About Our Founding Partners - Audrey C. Parr & Jacques N. Parenteau

• Audrey's Education
• New England School of Law
     Cum Laude, J.D. 1979
• Boston University
     Cum Laude, B.A. 1975
• Bar / Court Admissions
• Admitted to Massachusetts Bar
     1979
• Admitted to New Hampshire Bar
     2005
• Admitted to US District Court
  for Massachusetts
     1980
• Admitted to US District Court
  for New Hampshire
     2005
• Professional Memberships
• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• New Hampshire Bar Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers
  of America

Audrey C. Parr

Since 1991, Audrey Parr's practice has concentrated in the defense of insurance related issues and the investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud claims. She offers extensive experience in a broad range of insurance defense and coverage cases, with a focus on the investigation and litigation of first-party and third-party suspected fraudulent automobile, bodily injury, homeowner, commercial, and property damage claims.

More recently, she was instrumental in the investigation of hundreds of suspected staged motor vehicle accidents in Massachusetts, which helped lead to the creation of a government task force that resulted in the arrest and prosecution of hundreds of insureds and claimants, as well as chiropractors and attorneys.

Ms. Parr began her legal career in 1979 as a prosecutor in the Middlesex District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts, where she spent 12 years successfully prosecuting hundreds of bench and jury trials involving major felonies including homicide, arson, insurance fraud, and child sexual abuse.

Educational Activities and Presentations

Ms. Parr is a frequent speaker on insurance related topics at conferences and seminars for organizations such as the International Association of Special Investigations Units, the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators, the New England Association of Insurance Fraud Investigators, Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers, the Massachusetts Firefighter's Academy, and the Insurance Fraud Management Association.

Ms. Parr has taught at the Suffolk University Law School and at a number of police academies. In addition, she has trained and supervised dozens of new lawyers in the art of trial advocacy.

• Jacques' Education
• Massachusetts School of Law
     J.D. 1991 - Member, Law Review
• Northeastern University
     Cum Laude, B.S. 1981
• Bar / Court Admissions
• Admitted to Massachusetts Bar
     1991
• Admitted to New Hampshire Bar
     2008
• Admitted to US District Court
  for Massachusetts
     1992
• Admitted to First Circuit Court
  of Appeals
     1999
• Pro hac vice admission and trials
  in Maine
• Professional Memberships
• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• New Hampshire Bar Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers
  of America

Jacques N. Parenteau

An attorney since 1991, Jack Parenteau's practice has focused on all aspects of insurance related issues.

He has represented insurers and their insureds before state and federal courts in RICO recovery actions, coverage litigation, arson, automobile bodily injury, bad faith, body shop, construction, PIP litigation, medical clinics investigations, rental / leasing companies, subrogation, valuable items, and worker's compensation related litigation.

Mr. Parenteau also has experience in appellate matters, with decisions from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and other state appellate courts.

Mr. Parenteau started his legal career as in-house counsel to one of the country's leading insurance companies. Prior thereto, he was employed as a police officer and worked for several years in the insurance industry as an investigator, claims supervisor, and SIU Manager.

Educational Activities and Presentations

Mr. Parenteau has written several articles on insurance related topics that have been published in Awareness Magazine and SIU Today.

He is a frequent lecturer at conferences and seminars for national associations including the International Association of Special Investigations Units, the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators, the New England Association of Insurance Fraud Investigators, and the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers.

Mr. Parenteau has been a featured speaker at the International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU) annual seminar for 10 consecutive years.

• Diana's Education
• Suffolk University
     Masters of Science in Criminal Justice, 2001
• New England Law/ Boston
     Juris Doctorate, 1998
• Wheaton College
     B.A. 1995
• Bar / Court Admissions
• Admitted to Massachusetts Bar
     1999
• Admitted to US District Court
  for Massachusetts
     2003
• Admitted to New Hampshire Bar
     2009
• Admitted to Maine Bar
     2009
• Admitted to US District Court
  for New Hampshire
     2010
• Professional Memberships
• Massachusetts Women's Bar Association

Diana Delaney O'Hara

An attorney since 1999, Diana O'Hara's practice has focused on all aspects of litigation. In the last eight years, Diana has focused her practice on civil litigation matters, including motor vehicle accidents, property damage and products liability cases. She has handled cases in District Court, Superior Court and Probate & Family Courts throughout the Commonwealth.

Diana primarily handles matters in the Property Subrogation Department of Parr & Parenteau, P.C. Her cases include Auto, Fire, Medical, PIP, Products Liability and Municipal/State recovery. From the outset of a case, Diana is able to assist her clients in ascertaining their needs to protect their legal rights of recovery.

Prior to joining Parr & Parenteau, Attorney O'Hara was a litigation associate for several insurance defense firms in Massachusetts and an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County.

Diana is licensed to practice in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.

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