Ellen M. Randle

Born: Randolph, Vermont, 1958

Education: Tufts University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980, Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1983

Practice Areas: Family Law; Litigation

Admissions: 1983, Massachusetts

Miscellaneous Information: Executive Editor, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1982-1983. Co-Author: "The Tax Reform Act of 1986 and Divorce Practice," 5 Mass. Fam. L.J. 65 (1987). Law Clerk to Hon. Andrew A. Caffrey, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1983-1984.

Biography:

Ellen Randle heads the firm’s Domestic Relations Department and is a member of the Litigation/ADR Department. She handles a wide range of litigation matters, primarily in the family law area, but also has experience in business and employment disputes, patent cases will contests and contested guardianships. Ms. Randle has successfully negotiated myriad antenuptial agreements, divorce settlement agreements, and agreements resolving various contested issues arising after divorce. She has extensive experience in both the state and federal courts, including appellate courts, as well as with alternative forums for resolving disputes, such as mediation and arbitration. A number of the appeals she has handled with her partner, Peter Roth, have established new and important law in the domestic relations area. Ms. Randle has lectured and published articles on antenuptial agreements, the tax implications of divorce, and other topics relevant to the practice of domestic relations law.

Ms. Randle joined Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas in 1984 after completing a clerkship with the Honorable Andrew A. Caffrey, then Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University in 1980 and cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1983. While at Boston College Law School, she participated in the Environmental Affairs Law Review and served as Executive Editor of that publication. Ms. Randle is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.