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I am a partner with Beck Reed Riden LLP.. All of Beck Reed Riden LLP's lawyers have years of experience working for big firms. Our new litigation boutique combines the skills, experience, and judgment that can only be derived through years at top law firms with the flexibility and value that can only be provided in a small firm environment. We work with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups and individuals. Beck Reed Riden LLP's practice areas are: · Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution · Management Side Labor and Employment · Trade Secrets, Noncompetes, and Unfair Competition. Our specialties are:. · Copyright Litigation. · Trademark Litigation. · Healthcare Litigation. · Land Use Litigation. · Municipal Litigation. · Trade Secret Litigation and Counseling. · Noncompete Litigation and Counseling. · Unfair Competition Litigation and Counseling

I am a dynamic, purpose-driven attorney with experience in large and boutique law firms. I am skilled in drafting and negotiating various commercial agreements and implementing strategies to streamline the contracting process across all business lines. I am a team player supporting cross-functional teams to identify and resolve legal issues for corporate clients. I am a trusted advisor for clients in complex matters by conducting due diligence, evaluating and mitigating risks, balancing legal and business concerns, and providing non-confrontational, solutions-oriented strategies to resolve disputes and achieve results.. I approach my engagements from a practical, business-oriented perspective. I possess strong client and customer relationship skills, good business acumen, and the ability to make practical decisions while delivering exceptional service. By understanding my clients' business goals and objectives, I advise on the practical, day-to-day means of minimizing and managing risk, while also providing resolution strategies and solutions. I work in close consultation with my clients and I am mindful of the potential legal costs in terms of money and business disruption.

Heather A. Engman joined Breakstone, White & Gluck in the spring of 2005 as an associate, concentrating her practice in personal injury and professional liability litigation on behalf of plaintiffs.  Ms. Engman graduated from Colby College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1997.  In 2005, Ms. Engman completed a dual degree program, receiving her Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law and her Master of Public Health from Tufts University.  Ms. Engman is a member of the Women’s Bar Association (WBA), the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA), the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA), and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA).. After graduating from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1997, and prior to entering the legal field, Ms. Engman worked as a Research Assistant at the Massachusetts General Hospital in a laboratory studying genetic causes for Lou Gehrig’s disease and muscular dystrophies.. During law school Ms. Engman served as a law clerk for the Honorable Joseph Tauro at the Federal District Court in Boston, the firms Motley Rice (Providence, Rhode Island) and Thornton & Naumes (Boston, Massachusetts), and the Family Advocacy Program at the Boston Medical Center, which provides legal services to low-income children whose legal issues adversely affect their health.. Heather’s public health degree and science background make her uniquely qualified to work on medical malpractice and personal injury cases, by providing her with an expertise in statistics, epidemiology, biology, and science, as well as quality of care and patient safety issues.  This education allows Ms. Engman to understand and analyze the medical and scientific literature and patient medical records.

Foundingpartner at Beck Reed Riden LLP, a litigation boutique focusing on businesslitigation, trademark litigation, copyright litigation, healthcare litigation,ADR, trade secrets, noncompetes, unfair competition, and management side laborand employment. .  Blog: .. Concentrating on complex commercial litigation, including high-tech and intellectual property matters, protection of trade secrets, enforcement and defense of non-competition agreements, land use cases, and health care payor/provider disputes.. Prior to starting Beck Reed Riden, I was a partner at Foley & Larder LLP, a member of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., and before that I worked at Reynolds Rappaport & Kaplan and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.. My experience includes:. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, and New Hampshire.  I am also admitted to appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Fourth, and Fifth Circuits; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.. Member of the Boston Bar Association and the New Hampshire Bar Association.. Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, New England Chapter, the Tufts University Lawyers Alumni Association, and the Tufts University Alumni Admission Program.. Former Chair of Foley & Lardner's Trade Secret / Noncompete Practice. Former Member, Foley & Lardner National Pro Bono Committee. Former Co-Chair, Foley & Lardner Boston Office Pro Bono Committee. Former member of the General Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation Practices and the Emerging Technologies Industry Team.. Founder, Foley & Lardner's Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog.

For over thirty-six years, Dave’s practice has emphasized issues concerning complex insurance-related questions -- both corporate and litigation. He represents insurance regulators, concerning material insurance company transactions, examinations and reorganizations, as well as insurance companies and insurance agencies.

