Michael J. Considine

Michael J. Considine is a graduate of Amherst College (B.A. 1974), and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D. 1978). He practiced for eight years as a public defender and supervisor at the Brooklyn and Manhattan Trial Offices of The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, in New York City, before opening his general practice of law at 49 Main Street in Lee, Massachusetts in 1989. 

He is a Tanglewood Business Partner, and has also served on the Berkshire Music School Board of Trustees, Berkshire Opera Company Board, Stockbridge Golf Club Board of Directors, Lee Industrial Realty Board, and Lenox Youth Drug & Alcohol Commission.

Shawn P. Leary

Shawn P. Leary is a graduate of Smith College (B.A. 1977), and the New York University School of Law (J.D. 1982) where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar. She practiced for six years as a staff attorney at the Brooklyn Neighborhood Office and the Homeless Family Rights Project of The Legal Aid Society, Civil Division, in New York City, and for seven years at Western Massachusetts Legal Services in Pittsfield, Massachusetts before joining Michael J. Considine in practice at 49 Main Street in Lee in 1995.

She currently serves on the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Lenox and the Board of Directors of the Lenox Land Trust, and has also served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Services, Elder Services of Berkshire County Board of Directors, Lenox Library Association Board of Trustees, and the Shakespeare & Company Advisory Board. 

Support Staff

Mary Ann Saunders
Real Estate Paralegal

Mary Ann Saunders, Real Estate Paralegal, is a graduate of Berkshire Community College (B.S., 1991), as well as the Real Estate Law program of Westfield State College (1992).

Donna Colbert
Administrative Assistant

Donna Colbert joined our office in 2011 with both business and legal experience, having worked for twenty years at KayBee Toys. in Computer Programming and Human Resources, and seven years at the Lenox law office of the late Attorney Jeffrey Sosne.