| Mr. Sheils concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial finance, creditors’ rights, banking law and corporate law. His experience in documenting commercial loans and in workouts has given him a depth of knowledge in real estate law, construction law and the Uniform Commercial Code. He regularly appears in the federal and state courts and before municipal boards.
Mr. Sheils is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mr. Sheils is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, and has been a partner in the firm since 1990. He is a co-author of Massachusetts Secured Transactions under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Forms and Practice Manual (2002). |
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| Law Clerk to the Hon. John M. Meagher, Montgomery County (Ohio), Court of Common Pleas, (1979-1981). |
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- Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts;
- former Chairman, Town of Holden Planning Board;
- Corporator, Millbury Savings Bank;
- Trustee and Corporator, Goddard/Homestead, Inc.;
- Corporator, Worcester Children’s Friend Inc.;
- former Trustee and Board President, Dynamy of Worcester, Inc.;
- Chair, Commercial and Corporate Law Section, Worcester County Bar Association.
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| 1/1/07 | 14 Bowditch & Dewey Attorneys Selected as 2007 "Super Lawyers" |
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| | B.A., 1975, Georgetown University | | J.D., 1981, Associate Casenote Editor, University of Dayton Law Review., University of Dayton |
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