For 25 years Don has maintained a varied civil litigation practice with an emphasis on complex land use and real estate disputes. He handles cases at the trial and appellate levels in the state and federal courts, and before administrative agencies. Outside of court Don has successfully resolved many disputes through negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Don is the founder and editor of the firm’s widely-read land use law blog, the Massachusetts Land Use Monitor, which provides real-time news and commentary on developments in Massachusetts land use and real estate law.

Experienced negotiator and strong Plaintiff's advocate.
Attorney Osborne's prior experience working as a corporate employment lawyer coupled with his Master's degree in Labor Relations/Studies creates an important advantage for his clients in discrimination matters. The Law Offices of Neil Osborne, P. C. is dedicated to protecting the rights of Plaintiffs who find themselve the unfortunate victims of discrimination.

Eric J. Krathwohl, a managing director and member/shareholder of the firm, concentrates on energy, telecommunications and regulatory matters, including renewable energy projects and corporate and finance work for electric, gas water utility, and telecommunications companies. For over thirty years, Eric has had an active practice before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities and Department of Telecommunications and Cable and many other regulatory commissions, having represented energy and telecommunications companies in scores of adjudicatory and rulemaking proceedings throughout the northeast U.S. and beyond. Also, his practice has included representation of clients in numerous commercial transactions. He has been active in matters relating to restructuring of the electric, gas and telecommunications industries, and increasing competition in those industries. Eric has represented clients in several matters before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and has been a speaking panelist with top industry and government officials at conferences on a variety of energy, telecommunications, and water issues. He also has considerable experience in a variety of corporate and contractual matters in the telecommunications and energy fields.

Edward Shoulkin is a skilled litigation attorney with over 30 years of experience in a broad range of matters, including personal injury claims, labor and employment law issues, insurance coverage, business disputes, real estate and construction disputes, product liability cases, premises liability actions, and liquor liability claims, among others.. He has expertise in handling professional liability disputes and disciplinary proceedings involving accountants, real estate brokers, health care providers, insurance agents, attorneys, property managers, home inspectors, and other professionals. Clients rely on Ed’s skills and experience in achieving favorable outcomes at trial, as well as through dispositive motions and alternative dispute resolution.  He also has experience in handling education law related matters, and in drafting and negotiatiing contracts for various types of services and transactions.. In employment and business litigation disputes, Mr. Shoulkin has successfully obtained injunctive relief to enforce a non-competition covenants against former employees. He has also successfully defended employees and businesses who were confronted by non-compete and non-solication agreements, as well as employees who were otherwise aggrieved by their employers' breach of other terms of their employment agreements, including severance agreements.. He has assisted indivudals who have been injured and suffered damages in a variety of situations, including motor vehicle and premises liablity incidents. Mr. Shoulkin also represents individuals in real estate disputes, inclduing in disputes with developers, brokers, and condominium owners.. Since 2005, Mr. Shoulkin has maintained an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory, the highest rating available for legal ability and ethical standards. He has been named to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers directory (2013-18).. Publications. "Liability for misrepresenting zoning designations in R.E.," New England Real Estate Journal, Aug. 9, 2013. "Accountants Beware: What Every CPA Should Know About the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act" (two-part article), SUMNews, Fall 2012 and Winter 2013. “Vicarious liability: Let the master answer,” American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS NOW), June 2007. Professional Affiliations. Mr. Shoulkin is a founding member and President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance. He is also a member of CLM’s Professional Liability Committee. CLM is a nationwide organization of risk and litigation managers, insurance and claims professionals, corporate counsel, defense counsel and professional vendors. It promotes the highest standards of claims and litigation management and brings together the thought leaders in both industries.. Mr. Shoulkin is on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Defene Lawyers Associattion (MassDLA), for which he also serves as MassDLA's Legislative Liaison.

