in the heat, the pink and yellow flowers bowing low as the temperature soared into the 90s. Rollerbladers took off their shirts. Lines formed at ice cream trucks. Bikinis came out of the deep recesses of closets. And the smell of coconut oil and suntan oil wafted from beach towels and dusty lawn chairs.

The weather offered an early but fleeting taste of summer today, giving New England an April gift after a long, cruel winter. A blast of unseasonably warm air pushed the temperature to 93 degrees at Logan International Airport, breaking the previous record of 90 set in 1990, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Simpson.

"This is as good as it gets," said Peter Doran, 40, an estimator for Suffolk Construction who tucked his purple tie into his button-down shirt to stop it from flapping in the wind on a lunchtime walk on the jetty around Pleasure Bay. "That's why I had to get out, because I know it's going to be 50 degrees tomorrow."

The hot weather today is actually better than summer, a dry warmth without that soupy, shirt-sticking humidity of August. A perfect day to bob lackadaisically in a red kayak in Dorchester Bay, warmed by the bright sun but cooled by a gentle breeze. A perfect day for Rene Soto, 25, to sit on a seawall on Day Boulevard and do her English homework for the University of Massachusetts Boston. And a perfect day for 2-year-old Sadira Forcucci to try her new lime-green bathing suit at Carson Beach, digging in the sand with sea shells.

"She's been asking for a beach day since the fall," said her mother Heather Forcucci, 34. "The only problem is tomorrow when it's 50 she'll ask to come back." The high temperature for Wednesday is expected to be in the upper 50s, more than 30 degrees lower than today.Sidewalks filled with strollers, bicycles, and dogs on leashes with tongues wagging in search of water. Three bartenders lugged their lawn chairs and beach towels to the beach at the end of I Street in South Boston, glad that they would not again spend an afternoon indoors.

"It's gorgeous," said one of the bartenders, Louise Waters, 30, who wore a black-and-white bikini and squinted behind sunglasses.

Her friend and co-worker, Laura McDermott, 32, used her hand to shield her eyes from the sun.

"It beats shoveling snow," McDermott quipped.

Today's temperature edged close to the all-time record for the entire month, which was 94 on April 18, 1976, according to the weather service. It was the second recordbreaking temperature in three days. Sunday's high of 87 cracked the previous record of 85 set back in 1872, the first year records were kept in Boston. Normal highs for this time are around 60 degrees, Simpson said.