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Armstrong joins REBA/DR panel, an affiliate of REBA

Retired chief justice of the Mass. Appeals Court, Christopher Armstrong, has joined the panel of neutral mediators of REBA Dispute Resolution (REBA/DR), an affiliate of The Real Estate Bar Assn. (REBA). Until his retirement in 2006, Armstrong served on the Appeals Court bench as an associate justice from 1972 and as chief justice from 2000 to 2006. Prior to joining the Appeals Court Armstrong served as assistant legal counsel to governor John Volpe, assistant attorney general under Elliot Richardson and chief counsel to Governor Francis Sargent. Armstrong is a graduate of Yale College (1958) and Yale University Law School (1961). About REBA Dispute Resolution Founded in 1995 to meet the alternative dispute resolution needs of the business and real estate communities, REBA Dispute Resolution's more than 20 neutral mediators offer a full range of dispute resolution services including mediation, arbitration, conciliation, mini-trial, summary jury trial, case evaluation and dispute intervener services. REBA/DR is an approved provider of court-connected dispute resolution services in the Superior Court, the Housing Court and the Land Court. For more about REBA /DR and The Real Estate Bar Association (REBA), go to www.reba.net.
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