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Over 40 years of success.  Specializing in family and divorce law, criminal defense, attorney discipline proceedings and civil litigation.  The Law Firm of Matthew H. Feinberg provides the highest level of skill, knowledge and creativity to achieve the most favorable results for its clients.  Attorney Feinberg recognizes that in the areas of his specialties, clients confront life-altering challenges:  loss of liberty, disintegration of family, loss of reputation, loss of hard earned assets.  As a result, Attorney Feinberg is dedicated to sophisticated and aggressive advocacy while maintaining a personal, hands-on relationship with his clients.  In all cases, the goal is to collaborate with the client to achieve a successful resolution of these most difficult issues.

I have been practicing civil litigation for over 20 years with a concentration in the areas of Family Law and Probate Litigation.. I represent clients in all aspects of family law including, divorce proceedings, paternity actions, removal actions, modification and contempt actions, child custody disputes, domestic violence, and alimony and child support issues. I regularly prepare and negotiate pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. I have extensive experience in representing clients in complex financial issues relating to divorce such as business and real estate valuation, structuring alimony and child support payments to maximize income tax deductibility, and properly analyzing the tax implications when dividing sizeable marital assets. I am on the New England Advisory Board of the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators ("AACFL")  and have earned the designation of ("CFL" - Ceritified Financial Litigator) from the AACFL.. I have significant experience representing clients in child custody disputes and work closely with Court appointed Guardians Ad Litem and forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. I have experience litigating matters involving issues relating to de facto parents and same sex relationships.. I am skilled in the complexities of probate litigation. I represent clients in will contests, actions regarding the interpretation and reformation of trusts, guardianship and conservatorship actions. I actively represent clients who are fiduciaries and beneficiaries regarding the proper administration of trusts and estates. I have successfully represented numerous attorneys and professional fiduciaries in contested proceedings in the Probate and Family Court and Superior Court.. I have been recognized and acknoweldged by various peer review publications.  I repeatedly have been named a "Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyer" and a "Top 100 New England Super Lawyer" in Massachusetts Super Lawyers published by the Thomson Reuters rating service in Boston Magazine. I am ranked at the highest level of legal ability, "AV," in the benchmark Martindale-Hubble Law Directory. I also am listed in the 2013-2017editions of Best Lawyers in America® a highly esteemed, national peer review guide of attorneys.

Gary Todd is a Founding Partner at Todd & Weld LLP where he is recognized locally and nationally as a preeminent family law practitioner specializing in Domestic Relations and Probate litigation. He has successfully negotiated, mediated and tried family law issues ranging from divorce, custody and parental rights to complex support, property division, removal, modification, and contempt actions, both at the trial court and appellate levels. Mr. Todd has drafted and negotiated numerous prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Mr. Todd has been honored in "Best Lawyers in America"; "Massachusetts Super Lawyer"; "Top Attorneys in New England” in the area of Divorce, Mr. Todd has been awarded the “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbeell which is awarded to an attorney with the highest possible peer rating.Mr. Todd served on: the Family Law Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association; Family Law Council and the Steering Committee of Boston Bar Association Family Law Council (co-chairman); the Massachusetts Association of Trial Lawyers; Board of Directors of Massachusetts Association of Guardians Ad Litem, Inc., Board of Directors of Association of Family, Court and Community Professionals; Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mr. Todd has lectured on domestic relations law for the Massachusetts Bar Association; Boston Bar Association; the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education; Suffolk University School of Law; and Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy program. Mr. Todd has appeared as a Special Legal Analyst in Divorce on the Fox National News Channel, Channel 56 News; WBZ Channel 4 News; WBZ radio; and as an expert in domestic relations for the Boston Globe. Mr. Todd has authored articles on Divorce and Family Law in several legal publications, and has been a panelist for numerous Massachusetts and Boston Bar Association continuing legal education seminars.

Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).  Super Lawyers - Rising Stars (2015 - Present). Licensed in 2003, David Wilkinson has devoted his entire career to family law and divorce matters.  David has handled countless dissolution of marriage actions, paternity cases, and domestic violence matters.  He has litigated contentious cases involving well known individuals, but he has also handled cases simply by helping clients get the correct paperwork filed.  David served the court as a temporary judge in the past, and was also a supervising attorney for 7 years for the Community Law Project run by the California Western School of Law and the University of California at San Diego.  David is a past recipient of the Judy Keep award for his service to the community.  David is a member of the California and Massachusetts bars.

As a partner at Schmidt & Federico, P.C., my practice is concentrated in domestic relations, family law and probate litigation, at both the trial and appellate levels.  I've tried hundreds of case and have argued and been involved with a number of leading appellate cases involving divorce and family law practice, including those in the areas regarding the interpretation of the Alimony Reform Act (Chin vs. Merriot, 470 Mass. 527 & Holmes vs. Holmes, 467 Mass. 653), alimony (Wooters vs. Wooters, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 929), income attribution (C.D.L. vs. M.M.L., 72 . 146) and business valuations and pass through/K-1 income (Caveney vs. Caveney, 81 . 102).  I've also authored and co-authored a number of legal treatises, as well as a number of articles for the Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations and Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly and have lectured on such topics as will contests, alimony and child support, child custody and visitation, equitable property division, contempt actions as well as on recent developments and changes in the law.

After graduating from law school, I clerked for two years for the justices of the Massachusetts Probate & Family Court. Since joining Schmidt & Federico, P.C. in 2001, my practice has focused in all areas of domestic relations and family law, including divorce, custody, modification and contempt actions. My cases include complex business valuation cases and custody matters as well as other complex family law cases.  I am also a trained conciliator.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Child Custody attorney serving clients in Boston and surrounding areas.