Donna R. Corcoran is a trial lawyer and partner at Jones Kelleher. Her practice focuses on medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, premises liability and product liability.. Donna received her B.A. degree (magna cum laude) from Stonehill College in 1974. She graduated from Suffolk University Law School (cum laude) in 1985.. Selected as among the top 5% of practicing attorneys in Massachusetts and New England, Donna has been featured in the Massachusetts and New England Super Lawyers publications and recognized in Boston magazine. From 2010 through 2015, Donna was named by Super Lawyers Magazine as one of the top 50 female attorneys in Massachusetts and New England. Since 2015, Donna has selected by her peers for inclusion in the publication The Best Lawyers in America in the category of medical malpractice law, plaintiffs.. Donna is admitted to practice in Massachusetts state and federal courts. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, American Association for Justice, and the Women's Bar Association.

DONALD G. TYE is a founding partner and co-chair of the Domestic Relations Practice Group at Prince Lobel Tye LLP in Boston (a multi-practice firm which handles matters of local, regional, national, and international reach). He has forty years of experience as a trial attorney, a guardian ad litem, a master, a mediator, a conciliator, an attorney for children (including the Massachusetts ARC program), and an arbitrator.. He has prepared and argued numerous cases to the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court. Mr. Tye is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). He was national co-chair of national AAML’s legislation committee; during 2009 and 2010 he served on its Special Concerns for Children Committee, which was responsible for updating and revising the AAML’s Standards for Attorneys for Children in Custody or Visitation proceedings.; In 2014 he was appointed to AAML’s Impact of Special Needs Children Committee; and in 2013, 2015, and 2017 he was appointed to be a member of its Continuing Legal Education Committee. He was president of the AAML Massachusetts chapter from 2005 through 2007 and received the Massachusetts chapter’s “President’s Award” in 1998 and 2004. Since 1999, he has been a member of the family law curriculum advisory committee of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and was co-chair from 2006 through 2008. He is a member of the Family Law Section of the American, Massachusetts, and Boston Bar Associations and was appointed to the MBA Family Law Section council, on which he has served since 2010.. He is an editor emeritus on the board of editors of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. His work has also been published in the Massachusetts Family Law Journal, the Boston Bar Journal, the ABA’s Family Advocate, Massachusetts Bar Lawyers’ Journal, Best of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Journal, and ABA Family Law Quarterly. A frequent lecturer and panelist, he has lectured and conducted workshops and seminars in the areas of trial practice, divorce, and child-related issues at Harvard Law School; Boston College Law School; Northeastern University Law School; Suffolk University School of Law; MCLE and its Family Law Institute; Brown University Medical Center; Boston University Graduate School of Social Work; the American Psychological Association; the Boston public schools (Partners in Education, Inc.); the Maine, Massachusetts, and Boston Bar Associations; the ABA Family Law Section annual meetings in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2011, and in 2015 for the ABA Family Law Section Fall CLE in Portland, Oregon; the AAML annual meeting in Chicago in 2013, and in 2015; the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers; the Massachusetts Association of Guardians Ad Litem (MAGAL), and in 2017 at the AAML AFCC Conference “Advanced Issues in Child Custody: Evaluation, Litigation and Settlement” in San Diego, CA, and at the Annual Meeting in Chicago of the AAML CLE he will be co-presenting on “the Intersection of Alienation and Custodial Issues”.. Active in the community, Mr. Tye has been a Board Member and a vice president of Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University, the nation’s oldest continuously operating free public lecture series. From 2009 through 2014 he was a member of the Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Commission (appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick); and has been active on the civil rights committee of the Anti-Defamation League. In 2012 he was appointed to serve as a member of the statewide taskforce Voice of the Child by the then-chief judge of the Massachusetts Probate & Family Court Department. In January 2015, he was appointed to a three-year term as a hearing officer by the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers; and is a member of the Board of MAGAL, Inc.. In May 2018 he received MCLE’s Annual Scholar- Mentor Award for his life time contributions to Family Law in Ma. (Four of these awards are presented annually by the premier CLE program in Massachusetts among all fields of practice among Ma. lawyers).. Since 2004, he has been recognized as a “Massachusetts Super Lawyer.” He has also been named as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts” as featured in Boston Magazine and as a “Top Attorney in New England” by New England Super Lawyers. He was coeditor of the “Domestic Relations” chapter in Summary of Basic Law, a selection of the Massachusetts Practice Series (published by West Publishing Company), was editor of the “Divorce” chapter in the Massachusetts Bar Association publication, Traps for the Unwary, and in Fall 2017 his article “Preferences and Voices of Children in Massachusetts and Beyond” was published in the ABA Family Law Quarterly. The article he co-authored, Navigation of the Culture of the Immigrant Experience in the Family Courts, will appear in the in Fall 2017 Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mr. Tye is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, and its Brown School of Social Work (M.S.W.),and Tufts University.

