Paul Doherty, a founding member of the firm, specializes in business law and tax, particularly business acquisitions, mergers, and recapitalizations and estate planning. Paul is a trustee of the New England Tax Institute, a trustee of the UMass Foundation, and a member of Baystate Health Foundations Professional Advisors Committee. Paul is active in the community and serves on the Boards of the Economic Development Council, Westmass, Step Up Springfield and a founder of Downey Side. He is a former member of the Boards of Directors of ING Funds and Tambrands and a past chair of the United Way, the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and the Springfield Boys Club. Paul is a former adjunct faculty member in taxation at Western New England College School of Law. He served on the advisory council of the University of Massachusetts School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. He is a former member of the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education and of the Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Council. He and his wife Dianne live in Longmeadow and have four daughters, Linda, Brenda, Lisa and Andrea. |