BARBARA HAYES BUELL
Partner
Direct dial: 617 228-4460
Education:
- Brandeis University (B.A., 1964)
- Northeastern University (J.D., 1971)
- Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health (M.P.H., 1994)
Practice Areas:
- Administrative Law
- Health Care Law
- Charter Schools
- Medical Malpractice Defense
Bar Memberships :
- Massachusetts (1971)
- Rhode Island (1996)
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (1972)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit (1985)
- U.S. Supreme Court (1980)
Other Memberships :
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyers
- Association (Member and Board of Directors, 1993-)
- Rhode Island Bar Association, 1996
- Member and past President, Alumni Association Northeastern University School of Law (1984 - 1986)
An (AV) rated attorney by Martindale & Hubbell:
In 2008, Attorney Buell was inducted as member to the highly selective American Board of Trial Advocates, a national organization dedicated to the “efficient administration of justice consistent with time-tested and traditional principles of litigation.”
Publications:
- Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Manual, “Other Rule 9A Motions,” October 1995, 2002, 2006, 2008;
- “Spoliation,” Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association Newsletter, April 2002;
- “A Dentist’s Obligation to Treat HIV Patients,” Legal Update, the Edict, Volume 5, December, 1995;
- Editor, Issue Update, Vol. 5, Number 2, October 1995, published by Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, Focus: Employment Law and Discrimination;
- “The legal section of the Massachusetts Charter School Handbook,” published by the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, Charter School Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994;
- Editor, Issue Update, Vol. 4, Number 1, September 1994, published by Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, Focus: Medical Malpractice;
- “Taking the Sting Out of Litigation with ADR,” Mass. Lawyer’s Weekly, Vol. 21, No. 51, September 6, 1993;
- “Cross-Examining An Expert Witness,” The Use of Expert Witnesses, 88-630, Boston, Massachusetts, Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1988;
- “Pre-Trial Discovery,” Massachusetts Bar Association, 1984;
- “Getting Down to Brass Tax,” Sojourner, March 1979.
Presentations:
- “What They Don’t Teach you in Dental School,” Presentation at Tufts Dental School, January, 2009;
- “Nursing Documentation Grand Rounds,” MetroWest Medical Center, September 2007;
- “Prescribing Practices 101,” Saint Vincent Hospital, November 2005;
- “Spoliation of Evidence,” Tenet Health Systems, October 2005;
- “Grand Rounds – The Board of Registration in Medicine,” Lawrence General Hospital, May 2001;
- “Grand Rounds – the Board of Registration in Medicine, “Lowell General Hospital, February 2000;
- “Vicarious Liability,” Boston Medical Center;
- “JCAHO’S Sentinel Events Reporting Requirements,” J&H Marsh & McLennan, March 1998
