Stephen M. Linsky
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P.O. Box # 525 Easthampton, MA 01027 (p) 617-906-5404 (f) 617-663-6650
stephenlinsky@stephenlinsky.com
LEGAL, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, Boston, Massachusetts
Member, Board of Review
Three member statutory panel appointed by the governor rendering appellate review of
appeals brought under the Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance law, 2009 to 2015.
Stephen M. Linsky, Esq., Boston, Newton, Easthampton, Massachusetts
Sole Practitioner
Private collaborative law and mediation practice concentrating in the areas of employment,
workers’ compensation, unemployment benefits, personal injury, family and domestic relations,
landlord/tenant, public, and commercial disputes, 1997 to present.
Family Co-Mediation, Newton, Massachusetts
Co-Principal
Founding co-principal of a mediation practice devoted to the provision of dispute
resolution services to families and family businesses, 2005 to present.
The New Law Center, LLC, Newton, Massachusetts
Member
Founding member, Boston area’s first collaborative law firm, 2001 to 2005.
Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinator, Suffolk Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Coordinated alternative dispute resolution proceedings of cases filed in Suffolk Superior Court,
1999 to 2000.
Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, Boston, Massachusetts
Served in senior positions involving direction of agency’s statewide operation, 1986 to 1997.
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Director (Acting)
Chief administrator of unit overseeing provider certification and delivery of educational
and vocational rehabilitation benefits to injured employees, 1995 to 1997
Commissioner (Acting)
Chief executive officer and appointing authority overseeing all agency operations, 1991
General Counsel
Chief legal officer, administrative hearing officer, and Special Assistant Attorney General.
Directed staff of attorneys providing legal representation on behalf of the agency and on
behalf of a public trust fund. Authored decisions, briefs, legislation and regulations,
1989 to 1995
Assistant General Counsel
Represented the Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund in administrative proceedings before
the Industrial Accident Board and Industrial Accident Reviewing Board, 1988 to 1989
Conciliator
Conciliated hundreds of workers’ compensation claims filed before the Industrial Accident
Board, 1986 to 1988
Stephen M. Linsky
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1986
Clerkships:
 Massachusetts State Labor Relations Commission, Boston, Massachusetts, 1986
 Office of the Governor’s Legal Counsel, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985
 Bowditch & Dewey, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1985
 Attorney Joanne Goldstein (Segal, Roitman & Coleman) Boston, Massachusetts, 1984
Master of Science, Labor Studies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1980
Federal Internship:
 United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1980
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Political Economics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1977
Graduate, Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1973
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Bar Admissions
Real Estate Broker
United States Supreme Court, 1992
Massachusetts, U.S. Federal District and First Circuit Court of Appeals, 1987
Massachusetts, 1996-present
PUBLIC OFFICE
Alderman
City of Newton, Massachusetts 2002 - 2013
PROFESSIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION AFFILIATIONS (PAST AND PRESENT)
Member
Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, American Arbitration Association,
Boston Law Collaborative, National Lawyer’s Guild, Massachusetts Bar Assn.
Board Member
Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, Association for Conflict Resolution
Past Co-chair
Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Boston Bar Association
PUBLIC ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION PANEL APPOINTMENTS (PAST AND PRESENT)
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United States District Court
United States Postal Service
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs And Business Regulation
Massachusetts Bar Association Fee Arbitration Board and ADR Panel
Massachusetts Superior, District, and Probate and Family Court
Logan 2000 Project Labor Agreement