Law Offices of

Diana Stasia Gondek, Esq.

Education

  • Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Juris Doctor - 1973
  • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
    • Bachelor of Arts - 1970
    • Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha
    • Major: Political Science

Bar Admission

  • Massachusetts, 1973
  • New York, 1974
  • U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1976
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1979
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Classes/Seminars

  • Presenter, The Education Law Institute (Annual Conference), M.A.S.B.O.
  • Presenter, Various Statewide In-Service Training Programs, Workshops and Seminars to Educators on School Law

Honors

  • Recipient, Dedicated Service as Legal Counsel and Presenter at The Education Law Institutes, Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials (M.A.S.B.O.)

Published Works

  • The Massachusetts School Law Disgest, M.A.S.B.O., Bimonthly, 1993
  • The Legal Status of Professional Personnel in the Public Schools, M.A.S.B.O., 1986
  • Issues and Concerns of Importance to Public School Officials, Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative, Vol. II, 1988
  • Issues and Concerns of Importance to Public School Officials, Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative, Vol. I, 1986
  • General Law of Education Relating to School Committees, M.A.S.B.O. Cooperative Corporation, January, 1984

Representative Cases

  • Foudy v. Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, 402 Mass.179, 521 N.E.2d 391, 1988, Mass., 1988049425
  • Matthews v. School Committee of Bedford, 22 Mass.App.Ct.374, 494 N.E.2d 38, 1986, Mass.App.Ct., 1986132122
  • McParland v. Rosencranz, 629 N.E.2d 369, 1994, Mass.App.Ct., 1994046724
  • School Committee of Holbrook v. Holbrook Education Association, 395 Mass.651, 481 N.E.2d 484, 1985, Mass., 1985141470
  • School Committee of Town of Rockland v. Massachusetts Department of Education, 753 F.2d 169, 1985, 1st Cir., 1985104637
  • Doe v. Anrig, 561 F.Supp. 121, 1983, D.C.Mass., 1983115555
  • Dale Wilson v. Labor Relations Commission, 96-P-193, 1997, Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Direnzo v. Gerhart, 94-J602, 1994, Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Timothy Russell v. Peter L. Nixon, trustee & other, 01-P-704, 2003, Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Dale Wilson v. Labor Relations Commission, 00-P-598, 2002, Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • John McParland v. James Rosencranz, Esq., 93-P-368, 1994, Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Braintree Baptist Temple v. Holbrook Public Schools, 616 F.Supp.81, 1984, D.Mass.
  • Doe v. Anrig, 692 F.2d 800, 1982, 1st Cir.

Representative Clients

  • Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials
  • The School Committee of the Town of Holbrook, Massachusetts
  • The School Committee of the Town of Rockland, Massachusetts