David Viens is an experienced business/commercial litigator and tort defense lawyer with substantial experience representing a broad variety of clients in business/commercial disputes and high exposure tort matters.  Dave also has significant experience representing clients in the hospitality industry in a broad variety of litigation matters.  Dave’s practice includes general contract/business/commercial litigation, close-corporation shareholder/partnership disputes, construction litigation, real estate litigation, employment litigation, insurance litigation and litigation involving financial institutions/professionals, as well as litigation implicating other professionals (insurance, medical, etc.).  Dave also devotes a large portion of his practice to defending corporate clients and large property owners, as well as an international utility company, in tort matters, including premise and product liability actions, negligence, strict liability, G.L. Chapter 93A, wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases.  Dave’s experience representing clients in the hospitality industry includes representation of large national hotel chains, convention centers, sporting arenas, event/entertainment venues, liquor licensees, food services businesses and public and private transportation authorities and businesses.. Dave represents clients throughout Massachusetts, has successfully tried cases (first and second chair) in the Massachusetts (state) Superior and District Courts and has appeared in every state and federal court department in Massachusetts.  Dave has also successfully appeared before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”).  See, e.g., Fillepp v. Boston Gas Company, Inc., 85 Mass. App. Ct. 901 (2014); Lev v. Beverly Enterprises-Massachusetts, Inc., 457 Mass. 234 (2010).

David is a trial and appellate attorney with over 20 years of legal experience. He represents businesses and individuals in business and commercial disputes, employment litigation and real estate controversies. David regularly represents clients in lawsuits, arbitrations and mediations in Massachusetts and throughout the United States. He also has extensive experience as an appellate lawyer, having argued over 30 appeals before state and federal appellate courts on a range of legal issues.. David began his legal career as a litigator with the international law firm of Mintz Levin from 1999 to 2004. There, he represented Fortune 500 companies in a broad range of business and commercial disputes.. From 2005 to 2012, David served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, where he represented numerous state agencies and boards in cases challenging administrative decisions. Since leaving the Attorney General’s Office, David has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General, representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on special assignments.. David also served as a Special Assistant District Attorney in the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted criminal cases involving violent crime, drunk driving, larceny, financial fraud, and many other offenses. While at the Middlesex DA’s Office, David was the lead prosecutor in numerous trials before juries and judges.. Prior to launching Drohan Hitt & Hadas along with his colleagues Tom Drohan and John Hitt, David ran a boutique litigation firm from 2012 to 2016, where he primarily served individuals and small businesses in a variety of disputes in state and federal courts.. David received a B.A. in U.S. History from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1994. He was awarded his J.D., cum laude, in 1998 from Boston College Law School. David is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the American Bar Association.. David resides in Winchester, Massachusetts.. Obtained favorable jury verdict for technology company executive in case alleging violations of Massachusetts Wage Act by employer.. Successfully appealed court decision terminating ex-spouse’s alimony payments under Alimony Reform Act.. Successfully petitioned court for summary judgment on behalf of Thermo Electron Corp. in a multimillion dollar breach-of-contract action.. Obtained preliminary injunction against seller of large commercial real estate parcel, leading to favorable settlement terms.. Successfully petitioned court to dismiss lawsuit brought by former Executive Director of the Massachusetts Film Office against the Massachusetts Marketing Partnership.. Defeated lawsuit seeking to force Commonwealth to construct a multi-million dollar mass transit project to mitigate the effects of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, known unofficially as the Big Dig.. Successfully represented the Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee in defeating a challenge to the validity of a G.L. c. 40B comprehensive permit issued for the construction of a large affordable housing project.. In a case of first impression, successfully represented the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission against a lawsuit challenging its authority to regulate on-line sellers of alcohol.. Represented Commissioner of Revenue before Supreme Judicial Court in case concern-ing complex calculations of interest owed to taxpayers entitled to abatement.

Court Admissions: United States Court of International Trade and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  CGBP (Certified Global Business Professional) and a licensed Real Estate Broker.

