Jeffrey P. Somers has been appointed an independent trustee to fill a vacancy on the board of trustees for Senior Housing Properties Trust of Newton.

Somers has been a partner of the law firm of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton PC of Waltham since 1995. Prior to that, he was in private law practice as a partner with the law firm of Gadsby & Hannah LLP (now McCarter & English, LLP) of Boston, during which time he also served as chairman of the securities law committee of the business law section of the Boston Bar Association.

Somers will serve as a trustee of SNH until the term expires at the 2009 SNH annual meeting of shareholders, when he is expected to stand for election by SNH shareholders, according to the trust.

Somers Named Trustee At Senior Housing Properties Trust

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