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Gary Owen Todd

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Mr. Todd is a Partner at Todd & Weld LLP where he specializes in Domestic Relations and Probate litigation. He has negotiated, mediated and tried hundreds of cases in the Courts of the Commonwealth on issues ranging from custody and parental rights to complex support and property division issues.

Mr. Todd has served on the Family Law Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association and Family Law Council and the Steering Committee of Boston Bar Association Family Law Council (co-chairman); the Massachusetts Association of Trial Lawyers; Board of Directors of Massachusetts Association of Guardians Ad Litem, Inc; Board of Directors of Association of Family, Court and Community Professionals; Board of Governors and Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mr. Todd is actively involved with Senior Partners for Justice; Advisory Board for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Evaluation; Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Transition Committee; Fellow of the Boston Bar Foundation and a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association; Boston Bar Association; Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; the Divorce Center; and, Association of Trial Lawyers of America.  Mr. Todd volunteers as Trial Advisor for the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Program, as well as Judge for the New England Law Trial Competition.

Mr. Todd was honored in the 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004 editions of Boston Magazine "Massachusetts Super Lawyer" in Family Law. Mr. Todd has been appointed by the Massachusetts Trial Courts to serve as Special Master; Discovery Master; Guardian; Conservator; and Attorney for Children. Mr. Todd has lectured on domestic relations law for the Massachusetts Bar Association; Boston Bar Association; the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Suffolk University School of Law; and Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy program. Mr. Todd has appeared as a Special Legal Analyst in Divorce on the Fox National News Channel, Channel 56 News; WBZ Channel 4 News; WBZ radio; and as an expert in domestic relations for the Boston Globe. Mr. Todd has authored articles on Divorce and Family Law in several legal publications, and has been a panelist for numerous Massachusetts and Boston Bar Association continuing legal education seminars.

Related News
Related News
Gary O. Todd BBA Panelist on “Taking Discovery Outside of Massachusetts and the United States”

Gary O. Todd Panelist on Massachusetts Bar Association Program: “Contempt Trends and Beyond”

Trial Advocacy Workshop

Ten Attorneys from Todd & Weld LLP Named "Massachusetts Super Lawyers"

Todd & Weld Wins Defense Judgment

Nine Attorneys from Todd & Weld LLP Named "Massachusetts Super Lawyers"

Practice Areas
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
Bar Admissions

Massachusetts (1991)

United States District Court, Massachusetts (1992)

Education
Education

New England School of Law, J.D. (1991)

Boston University, B.S. (1988)

Background
Background

Todd & Weld LLP, 1991 to present

Law Clerk, James D. Casey, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990-1991

Intern, Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1988-1990

Professional Activities
Professional Activities

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers American Bar Association

American Trial Lawyers Association

Boston Bar Association: Co-Chairman, Steering Committee, Family Law Council

Massachusetts Bar Association: Family Law Council

Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association

Massachusetts Association of Guardians Ad Litem

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Advisory Board

Association of Family, Court and Community Professionals

Court-Appointed Special Discovery Master, Guardian and Conservator

Trial Adviser - Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Program

Publications/Lectures
Publications/Lectures

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Advisory Board

Panelist, Taking Discovery Outside of Massachusetts and the United States, BBA, 2010

Panelist, Contempt Trends and Beyond, MBA, 2010

Panelist, Family Law Case Updates 2008, MCLE

Panelist, Expert Depositions, MAGL Annual Conference, 2008

Panelist, Alimony Summit, MCLE 2008

Panelist, Alimony Summit, MCLE 2007

Criminal Issues in District & Probate Court, BBA 2006

Panelist, Family Law Appeals, BBA 2005

Panelist, Bankruptcy Law & Domestic Relations, BBA 2004

Panelist, Domestic Relations Orders, BBA 2003

Panelist, The Hague Convention, BBA, 2003

Panelist, The Hague Convention, BBA 2002

Panelist, Reconciling International Custody Issues, BBA, 2001

Panelist, Protecting the Child in Removal Cases, MBA, 2000

Awards/Achievements
Awards/Achievements

Named a "New England Super Lawyer" in Family Law in 2009, 2008 and 2007 editions of New England Super Lawyers magazine in Boston Magazine

Named a "Massachusetts Super Lawyer" in Family Law in 2006, 2005 and 2004 editions of Massachusetts Super Lawyers magazine in Boston Magazine

Martindale Hubbell highest listing of pre-eminent - AV Rating.

Civic & Charitable Involvement
Civic & Charitable Involvement

Fellow, Boston Bar Foundation

Board of Governors, Sagamore Colony Club