Concentrating in creditors' rights and business insolvency, Jim represents banks, hedge funds, leasing and finance companies, commercial landlords, trade and other creditors in enforcing their rights in all manner of workout, debt restructuring and insolvency proceedings. Jim has also served as counsel to Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustees and he has served as counsel to creditors’ committees in Chapter 11 cases. Jim has also represented sellers and purchasers of assets in bankruptcy proceedings. Jim has served as a state court receiver and has represented secured creditors in receivership proceedings. Jim has appeared before various state and federal courts throughout New England. He has appeared in bankruptcy courts throughout the United States.. Jim served as law clerk to Thomas W. Lawless, Bankruptcy Judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association as well as the American Bankruptcy Institute. He has written numerous articles and lectured extensively on bankruptcy and creditors' rights issues.. Jim has been named a Massachusetts "Super Lawyer" for eleven successive years between 2004 and 2015.. Jim resides in Reading, Massachusetts and serves as a director and former President of the Reading Scholarship Foundation and as a director of Reading Cooperative Bank.

Colleen Towle concentrates her practice in all aspects of civil and employment litigation. Colleen focuses her employment practice on representing management in employment-related matters including discrimination and wrongful termination claims, contract disputes, wage and hour complaints, non-competition and protection of trade secrets, union organization, grievances and arbitration. Colleen also drafts employment contracts, personnel policies and other employment-related documents. Colleen has experience representing colleges, universities and secondary schools on a wide variety of education issues, including business, employment, operational, and regulatory matters. Colleen has been selected for inclusion in the 2008, and 2010-2013 Massachusetts Rising Stars. Boston Magazine included Colleen in the "Top Women in Law" list for 2013 and 2014.

Claudia Lagos began her legal career at the Committee for Public Counsel Services, where she worked for two years. At the Committee, Attorney Lagos successfully defended hundreds of clients accused of crimes including, but not limited to, drug transactions, hate crimes, failure to register as a sex offender, sex for fee, operating under the influence, various motor vehicle offenses, larceny, fraud, assault and battery, violations of restraining orders, and embezzlement.. Prior to joining the Committee, Attorney Lagos graduated from Boston College Law School, in Newton, MA, in 2011, during which she worked at Greater Boston Legal Services and the New Hampshire Public Defender. Attorney Lagos graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with honors in 2008. She is also fluent in Spanish.

Carla's practice concentrates on employment litigation and general business litigation.. She has experience with matters involving wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, and wage and hour claims. She also has experience with contract disputes, internal corporate investigations, and government investigations related to state and federal False Claims Acts.. Before joining Goulston & Storrs, Carla was a business litigation associate at Burns & Levinson LLP and Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP (formerly Cooley Manion Jones LLP).

Carla M. Moynihan, partner and chair of the firm's Real Estate Department, has over 25 years of transactional experience advising clients in all aspects of their acquisition, disposition, leasing, permitting, construction, and financing projects.. Carla’s clients include owners, institutions, developers, retailers, individual investors, hospitals, hotels, state agencies, municipalities, and lenders. She represents these clients in single asset and portfolio transactions for hotel, retail, office, multi-family, or industrial uses, advising on purchase and sale agreements, joint ventures, investments, financings, development agreements, and architectural and construction contracts. Her financing experience includes advising on complex CMBS loan agreements.. In addition to her transactional practice, Carla guides clients throughout the permitting and public land approval process at federal, state, and local levels, including the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act, the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the City of Boston Board of Appeal, the Boston Planning and Redevelopment Agency, and neighborhood architectural/landmark commissions.

Brian J. MacDonough, chair of the Employment Department, counsels and represents executives and professionals in sophisticated employment and compensation matters and employment litigation.. He handles a wide range of matters, including contract negotiation and enforcement, discrimination, whistleblowing, wage and hour issues, and wrongful termination. In particular, Brian advises executives and professionals regarding employment agreements, change of control agreements, equity and deferred compensation vehicles, non-competition and other restrictive covenants, severance /separation terms, and transition agreements.

Boston-based business and regulatory attorney.

