Michael P. Last

Publications

Massachusetts Hazardous Waste "Super-Lien" Outline for Massachusetts continuing Legal Education Program, 1983.

Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Law Outline for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Program, 1983.

"Tort Law Implications of Hazardous Waste Facilities" published in the "National Resources Lawyer" Vol. XVII, November 3, 1984.

"Summary Outline - Evaluation and Selecting Environmental Compliance and Cleanup Contractors" published in "Proceedings" of the Fifth Annual Hazardous Materials Conference, 1987.

"Right-To-Know: An Employers Perspective" (co-authored with Thomas Kanwit of Gaston & Snow) published in the handbook for the American Hospital Association's video teleconference on "Confronting the Risk: Hazardous Materials and Hospital Liability", 1987.

"Environmental Enforcement Tools Affecting Real Estate Transfers" published in "Burdens of Environmental Regulation on Private Property Ownership and Business Transactions: Reasonable or Unreasonable?" by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Environmental Law, 1987.

"Superfund Liability Traps Affecting Developers and Lenders" published in the ALI/ABA Course of Study materials for "Minimizing Liability for Hazardous Waste Management," 1988 and also in "Environmental Audits and Risk Assessments" published by the American Bar Association's Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 1988.

"Toxic Torts Put CEO's at Risk" published in Chief Executive Magazine, No. 52 July/August, 1989.
The environmental law chapter of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's Treatise entitled

"Massachusetts Corporate Practice", 1992.

"Summary of Key Provisions of 1992 Amendments to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 21E" published in "The Best of MCLE Journal", May, 1993.

“Facilitating Brownfields Redevelopment Through the Strategic Use of Environmental Insurance” published in New England's Environment, March/April, 2003.

Community Service Activities

Trustee, and Member of Board of Governors, New England Aquarium, (1995 - 2002); Overseer (2002 – present); Chair of David B. Stone Award Committee (1997- present); Chair, Green Building Task Force (1999 - 2002).

Trustee, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, (1990 - 1998).

Overseer, Newton-Wellesley Hospital (1995 – Present)

Trustee and Member of Board of Governors, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, (1987 - 1995).

Chairman, Joint-Trustee Staff Committee, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, (1992 - 1994).

Member, Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, (1993 - 1995).

Director, Newell Enterprises, Inc., (1983 - 1987).

Honorary Trustee, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, (1995-present).

Member (Corporator) of Partners Healthcare System, Inc., (1999-present).

Trustee, Mt. Keasarge Indian Museum, (1998 - 2002). Member: Boston (Member of Council, 1984-1987) and American (Member, Standing Committee on Environmental Law, 1987-1991; Natural Resources, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections) Bar Associations; Massachusetts Conveyances' Association.