Friday Night Dine Around - Sign Up Now!

We're expanding the Friday Night Dine Around options for this year's meeting in Boston. In addition to providing you with a list of recommended restaurants, we have reserved a dozen tables at some of Boston’s finest restaurants where you will join ADTA host couples for a special evening of fun, fine food and great company. We will have sign up sheets and sample menus posted in the Hospitality Suite but if you want to ensure your place at one of these tables, e-mail our elite Dine-Around Diva, Ceci Birk at cfbirk@comcast.net.

Abe & Louie’s (Steak house)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
793 Boylston Stree
(617) 536-6300
http://www.abeandlouies.com/
Dress: Casual Elegance
Cost: $61
Distance from hotel: 8 minute walk.

Classic upscale steakhouse offering guests prime meat, fresh seafood and produce. The lump crab bake and swordfish chop are signature dishes. All beef steaks are aged six weeks on the bone. The menu also includes lobster and chicken.

Blue Room (Eclectic)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
One Kendall Square
(617) 494-9034
http://www.theblueroom.net/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $42
Distance from hotel: 15 minute taxi ride.

Upscale and funky, this MIT-neighborhood restaurant specializes in Mediterranean food with local ingredients. The menu features salads, pasta, fish, meat, poultry and vegetarian dishes. Sitings of Nobel laureates are possible but unconfirmed.

Durgin-Park (New England)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
340 Faneuil Hall Market Place
(617) 227-2038
http://www.durgin-park.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $33
Distance from restaurant: 15 minute taxi ride

Located in Quincy Market this restaurant prides itself on its sassy waitresses and décor featuring long tables with red-checkered cloths. The menu is an extensive one with chowders, salads, seafood, lobster, a New England clambake, chicken, beef, pork, pasta and desserts. The restaurant is great for children.

Hamersley’s Bistro (French)
Table for 8 at 8 p.m.
553 Tremont Street
(617) 423-2700
http://www.hamersleysbistro.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $61
Distance from restaurant: 5 minute taxi ride/12 minute walk

Gordon Hamersley began the culinary renaissance of Boston’s South End two decades ago and still presides over this refined but straightforward four-star bistro with an open kitchen. The restaurant is famous for its signature roast chicken and other items include seafood, steak, and pork. Celebrities such as Bill and Adelle Tooms have been sited.

Hungry I (Intimate French Hideaway)
Table for 6 at 7:30
71 1/2 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 227-3524
Train: Red Line T to Charles/MGH
http://www.hungryiboston.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $60
Distance from restaurant: 12 minute taxi ride.

Descend a few steps from Charles Street into this oasis of Old World charm and quiet. This long-time Beacon Hill favorite is small and intimate but serves excellent French food. Three working fireplaces and simple decor give the feeling of sanctuary from the city outside. The short menu is partnered with a daily list of specials. House specialties include venison au poivre, filet mignon with pancetta and rabbit cooked in a crock.

Jasper's White Seafood Shack
Table for 8 at 7:15 p.m.
50 Dalton Street
Boston, MA
(617) 867-9955
Train: Green Line T to Hynes Convention
http://www.summershackrestaurant.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $30
Distance from restaurant: 8 minute walk

The best lobster rolls you can get this side of Cape Cod! This restaurant is great for seafood lovers and non-seafood eaters alike. A bright-colored and "funky faux" indoor shack -- plus balloons and fish tanks -- is ideal for families. The menu includes lobster, swordfish, corn dogs and fried chicken. There are also brown paper tablecloths perfect for drawing.

King Fish Hall (Seafood)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
188 Faneuil Hall Marketplace
(617) 523-8862
http://www.toddenglish.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $46
Distance from restaurant: 15 minute taxi ride

This critically acclaimed Todd English seafood restaurant’s menu features traditional New England classics in a setting that is anything but traditional. In addition to handpicked daily selections of the freshest local seafood, there is a raw bar, chowders as well as chicken and steak.

Legal Sea Foods (Seafood)
Table for 8 at 7:15 p.m.
100 Huntington Avenue (Prudential Center)
(617) 266-7775
http://www.legalseafoods.com/
Train: Green Line T to Hynes Convention
Dress: Casual
Cost: $41
Distance from hotel: 5 minute walk

“If it’s not fresh, it’s not legal” Founded in 1968, this local chain of seafood restaurants has been voted Most Popular restaurant in Boston, serving fresh, seasonal and “top of the catch” seafood along with local favorites like clam chowder, fried claims and Wellfleet oysters. The menu also includes filet mignon and roasted chicken. This restaurant is child friendly. This restaurant is a short walk across the Skyway in the Prudential Center complex.

Mamma Maria’s (Italian)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
3 North Square
(617) 523-0077
http://www.mammamarias.com/
Dress: Business Casual
Cost: $54
Distance from restaurant: 15 minute taxi ride.

Not so much a great Italian restaurant as a fabulous North End institution, this gorgeous restaurants serve great food in a fun old house that dates back to the 1820s.Italian food in a quiet corner of the North End. In a beautiful row house that dates back to 1820 the restaurant, overlooking North Square, offers authentic Italian dishes in a series of small rooms. The menu focuses on New England dishes in a typical Italian countryside fashion. The menu offers pasta, seafood, beef, chicken, pork and lamb.

Ristorante Toscano (Italian)
Table for 6 at 7:30 p.m.
41 Charles Street
(617) 723-4090
http://www.toscanoboston.com/
Train: Green Line T to Park
Dress: Business Casual
Cost: $53
Distance from restaurant: 10 minute taxi ride

A Beacon Hill institution, this cozy Northern Italian restaurant aims to please with an features an extensive and traditional Tuscan menu and a fine wine list to match. The restaurant features a hardwood grill for meat, game and seafood dishes.

Union Oyster House (Seafood)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
41 Union Street
(617) 227-2750
http://www.unionoysterhouse.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $39
Distance from restaurant: 15 minute taxi ride

In continuous operation since 1826, this Boston landmark claims to be the oldest restaurant in the United States, including luminaries such as Daniel Webster, James Michael Curley and Ted Williams among its regulars. Known for its seafood, oysters and chowders, clams and lobster the menu also includes steak, chicken and pork as well as a children’s menu.

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.