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MANAGING DIRECTORS

JAMES F. REYNOLDS, born Worcester, Massachusetts, April 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts:  1979, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.  Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1973); Villanova University (J.D., 1976).  Member:  Dukes County and Massachusetts Bar Associations; Massachusetts Conveyancers Association.  PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Probate Law; Municipal Law. E-mail:  jreynolds@rrklaw.net

RONALD H. RAPPAPORT, born Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, June 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Massachusetts; 1976, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.  Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1971); Boston College (J.D., 1975).  Member:  Dukes County Bar Association; Massachusetts Conveyancers Association.  PRACTICE AREAS:  Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Real Estate Law.  E-mail: rrappaport@rrklaw.net

JANE D. KAPLAN, born Boston, Massachusetts, September 2, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Massachusetts; 1976, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.  Education: Yale College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1972, Phi Beta Kappa); Yale Law School (J.D., 1975).  Member:  Dukes County Bar Association; Massachusetts Conveyancers Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Municipal Law.

S. FAIN HACKNEY, born Annapolis, Maryland, October 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania; 1992, New Jersey; 1997, Massachusetts. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1983); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1987). Member:  Dukes County and Massachusetts Bar Association; Massachusetts Conveyancers Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Commercial Finance; Municipal Law. E-mail:  fhackney@rrklaw.net

DIRECTORS

MICHAEL A. GOLDSMITH, born Waltham, Massachusetts, April 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1985); Northeastern University (J.D., 1991), Law Clerk to Hon. Patti B. Saris, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1994; Hon. Mel L. Greenberg, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1991-1992. Member:  Dukes County Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Real Estate Law.  E-mail: mgoldsmith@rrklaw.net

CYNTHIA G. WANSIEWICZ, born Silver Springs, Maryland, April 4, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, New Hampshire; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1999, Massachusetts. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Boston College School of Law (J.D., 1998).  Member:  Dukes County, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bar Associations; Massachusetts Conveyancers Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Municipal Law. E-mail: cwansiewicz@rrklaw.net

ASSOCIATES

KAREN DEAKINS BURKE, born Santa Ana, California, November 1, 1968; admitted to the bar, 1995, Pennsylvania; 1997, District of Columbia; 2002, Massachusetts; 1996, U.S. District Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania.  Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1990); George Washington University (J.D., 1995). Member: Dukes County Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law.  E-mail: kburke@rrklaw.net

ERIK HAMMARLUND, born in June of 1971; admitted to bar 2005, Massachusetts. Education: Connecticut College (B.A. 1994); Roger Williams University School of Law (J.D. May 2005). Member: Dukes County and Massachusetts Bar Associations. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate, General Business. E-mail: ehammarlund@rrklaw.net

OF COUNSEL

KATHRYN R. HAM, born Toronto, Canada, April 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts.  Education: Smith College (B.A., 1978); Boston University (J.D., 1988).  Member: Dukes County and Massachusetts Bar Associations; Massachusetts Conveyancers Association.  PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law.  E-mail:  kham@rrklaw.net

JENNIFER S. RAKO, born Bronx, New York, August 25,1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1993 Massachusetts, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut.  Education:  New York University (B.A. 1986); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D. 1992). PRACTICE AREAS : Trusts, Estates and Probate Law. E-mail: jrako@rrklaw.net.

COUNSEL FOR: Town of Edgartown, Massachusetts; Town of Aquinnah, Massachusetts; Town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts; Town of West Tisbury, Massachusetts, Town of Chilmark, Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission.

AGENTS FOR:  Fidelity National Title; Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; First American Title Insurance Co.; Old Republic Title Insurance Company.

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR:  Chicago Title  Insurance Co.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co..