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(Current as of May 14, 2010)

LAURENCE J. GILLIS
2703 SW 45^th StreetCape Coral FL 33914-6158 Telephone: 239-935-5418Telephone: 239-471-7173
Laurence_Gillis_ab64@post.Harvard.edu
www.LaurenceJGillis.com

After 30+ years as a criminal trial attorney in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and as an on-site adjunct instructor of law courses, I now teach on-line courses on Alternative Dispute Resolution, on Administrative Law, and on Legal Research. I live in Florida and usually summer in New Hampshire.   TEACHER:
Associate Professor of Legal Studies, University of Maryland (University College, on-line, adjunct) (2008-present)Alternative Dispute Resolution; Administrative Law; Legal Ethics; Issues in Criminal Justice Professor of Legal Studies, Kaplan University(School of Legal Studies, on-line, adjunct) (2003-present):Civil Litigation; Introduction to Legal Research; Insurance Law; Legal Ethics; Criminal Law; Introduction to Paralegal Studies
Adjunct Instructor, McIntosh College: Constitutional Law

Adjunct Instructor, Hesser College:
Criminal Litigation; Civil Litigation & Tort Law; Legal Research & Writing; Property Law; Business Law; Family Law; Wills, Trusts & Administration of Estates; Introduction to Paralegal

Visiting Instructor, Vytautas Magnus University School of Law:
American Criminal Procedure (Lithuania, visiting faculty)

Adjunct Instructor, Rivier College:
Criminal Law and Procedure

Adjunct Instructor, University of New Hampshire:
Criminal Law and Procedure

Instructor, Southern New Hampshire University:
Business Law (on-site and on-line)

Instructor, Concord University School of Law:
Legal Writing (grader only)

Guest lecturer, NH Police Academy:
New Hampshire Criminal Code

Guest lecturer, Chester College of New England:
New Hampshire Criminal Procedure

EDUCATION:

Graduate, Boston University School of Law (LL.B.)
Graduate, Harvard University (A.B.)
Graduate, Phillips Academy (Andover) MEDIA:

Author, “The Fiber Optic Confessional” (paid article, New York Times Magazine)
(later adapted by Epiphany Theater; presented at Chelsea Playhouse, Manhattan; it ran for three weeks) Author, “Bless Me, Solicitor” (paid article, Commonweal Magazine)Contributor, Kirkus Reviews (paid book reviews) Member, Editorial Board, Portsmouth Herald (seacoast NH daily newspaper)Member, Editorial Board, New Hampshire Bar NewsContributor, Tri-City Free Press (weekly legal advice column)
Contributor, Hampton Union (weekly movie review column, as “Kermit Archbald”)
Contributor, Seacoast After Dark (weekly movie column, as “Davenport Wayvelle”)
Contributor, Dateline New England Magazine (articles, legal advice on dating !!)

Also, signed articles in: New Hampshire Bar Association News; Union Leader; Foster's Daily Democrat; Portsmouth Herald; Tidings (Roman Catholic diocesan newspaper); WEVO-FM (NH Public Radio)

PROSECUTION EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Strafford County Attorney (Prosecutor), Rochester NH
City Prosecutor, Concord NH
Police Prosecutor, Seabrook NH

LAWYER:      (33 years active; took inactive status as of April 1, 2005)

Trial Attorney, NH State Division for Children, Youth and Families
   (prosecuted child abuse/neglect petitions and termination-of-parental-rights cases) Private law employment (New Hampshire and Massachusetts)
Admitted to practice of law (New Hampshire, Massachusetts)
Board of Governors, New Hampshire Bar Association (At-Large)
Board of Directors, New Hampshire Bar Foundation
President, Rockingham County (NH) Bar Association
Member, ADR panel, New Hampshire Superior Court
New Hampshire Supreme Court Standards and Goals Project (panel member)
MILITARY:

Commanding Officer, 437th Military Police Company, USACOMZEUR
      (Captain, US Army, active duty three years) (Orleans, France)

POLITICAL:

State Representative, New Hampshire State House of Representatives
--Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice
--Member, House-Senate Committee of Conference on NH State Operating Budget      PERFORMING ARTS:

Regular host, “A Piece of Your Mind”, radio talk show, WSCA-FM 106.1, Portsmouth WSCA-FM Radio Theater Players, Portsmouth NH (radio dramatizations):-- (played ‘Mr. White’ in W.W. Jacobs’ short story “The Monkey’s Paw”)-- (played ‘the Nosy Neighbor’ in “Baby Snooks’ Hallowe’en”, an episode from 1954)-- (played ‘Sam the Bartender’ in “The Guitar”, a “Gunsmoke” episode from 1952)

Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, Epping NH:
-- (played Mr. Brownlow in “Oliver!”)
The Exeter Players, Exeter NH:
-- (played the tax collector in "You Can't Take It With You")

MEMBERSHIPS: Board of Visitors, Ave Maria Law School, Naples (FL) (2009-present) Harvard Club of Lee County (FL) (2006-present) (Executive Board) Graduate, Citizens Academy, City of Cape Coral (FL) (2009)Member, Editorial Board, Fort Myers News-Press (FL) (to June 30, 2010) Legal Writing Institute (member)Harvard Club of Boston (35-year member)Harvard Club of New Hampshire (Executive Committee and Interviewers Panel)Member, Alumni Council, Phillips Academy (Andover)National District Attorneys AssociationNew Hampshire Bar Association (inactive)

OTHER:

Instructor in English, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Apprentice Program
Taught intro courses, Community Education Programs (Exeter, Hampton NH)Substitute teacher, High School (Portsmouth NH)Taught CCD program at Saint Michael Parish (Exeter NH)
Chair, Saint Michael Pastoral Council (Exeter NH)
Trustee, Public Library (Exeter NH)
Alternate member, Town Planning Board (Exeter NH)
Moderator, School District (Hampton NH)
Fluent in French (intensive study four years at Andover, lived three years in France)    All information current as of: May 14, 2010