Wm. Shaw McDermott

• Broker-Dealer
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate
• Internal Investigations
• Labor and Employment

• Private Clients
• Securities Enforcement

Bar of Massachusetts

Massachusetts

K&L Gates

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University of Virginia School of Law

J.D.

1975

Harvard University

A.B.

1971

magna cum laude

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Activities: President-elect, Boston Bar Foundation, 2007

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Activities: Chairman, Boston Bar Association’s Law Office Economics, Professionalism and Ethics Section, 1990-1992

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Activities: Member, Boston Bar Association’s Litigation Section

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Activities: Chairman, Boston Bar Foundation’s Society of Fellows

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Activities: Trustee, Boston Bar Foundation, 2003-present

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Activities: Trial Advisor, Harvard Law School, Trial Advocacy Workshop, 1989-present

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Activities: President, Tort Law Commission, and Vice Chairman, Products and Services Liability Commission, Union Internationale Des Avocats, 1997-2000

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Activities: Director, Faulkner Hospital, 1983-1989

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Activities: Trustee, Deaconess Hospital, and overseer, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, 1990-present

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Activities: Director, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.

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Activities: Executive Council, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health, 1998-present

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Activities: Leadership Council, Harvard School of Public Health, 2003-present

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Activities: Secretary, Harvard Club of Boston, 1987-1998

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Activities: President, Harvard Club of Boston, 1998-2001

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Activities: President, Board of Trustees, Dexter and Southfield Schools, 1991-present

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Activities: Former Trustee and Secretary, Thompson Island Outward bound Education Center, 1988-2003

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Activities: Elected Town Meeting Member, Dedham, Massachusetts