Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
Rich Abati is a seasoned legal professional with extensive experience in bar oversight and litigation. Currently serving as Acting Bar Counsel at the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers since September 2010, Rich Abati focuses on protecting public interests and promoting professionalism within the legal field. Prior roles include First Assistant Bar Counsel, where responsibilities involved strategic planning and ensuring ethical conduct among Massachusetts lawyers, and Assistant Bar Counsel, tasked with investigating and prosecuting lawyer misconduct. Prior to joining the Board, Rich Abati was a Partner at Choate, Hall & Stewart, specializing in complex commercial litigation and white-collar defense, and briefly served as a Special Assistant District Attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. Rich Abati holds a Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College.
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Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
The Board of Bar Overseers and the Office of the Bar Counsel were established by the Supreme Judicial Court in 1974 as independent administrative bodies to investigate and evaluate complaints against lawyers. Although both the Board and Bar Counsel are official bodies subject to the supervision of the Supreme Judicial Court, no public funds are spent to support them. The Bar Counsel's and the Board's expenses come solely from the annual registration fees paid by lawyers.