Bill Friedler is a Trusts and Estates Attorney and Counsel with the Private Clients and Fiduciary Services Group of Verrill Dana LLP in Boston.  Prior to joining Verrill Dana LLP,  Bill was a Shareholder in the Firm of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner P.C in Boston. Bill had previously served as a Partner and Chair of the Trust & Estate Planning Group at Conn Kavanaugh, Rosenthal, Peisch & Ford LLP in Boston. Prior to that Bill served as the founder and Managing Partner of The Friedler Law Group for 25 years, a boutique law firm specializing in Trusts and Estates law.. Bill has been chosen by his peers and Boston Magazine from 2009-2019  to be designated as a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer” in the field of Estate Planning. Bill has also been selected to be included every year since 2015 in "Best Lawyers In America", recognizing him for his knowledge of Elder Law.. With many years of experience in the practice of estate planning, probate administration, and Medicaid planning, Bill Friedler is held in the highest regard by his peers and clients alike and is a specialist in the highly sophisticated and ever changing field of estate tax law.. Since his admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 1981, Bill has concentrated his practice in the areas of complex estate planning, probate and trust administration, planning for adults or children with special needs and disabilities, elder law and Medicaid planning. Within the context of estate planning, Bill represents his clients for their corporate and real estate needs and is knowledgeable about business succession planning.. Throughout his career, Bill has authored many estate planning articles and has appeared on radio and television to address tax and estate planning matters.  He is frequently called upon to speak on these subjects to members of the bar, private industry and the general public. He authored “MedicaidPlanning Update”, published by the Massachusetts Bar Association (1998), and is a contributing author to “Practical Estate Planning in Massachusetts”, a book published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (2003-2024).. Bill served as President of Temple Beth Avodah in Newton, MA (2009-2011). He has also served as an Endowment Trustee for the Temple and has served as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees.. Bill also served from 1995 to 1996 and from 1997 to 1998 as Chairperson of the Massachusetts Bar Association Taxation Section. Bill also acted as Co-chairperson of the Massachusetts Bar Association Estate Planning Subcommittee from 1989 until 1995.. Bill was a member of  the Executive Management Board and the Budget and Finance Committee of the Association, (1999- 2002). From 2001-2002, he served  as Chairperson of the Investment Sub-Committee of the Budget and Finance Committee which was responsible for selecting and overseeing an investment advisor for the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. From 1997 to 2004 he served as a Delegate to the Massachusetts Bar Association House of Delegates, the legislative and policy making body of the Massachusetts Bar Association. From 1986 to 1989 Bill was as an adjunct faculty member of the Graduate Tax Program of Boston University School of Law.. For more information see our website at .

Ben Lajoie’s civil litigation practice includes a diverse range of clients faced with high-stakes disputes, including multidistrict litigation, class action litigation, and business litigation. He is often called upon when complex, multi-party litigation is involved to vigorously protect and pursue the interests of his clients. For example, he has helped lead multidistrict litigation involving medical device product liability on behalf of nationwide consumers, represented companies in competitor suits from unfair and deceptive trade practice claims, represented parties to complicated UCC contract disputes, and represented a class of beneficiaries for breach of fiduciary duty against the institutional trustee.. Ben also provides a broad range of legal services as outside counsel to emerging businesses primarily in the life sciences and technology industries. Ben is an active member of the Boston Bar Association and serves on one of the Section's Steering Committees.. Bio: #Overview. Email:

