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Todd M. Wesche is the Managing Member and founder of Vetus Legal LLC. He helps veterans, and their dependents and survivors, obtain the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits they deserve. This has been his passion for over 14 years, since 2004, building on his experience as an active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force.. He has had a distinguished and unparalleled career doing so. It started with Todd serving for four years as a Law Clerk and then the Senior Law Clerk to the Honorable Bruce E. Kasold at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC). He then left to represent his fellow servicemembers before the CAVC and at the VA. He has represented hundreds of veterans and advised on thousands of claims.. His vast experience also helps others who also serve veterans. Since January 2013, Todd has been a member of Board of Directors of the National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates (NOVA), a nation-wide organization that trains attorneys and advocates to improve their practice before the VA and the CAVC, and currently serves on its executive committee. He has presented at NOVA’s training seminars on many occasions. Additionally, he has advised the CAVC judges on possible changes to its own rules as a member of its Rules Advisory Committee.. Todd earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2002 from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts, and his Master of Laws in Litigation and Dispute Resolution in 2004 from The George Washington University School of Law in Washington, DC. He is accredited to practice before the VA, and he is admitted to practice before the CAVC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States (among others) as well as in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.

Peter A. Kuperstein is a partner in the Family Law practice group at Prince Lobel. He has been practicing exclusively in all aspects of family law matters for over 25 years. Peter’s experience in family law matters includes issues ranging from uncontested actions to highly contested cases involving complex financial issues, business valuations, custody disputes and appeals, as well as prenuptial agreements, paternity actions, modifications, and contempt actions. Peter is the partner in charge of the firm’s Andover Family Law Conference Center.. Peter has extensive appellate experience and has authored over 35 appellate briefs, as well as a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States, on a wide range of family law issues. He has been involved in several leading family law cases on such issues as alimony, child support, property division, custody, parent coordinators, jurisdiction, and prenuptial agreements.. Peter was named a U.S. News and World Report “Best Lawyer in America” in Family Law, Family Law Mediation and Appellate Practice since 2021, and consistently recognized as a “Massachusetts Super Lawyer” in the field of family law in Boston Magazine. Peter is a trained mediator and frequently is appointed by the Courts as a conciliator. He has also served as a Guardian ad Litem and appointed under the Attorney Representing Children Program (ARC) in the Probate and Family Court.

Nikiki T. Bogle is the Managing Partner of Bogle & Chang, LLC and  Chair  the  law firm's Immigration, Entertainment and Criminal Law Practice Groups.. Ms. Bogle concentrates her practice in immigration for businesses and families, entertainment specializing in music law,  international business, human rights and criminal appeals.. Her music business practice includes drafting and negotiating management, recording artist, and music publishing agreements.  In addition to her practice in the music industry, Ms. Bogle represents visual artists and literary artists in the protection and exploitation of their intellectual property.. Ms. Bogle is an experienced litigator who began her legal career as a trial lawyer.  Prior to co-founding Bogle & Chang law firm, she was an. Assistant District Attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Boston, Massachusetts.  She was a Point Prosecutor for Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and Identity Fraud, in Boston's busiest courts.  She prosecuted thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases including: possession of a firearm, carjacking, drug distribution, aggravated assault and battery and operating under the influence.  Ms. Bogle was an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Attorney General, Criminal Division, in Wilmington, Delaware.. As a criminal prosecutor, she conducted over 100 trials before both juries and judges.. IMMIGRATION CASES:. Employment Based Immigration. EB1 - Extraordinary Ability. NIW - National Interest Waivers. PERM Work Green Cards. Nonimmigrant Work Visas:H1B Work VisasK1 - K-4 - Fiancee and family member visasL1 - Intracompany transfereesO1 - Aliens of Extraordinary AbilityR1 - Religious Workers. Marriage Green Card. U.S. Citizenship. Student VisasAsylumCancellation of RemovalFamily Visas (adjustment of status and consular processing). Deportation Defense

Mark is an experienced litigator and counselor who has handled a variety of lawsuits, administrative actions, and pre-litigation matters. He began his legal career by clerking for the Massachusetts Superior Court in Suffolk, Middlesex, and Essex counties. After his clerkship, Mark practiced as a litigator for more than five years in Boston law firms, focusing on professional liability defense, construction law, and employment law.. Since opening the Firm in 2013, he has assisted a wide variety of companies and individuals with their legal needs. For businesses, he regularly serves as outside general counsel, assisting with matters on an as-needed basis, which generally includes compliance with employment law and human resources matters. Mark also assists individuals with their legal needs, including advising professionals on employment agreements and asserting claims on their behalf when necessary.. Mark has secured trial victories for clients in state and federal courts, including a seven-figure employment discrimination verdict in federal court that was the eleventh highest verdict of any kind in Massachusetts that year 1 and was upheld through attempted appeals up to the United State Supreme Court. He also has significant experience before administrative agencies, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the New York Commission on Human Rights, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.. Before going to court, however, Mark aims to come up with creative solutions to avoid legal disputes and litigation, including using alternative dispute resolution. The Firm has assisted many clients in resolving their matters alternatively, whether through mediation, arbitration, or private negotiation.. Mark is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York, as well as federal district and appeals courts. He is a graduate of Concord-Carlisle High School, Boston College, and New England School of Law, where he was the recipient of the Sandra Day O’Connor full merit scholarship and was an editor of the New England Law Review.. He has been an adjunct instructor of Legal Research and Writing at New England Law Boston since 2009 and has authored pieces for the New England Law Review and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.

