Robert G. Lian, Senior Partner

Robert G. Lian is the senior partner and chairman of Lian, Zarrow, Eynon & Shea. His practice focuses on divorce, domestic relations and family law and probate law, including estate contests.

Admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1965, in the U.S. District Court in 1967 and in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1994, he has extensive experience in business planning, including the formation of private corporations and limited liability corporations; real estate law, representing buyers, sellers and lenders in residential[[link to Residential Real Estate page]] and commercial[[link to Commercial Real Estate page]] real estate transactions; and divorce mediation.

Professional activities

• Past president of the Worcester County Bar Association; now serves on many WCBA committees
• Moderates and participates in Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc. seminars
• Past member of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s House of Delegates
• Past member of the Committee of the Massachusetts Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program

Pro bono legal work

• Participates in the Volunteer Lawyers Service, which has provided free legal representation to Central Massachusetts residents since 1965
•  Past president/director of the Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts

Community service

• Member of the Board of Directors of the Notre Dame du Lac
• Member of the Economics Club of Worcester
• Past chairman of mental-health and substance-abuse services provider Community Healthlink Inc., an affiliate of the UMass Memorial Health Care System
• Past vice president/director of the former Age Center of Worcester
• Former chairperson of the Town of Holden Planning Board

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
B.A. degree, cum laude, Holy Cross College
J.D. degree, 1965, Boston College Law School
Mediation training, 2005, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Distinguished Attorney Award, 2001, from the St. Thomas More Society