Barbara O'Donnell has more than 20 years of experience in matters of insurance coverage, extra contractual liability, insurance agent/broker liability, employment, and professional liability law. Ms. O'Donnell's practice is regional, and she has handled matters in several state and federal courts and before administrative and arbitration tribunals.Ms. O'Donnell's insurance coverage practice includes the resolution and litigation of a broad range of liability coverage issues under commercial, specialty lines, professional, directors and officers, employment practices, and other standard form and manuscript policies. She regularly advises and represents insurers in complex coverage disputes involving allocation issues, primary/excess obligations, advertising injury coverage, additional and other insured questions, application misrepresentation defenses, and the application of exclusions under claims made and occurrence based policies.  Ms. O'Donnell also counsels insurers concerning claims handling obligations and effective ways to minimize exposure to extra contractual liability claims.Drawing on the breadth of her insurance coverage and industry experience, Ms. O'Donnell also drafts policy forms and endorsements for insurers.   Ms. O'Donnell also prepares and presents custom tailored training programs for insurance professionals on claims handling best practices, emerging issues, and effective ways to resolve difficult coverage disputes.  Ms. O'Donnell's professional liability practice includes the representation of insurance agent/brokers against claims alleging the failure to procure requested or appropriate coverages.  In defending agent/brokers against these claims, Ms. O'Donnell often draws upon her insurance coverage experience to establish that the agent/broker's conduct did not cause the alleged loss in any event.     In her employment law practice, Ms. O'Donnell counsels employers about effective ways to minimize liability exposure under the expanding array of state and federal laws governing employee/employer relations. Ms. O'Donnell regularly negotiates and prepares agreements to resolve disputes, including separation, nondisclosure, and settlement agreements.Ms. O'Donnell holds leadership positions in national bar and insurance industry organizations. She is the current chair of the Reinsurance, Excess and Surplus Insurance Section of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel ("FDCC") and a past chair of the FDCC's Extra Contractual Liability Section and the ABA/TIPS Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee.  Drawing on her expertise in resolving complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes, Ms. O'Donnell served on the faculty of the FDCC's Graduate Litigation Management Program attended by senior level corporate and insurance industry litigation management professionals for a number of years. Ms. O'Donnell is the incoming co-chair of the ABA/TIPS Book Publishing Board and a liaison to the ABA Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight.  She is a past editor of TortSource, an ABA/TIPS publication, and also served for several years on the editorial board of the ABA/TIPS Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal. For over ten years, Ms. O'Donnell served as the articles editor for The CGL Reporter, a biannual International Risk Management Institute publication.. Ms. O'Donnell has also been recognized as one of the leading insurance coverage attorneys on the Massachusetts and Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers list in each of the past ten years.. Ms. O'Donnell frequently writes and speaks on emerging insurance coverage issues and effective ways to avoid or minimize bad faith liability. Her 2015 presentations included a panel discussion on "Making (and Avoiding) the Case for Bad Faith" at the February 2015 ABA/TIPS Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Meeting and moderating a program entitled "Navigating Extra Contractual Insurance Claims" at the May 2015 ABA/TIPS Spring Meeting. In February of 2014 she addressed "Current Battlegrounds in Defective Construction Coverage Disputes" at CLM's Insurance Bad Faith/Construction Conference. In March 2012, she spoke at DRI's Insurance Coverage Claims Institute on the topic "Defenses To Bad Faith Actions: Do They Exist And Do They Work" and moderated a panel discussion on "Multiple Claimants and Insufficient Limits - Can Insurers Lessen their Exposure to Bad Faith Claims" at the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Winter Meeting. Ms. O'Donnell's article entitled "Asserting the Genuine Dispute Doctrine as a Defense to Extracontractual Suits" appears in the Spring 2014 issue of DRI's For the Defense. She also authored the opening chapter on "Insurance Policy Interpretation and Construction" in the West Group/American Bar Association (ABA) treatise entitled "The Law and Practice of Insurance Coverage Litigation". Ms. O'Donnell's article entitled "The First Wave of Decisions Interpreting Employment Practices Liability Policies" appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of The Brief, an ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) publication.. Ms. O'Donnell received her B.A., with distinction, from the University of Virginia and her J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School.  She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Ms. O'Donnell also holds a Martindale-Hubble AV (preeminent) rating.

Attorney Comenzo is a distinguished litigator and oral advocate. In law school, he won trial advocacy, appellate advocacy, and negotiation competitions. He earned the award for the Best Advocate in New England in the regional round of the 2006 American College of Trial Lawyers’ National Trial Competition. Following law school, Attorney Comenzo spent several years at a boutique civil litigation firm in Boston handling complex civil litigation matters and product liability cases. Later, he transitioned to a solo practice where he focused on criminal defense. During this time, Attorney Comenzo had the privilege of working with esteemed criminal defense attorney, Marty Leppo. He assisted Attorney Leppo with his national criminal defense practice, and handled numerous high-profile criminal matters in both State and Federal courts in Massachusetts and beyond. Today, Attorney Comenzo continues to maintain a small solo litigation practice where he handles all forms of litigation matters, including criminal defense, civil rights, divorce and family law, personal injury and general civil litigation. He lives presently in Needham with his wife and three lovely children.