Len is a founding partner of Brister & Zandrow, LLP, a civil litigation law firm with offices in Boston and Plymouth, MA. Since its inception in November, 1995, Brister & Zandrow, LLP has received an AV rating, the highest available in the legal profession for ability and ethics.Since 1995, Len has served as the General Counsel of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Inc., the largest and oldest non-profit organization dedicated to helping civilians in the United States with spinal cord injury and/or disease.  In 2010, Len was also elected to the Board of Directors of United Spinal Association, a national non-profit also serving the disability community.He is a member of the American, Massachusetts, and Boston Bar Associations. Since 1996, Len has served as one of the editors of the Defense Counsel Journal, a quarterly publication of the invitation-only International Association of Defense Counsel. He served on the Board of Editors of the Boston Bar Journal, a quarterly publication of the Boston Bar Association during the mid-1990's. He has also worked in a variety of capacities with numerous other non-profit organizations and community groups, including the Town of Sharon's Personnel Board, the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Boston, and the Boy Scouts of America. Len is a member of the International Who's Who of Professionals, Marquis Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, and Strathmore's Who's Who.. Complex civil litigation, including: spinal cord injury cases, motor vehicle accident law, construction law, products liability, toxic torts, insurance law and professional malpractice cases.

I have had success applying an "outside-of-the-box" approach to complex legal problems.  In one recent example of this, my firm and I were able to successfully survive a statute of limitations motion to dismiss on grounds that our plaintiff client's claims accrued some fifteen years prior to the time he filed suit.  The key was a creative approach to interpreting governing trust language.. In addition, I strive always to show courtesy, kindness, compassion and professionalism to my clients.  I return calls and emails promptly.

I focus my litigation practice on criminal defense, employment law, and appeals.  My criminal practice includes cases in both state and federal courts.  I have represented clients charged with crimes such as murder; motor vehicle homicide; conspiracy; drug possession, distribution, and trafficking; weapons offenses; money laundering; visa fraud; assault and battery; sexual assault; incest; operating under the influence; disorderly conduct; and resisting arrest.. In my civil practice, I focus primarily on employment law, where I represent employees whose rights are being violated at work.  I fight for clients who are opposing unlawful employment practices, such as discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, and violations of other state and federal laws.  I also provide advice and counseling: I help employees address problems that arise in the workplace, I review contracts, and I negotiate separation or severance agreements.

I am a graduate of Columbia College and Harvard Law School. I have been an appellate lawyer for more than 36 years and have been in private practice since 1989. In that time, I have drafted appellate briefs in more than 900 criminal and civil cases in both state and federal courts and am the most prolific brief writer in Massachusetts history. I am admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In addition, I am admitted to practice in the United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Eleventh Circuits, as well as the United States Supreme Court. I have been recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer (“Top Rated Appellate Attorney”) every year from 2008 to 2021. I was named a 2017 Lawyer of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly. I am a member of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL). From 1996 to 2002, I was a hearing officer for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. From 2006 to 2010, I was a member of the Board of Bar Overseers, finishing my term as Vice Chair of the Board. I have written numerous articles and contributed to a number of legal publications. I lecture frequently on topics relating to both criminal and civil appeals, as well as ethical issue.

Frank Porcelli is a Senior Principal of Fish & Richardson in the firm’s Boston and Delaware offices. His practice emphasizes patent and trade secret appellate work, and he is Co-Chair of the Fish & Richardson Appellate Group (1996 – present). He joined the firm in 1971. Over the first 28 years of the existence of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Frank has successfully argued some of the highest profile and most legally significant patent appeals in this Court, including Minnesota Mining v. Johnson & Johnson Orthopedics, 976 F.2d 1559, 61 USLW 2236 (1992) ($129 million judgment for 3M was the highest district court patent infringement judgment upheld by the Federal Circuit over its first 25 years; case was featured in Time and Business Week) and Johnson & Johnston Assocs. v. R.E. Service Co., 285 F.3d 1046 (2002 en banc) (12-1 decision established the doctrine of dedication as a limitation on the doctrine of equivalents). He also successfully argued a trade secret appeal in the Supreme Court of Connecticut that effectively established the right to jury trial in trade secret cases brought under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Evans v. General Motors, 277 Conn. 496, 893 A.2d 371 (2006).

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.

David E. Cherny is a founding partner of the Boston Law firm of Atwood & Cherny, P.C., a nationally recognized law firm concentrating in the practice of complex matrimonial litigation at both the trial and appellate court levels.. Mr. Cherny and his firm have been involved in numerous family law cases and appellate decisions which have had a significant role in shaping family law in Massachusetts. He has served as appellate counsel in over 50 cases to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Massachusetts Appeals Court, Federal 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court, including cases such as: Pierce v. Pierce;  Dematteo v. Dematteo;  Zaleski v. Zalesski; Rodman v. Rodman; Young v. Young; and, Van Arsdale v. Van Arsdale.

