Staff
Paul Finn , Esquire
Founder of Commonwealth Mediation and Conciliation, Inc. (CMCI) and has served as its President and CEO since 1992.
As lead arbitrator and mediator, Mr. Finn hears approximately 300 to 400 cases per year.…Read More
Chief Executive Officer
To schedule with Paul Finn please contact Sherry Kiander at sherry@commonwealthmediation.com.
Founder of Commonwealth Mediation and Conciliation, Inc. (CMCI) and has served as its President and CEO since 1992.
As lead arbitrator and mediator, Mr. Finn hears approximately 300 to 400 cases per year.
Mr. Finn holds a Juris Doctor from the New England School of Law, a master’s degree in government from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from Stonehill College.
Education
1990 A.L.M., Government, Harvard University
1976 J.D., New England School of Law
1971 B.A., History, Stonehill College
1967 Boston Latin School
Admission to Practice
1988 – Supreme Court of the United States of America
1977 – Massachusetts Bar
1977 – Federal District Court
Professional
1992 – Present
President & CEO, Commonwealth Mediation and Conciliation (CMCI); full-time mediator and arbitrator handling all types of civil claims; mediated and/or arbitrated over 5,000 claims, including cleric sexual abuse, medical malpractice, auto tort, general liability and business disputes; chief administrator and marketing representative for CMCI
1977 – 1992
Berks & Finn Brockton, Massachusetts; Co-founder and Partner in a small five lawyer law firm in Brockton, Massachusetts; general practice handling personal injury, domestic, estates, criminal, social security disability, real estate conveyance and more
Affiliations
Plymouth County Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers
Association of Conflict Resolution
Scribes
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Publications
Massachusetts Practice Series, Volume 47, Mediation and Arbitration, 2002 Edition
Revised Edition to be published 2004.
Personal
President of the Pilgrim Advocate Program, 1983-84
President of Thorny Lea Golf Club, 1988-1990 and 1994-1996
Golf, reading and traveling
Brian J. Mone , Esquire
To schedule with Brian J. Mone please contact Donna Orlando at donna@commonwealthmediation.com.
Brian Mone is a Harvard Law School certified mediator who has successfully mediated a large number of complex, multi-party, high stakes cases, including the DelValle vs. Bechtel, et al, Big Dig tunnel collapse, the New York City Deutsche Bank building fire cases, the Springfield Diocese sexual abuse cases and the Redemptionist Church of Texas sexual abuse cases.…Read More
President
To schedule with Brian J. Mone please contact Donna Orlando at donna@commonwealthmediation.com.
Brian Mone is a Harvard Law School certified mediator who has successfully mediated a large number of complex, multi-party, high stakes cases, including the DelValle vs. Bechtel, et al, Big Dig tunnel collapse, the New York City Deutsche Bank building fire cases, the Springfield Diocese sexual abuse cases and the Redemptionist Church of Texas sexual abuse cases.
University of Massachusetts – Amherst, B.A. 1978
Suffolk University School of Law, J.D. 1982
Admission to Practice
1982
Massachusetts Bar
1983
United States District Court for Massachusetts
2000
United States Court of Appeals – First Circuit
Professional
2007 to present
President and Chief Operating Officer, Commonwealth Mediation & Conciliation, Inc.
2005 – 2006
President – M & H Resolutions, Inc.
1983 – 2005
Partner – Mone, D’Ambrose & Hanyen, P.C., Brockton, MA
1986
Special Assistant District Attorney, Barnstable County
Brian Mone has mediated thousands of cases over the past fifteen years. He has mediated a significant number of high profile cases including the DelValle v. Bechtel Big Dig tunnel collapse, the Middletown CT Kleen Energy Gas plant explosion insurance priority dispute, the New York City Deutsche Bank fire cases, Hurricane Katrina insurance coverage, EIFS cases out of the United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and District of Massachusetts, Horace Mann sexual abuse cases, Salem Power Plant explosion, Merrimack Valley gas explosion cases and many others. He has also mediated class action lawsuits, multi-party toxic tort, land contamination, land takings, product liability automobile rollover and seatbelt claims, as well as other commercial and business related claims.Brian Mone has extensive experience mediating in the following areas:
- Commercial/business litigation
- Construction
- Construction defects
- Contracts
- Eminent domain
- Employment
- Entertainment
- Fire losses
- Insurance
- Labor
- Land contamination
- Legal malpractice
- Major subrogation claims
- Medical malpractice
- Personal injury
- Products liability
- Professional liability
- Sexual abuse
- Toxic tort
- Water damage
Mr. Mone was a practicing trial attorney for 23 years in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Mone tried hundreds of cases in the Superior Courts and the United States District Court of Massachusetts, before judges and juries, on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in cases stemming from construction site accidents, contractual indemnification claims, premises liability, product liability claims, unfair claim settlement practices, motor vehicle accidents, fires, M.G.L. 93A claims and insurance coverage disputes.
In his career as a mediator he has served as a guest lecturer on mediation and arbitration for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program as well as for insurers, plaintiff’s groups and the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association.
Affiliations
Massachusetts Bar Association
Life Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Guest Speaker, Massachusetts Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program
Medical Malpractice Tribunal Member, Plymouth County Superior Court
Screen Actors Guild
Board of Managers – New Seabury Club
American College of Civil Trial Mediators
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals