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Terri L.B. Partridge, who heads the firm's family law group, has held the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating, AV, since 1996. She has been listed as one of the top Family Law Attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America,  Best Lawyers New England 2015, Boston's Top Rated Lawyers of 2015 and Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Throughout her 27-year career, she has handled numerous divorce cases involving complex issues such as the validity of postnuptial and antenuptial agreements and trusts; and the valuation of closely held businesses, alternative investments, trusts, unique real estate, and various types of business entities. In addition to her busy divorce practice, she represents clients in child custody, paternity, grandparent visitation, contempt, modification, post divorce and related actions.

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.