Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Arnold R. Rosenfeld Law, LLC; Sole Practitioner
(2020- Present)
Sarrouf Law, LLP; Senior Counsel
(2011- March, 2020)
K & L Gates LLP; Of Counsel
(1999- 2011)
Board of Bar Overseers, Supreme Judicial Court; Chief Bar Counsel
(1991-1999)
Committee for Public Counsel Services; Chief Counsel
(1984-1990)
Massachusetts Defenders Committee; Deputy Chief Counsel
(1975-1984)
Massachusetts Committee on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice; Executive Director
(1970-1975)
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office; Deputy Assistant Attorney General
(1967-1970)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor of Law, Northeastern University Law School
(1995-Present)
Visiting Professor of Law, Boston University Law School
(1989- 2012)
Adjunct Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
(1993-1995)
EDUCATION
Boston College Law School, J.D. (1967)
Bowdoin College, A.B., cum laude (1962)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
• American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Professional Discipline; Chair 2013-2016; Member 2006-2009
• American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility, Strategic Development Committee
• ABA, Professional Discipline Consultation Team
• ABA, Center for Professional Responsibility, Coordinating Committee; Liaison to Standing Committee on Lawyer Professional Liability
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, Liaison to ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism
• Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) Standing Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct (1998-2007)
• SJC Appointed Member, Committee for Public Counsel Services (2006-2020)
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
• Boston Bar Association (BBA) Committee on Attorney-Client Privilege
• BBA Committee on Multidisciplinary Practice
• Columnist, "Rosenfeld on Ethics", Lawyers Weekly of Massachusetts
• National Organization of Bar Counsel (1991-1999)
• SJC Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct (1995-98)
• SJC Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules (1984-1990)
• U.S. Department of Justice, National Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, National Task Force on Community Crime Prevention, (1973-74)
HONORS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION
• St. Thomas More Award, Boston College Law School (2001)
• Elected Member- American Law Institute (2003)
• Inaugural Fellow-National Institute of Teaching Ethics and Professionalism (2005)
• Best Lawyers in America (2006-present)
• New England Super Lawyers
• Thurgood Marshall Award, Committee for Public Counsel Services (2008)
• Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, “Power List of 100 Most Influential Attorneys” (2009)
• Wasserstein Public Service Fellow-in-Residence, Harvard Law School (1997)
PUBLICATIONS
• "The Public Interest Comes First: The Legacy of Herbert P. Wilkins", Massachusetts Law Review, Volume 84, No. 3, pp. 117- 124 (Winter 1999).
• The Duties and Obligations of Confidentiality and Candor Under the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct". Massachusetts Law Review, Volume 82, No. 3, pp. 277¬288. (Winter 1997).
• "The Bar Disciplinary Process in Massachusetts: Bar Counsel's Perspective", Massachusetts Law Review, Volume 79, No. 4, pp.180-199(December, 1994)
• "The Right to Counsel and Provision of Counsel to Indigents in Massachusetts: The Hennessy Era", Massachusetts Law Review, Volume 74, No. 3, pp. 148-152 (September, 1989
• “In the Lawyer-client Relationship, Who Makes the Decisions”, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, June 4, 2012
• "When Legal Advice is an Issue in Patent Infringement Cases", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, May 7, 2007.
• ”Legal Ethics of Coaching Witnesses: How Far Can You Go?", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, September 25, 2006.
• "What is Work Product Immunity'', Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, November 7, 2005.
• "Attorney-Client Privilege: Waiver by Disclosure to the Government", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, June 20, 2005.
• "Protecting Privilege and Work Product, Disclosure to Agents of the Attorney or Client", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 17, 2005.
• "Considerations for Joint or Common Defense Agreements", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, August 2, 2004.
• "Seeking Consent to Future Conflicts of Interest", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, March 22, 2004."
• "Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential or Privileged Data", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, November 10, 2003.
• "Waivers of Conflicts of Interest", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, June 30, 2003
• "A Changing Landscape in Legal Ethics", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 6, 2003
• "Ethical Duties to Prospective Clients", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, April 8, 2002.
• "Ethical Obligations in Negotiation and Settlement", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, August 20, 2001.
• "Clarifying Confidentiality and Attorney-Client Privilege", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, February 19, 2001.
• "Ethical Obligations of Supervisory Lawyers", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, October 23, 2000.
• "Ethical Issues in Advising a Witness", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, July 3, 2000.
• "Ethical Issues in Solicitation of Clients", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Feb. 7, 2000.
• "Obligations of Criminal Defense Counsel Under the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct", Massachusetts Lawyers Journal, April 1999.
• "Fitness for the Prosecution", Massachusetts Lawyers Journal, March 1999,
• "Spin Control and the Ethical Rules", Massachusetts Lawyers Journal, December, 1998.
• "Withdrawal from Representation of a Client", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, December 27, 1993.
• "Referring Bar Investigations to Prosecutors", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, August 3, 1992.
• "Public Defender Programs: A Quick Guide to the Provision of Legal Services to Indigent Criminally Accused Persons", by Arnold R. Rosenfeld, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law School, 1997.
• "Defense of Indigents in Massachusetts: A New Approach", Boston Bar Journal.
• "Right to Counsel in Criminal Cases: the Mandate of Argersinger v. Hamlin", Book Review, Boston University Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 5, 1976.
• Privacy vs. Enforcement and Rehabilitation, A Practical Approach", Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium on Criminal Justice and Statistics Systems, 1974.
• "Security and Privacy of Criminal Justice Information Systems", State Government. The Journal of State Affairs, Vol. 48, 1974.
BAR ADMISSIONS
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
PERSONAL
U.S. Army (Infantry), Active Duty, June,1963-August, 1965; Honorable Discharge, Captain, USAR, 1968.