Attorney Bradford R. Stanton received his Juris Doctor from Massachusetts School of Law in 2011, and is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New Hampshire and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.. The primary focus of Attorney Stanton's practice is criminal defense for charges ranging from trespass to first-degree murder. He frequently appears in Massachusetts courts at both the trial and appellate level. Attorney Stanton takes the time required with each client to strategize the best way to navigate their case through the criminal justice system, taking their unique situation into account.. In addition to his criminal practice, Attorney Stanton provides guidance and representation to clients for a wide range of civil issues including real estate, landlord-tenant, and contractual issues encountered by business owners.. Attorney Stanton provides zealous advocacy for each of his clients at every stage of their case. He is backed by the support of 3 attorneys in his office with a combined 40+ years experience in the field of litigation.

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.

Ann Hetherwick (“Hether”) Cahill’s litigation practice focuses on probate and trust litigation, family law, guardianships and conservatorships, and appeals.  In probate litigation matters, Hether has represented clients in will contests, actions involving the interpretation and termination of trusts, and trustee removal actions.  She has represented fiduciaries and beneficiaries regarding the proper administration of trusts and estates.  Matters representative of her probate and family law practice include:. As a former law clerk on the Massachusetts Appeals Court, Hether utilizes her appellate experience and research and writing skills to represent both appellants and appellees.  She is a member of the post-conviction panel of the Committee for Public Counsel Services to represent criminal defendants on appeal.  Hether’s appellate experience includes:. Hether is ranked at the highest level of legal ability and ethics, “AV,” in the benchmark Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.  In 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2018 Hether was named a “Rising Star” in the “Massachusetts Super Lawyers” list published by the Thomson Reuters rating service in Boston Magazine.  The Rising Star award is limited to 2.5% of lawyers in Massachusetts under the age of 40 who have been practicing for less than 10 years.. In 2014, Hether was selected to join the Editorial Board of the Massachusetts Law Review, the longest continually run law review in the country, on which she currently serves as the Case Comments Editor.. Her publications include:. "Cy Pres and Deviation," MCLE Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate Court 4th Edition (April 2019);. “Limits on Attorney’s Fees,” Massachusetts Bar Association Fifth Annual Probate Law Conference (Nov. 2017);. “Using Guardianship of Minors as Leverage to Change Addiction Issues of Parents,” Massachusetts Bar Association Fifth Annual Probate Law Conference (Nov. 2017);. “Leveraging Addiction Recovery in Parents by Use of Guardianship of Minors,” Boston Spirit Magazine (Sept./Oct. 2017);. “Guardianship,” MCLE Using Estate Planning to Leverage Treatment of Addiction & Mental Illness (April 2017);. "Cy Pres and Deviation," MCLE Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate Court 3rd Edition (Nov. 2016);. “Equity Actions to Determine Ownership, Recover Assets,” Massachusetts Bar Association Fourth Annual Probate Law Conference (Nov. 2016);. Blog:  It's Still Not Too Late to Act!  Divorce Law Monitor,  (June 1, 2016);. Blog:  It's Not Too Late to Act! Divorce Law Monitor,  (April 15, 2016);. Hether joined the Private Client Group of Burns & Levinson in January 2016, after working at Sally & Fitch LLP for nearly eight years.  Prior to private practice, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph A. Trainor of the Massachusetts Appeals Court for two years.  She is a graduate of Skidmore College (B.A., philosophy/government, 2000) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2006).  While at Suffolk, Hether was a member of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review, received the Best Brief Award in her Legal Practice Skills Course, served as a student prosecutor at the East Boston District Attorney’s Office, and interned in the civil division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston.  She worked as a litigation legal assistant at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York prior to law school and in Boston during law school.. In May 2016, she co-taught a course Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Special Needs Planning through Newton Community Education.  In June and September 2016 and May and October 2017, she co-taught a course concerning estate planning and litigation through Newton Community Education.  In October 2015, 2016, and 2017, Hether participated as a panelist on the MCLE "Taking Depositions Workshop."  She has been involved in the Boston Chamber of Commerce Women's Leadership Program (2016-2017 year), Brookline Community Foundation's Professional Advisors Committee (since 2017), Dana-Farber Leadership Council, Suffolk University Law School by serving as a mentor to law school students, and Kids In Need of Defense (“KIND”) by representing children pro bono in immigration cases.  Hether is admitted to the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.   She is also a member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations.

A graduate of Harvard College and Boston University School of Law, I work as a litigator with a focus on appellate work, civil and criminal. In approximately 20 years as a Boston divorce & family law and criminal defense lawyer, I have worked on appeals in all appellate courts that govern Massachusetts, both federal and state: the United States Supreme Court, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and the Massachusetts Appeals Court, in addition to maintaining a trial level practice.