Walter A. Costello Jr.
Member
Location:
Salem, Massachusetts
Phone:
(978) 740-0700
Fax:
(978) 741-9958
Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Products Liability
- General Practice
- Negligence
- Business Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1973
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1974
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Massachusetts, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1975
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Education
- Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
- J.D. - 1973
- Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- A.B. - 1969
- Major: Economics
Published Works
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Board of Editors
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Lecturer, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
- Instructor, North Shore Community College
Honors and Awards
- American Association for Justice, Wiedemann Wysocki Citation of Excellence, 1996
- American Association for Justice, Wiedemann Wysocki Citation of Excellence, 1993
- Listed Who's Who American Lawyer
- Listed Best Lawyers in America, 1998 - 2002
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, President, 1990 - 1992
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Lifetime Member, Board of Governors
- Essex County Bar Association, President, 1996 - 1998
- Essex County Bar Association, Vice President, 1994 - 1996
- Essex County Bar Association, Secretary, 1992 - 1994
- Essex County Bar Association, Treasurer, 1988 - 1990
- Essex County Bar Association, Conciliator, Essex County Superior Court, 1994 - Present
- Essex County Superior Court, Mediator, 1994 - Present
- Essex County Superior Court, Arbitrator, 1994 - Present
- American Association for Justice, Member, Board of Governors, 1997 - 2003
- American Association for Justice, Chairman Counsel of Presidents, 1992 - 1993
- American Association for Justice, Executive Committee, 1993
- American Association for Justice, State Delegate, 1986 - 1990
- American Association for Justice, Chair Insurance Committee, 1991 - 1992
- American Association for Justice, Chair State Affairs Committee, 1994 - 1995
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Member, 1990 - Present
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Member, Executive Management Board, 2008 - 2009
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Regional Delegate, 2008 - 2009
- Salem Bar Association
- Town of Swampscott, Past Member, Board of Appeals
- Town of Swampscott, Chairman, Board of Appeals
- Boston College Law School, Alumni Council
- Board of Bar Overseers, Hearings Officer
Past Employment Positions
- Costello, Barrett & Gonthier, Partner, 1975 - 1995
- Kisloff, Hock, Shuman & Flanagan, Associate, 1974 - 1975