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Kathy Jo Cook is the managing member of KJC Law Firm. She represents people who have been injured and people and businesses that have suffered an economic loss. This includes individuals who have been injured in a car crash, on a construction site, or by a doctor, nurse or lawyer. This also includes individuals and businesses which have been harmed by another as a result of unfair business practices or discrimination in employment.. Kathy Jo began her legal career at Lubin & Meyer, P.C. during law school. She joined Keches & Mallen, P.C. thereafter, where she handled complex claims on behalf of injured plaintiffs for 13 years. Kathy Jo litigated the first successful claim in Massachusetts to hold that an insurance company’s meritless appeal of an injured worker’s verdict was a bad faith insurance practice and violated the Consumer Protection Statute, securing the original judgment of more than 3 million dollars and an additional 4.2 million dollar punitive judgment against the insurance company for that practice. In 2010, she prevailed in Law v. Griffith, 457 Mass. 349 (2010),a case which was deemed to be one of the most important decisions of the year and one which continues to aid plaintiffs seeking damages at trial for medical expenses.. Kathy Jo’s outstanding abilities have been recognized by her peers and legal observers. In 1999, she was named by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as one of the top five "up and coming" attorneys in Massachusetts, and in 2007, she became the third lawyer ever to be inducted into the Lawyers Weekly "Hall of Fame." In 2008, Kathy Jo was named as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts by Law & Politics Magazine (Best of Boston), and she has been named as a Super Lawyer by that same publication every year since. In 2010, Kathy Jo was admitted to the American Board of Trial Advocates, a distinguished organization which is open by application only to those with significant trial experience.. Kathy Jo has been rated as “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. This is the highest rating possible and is given only to lawyers who have very high to preeminent legal ability and who embrace very high professional standards. She has also been rated by Avvo as “Superb.”. Kathy Jo has also been active in bar association work and other efforts to promote fairness, justice and equality in the trial bar as well as society at large. She served on the Board of Directors of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts for a number of years and was its President in 2008-2009. She is a member of the Labor & Employment Section Counsel of the Massachusetts Bar Association, where she has also served as Chair of the Judicial Administration Section Council, Co-Chair of the Plain English Jury Instruction Project, and as a member of the Standing Court Management Advisory Committee and the Strategic Planning Committee. Kathy Jo is a member of the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and she has also served on its Executive Management Board. She has served as Co-Chair of the Legislative Policy Committee and the Executive Management Board of the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association. Kathy Jo has also served on the Civil Right to Counsel Task Force, the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Section Council and the Diversity and Inclusion Section Council of the Boston Bar Association. She is also a member of the American Association for Justice, formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.. Kathy Jo frequently lectures on substantive legal issues, litigation techniques and gender equality at area law schools, professional conferences, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. She has been featured in a number of publications, including the National Law Journal and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. She has received numerous first place awards in national writing and trial competitions, including the Association of Trial Lawyers of America National Trial Competition. Her writings have appeared in numerous publications, including the American Judges Association Journal and the Cleveland State Law Review.. About her work Kathy Jo says, "My focus has always been on justice. To me justice means working to promote equality, to protect important civil rights, and to help individual people, workers and consumers to obtain just compensation for injuries caused by the fault of others.”. Kathy Jo is an honors graduate of Suffolk University Law School and the University of Houston. She is licensed to practice before all state and federal courts in Massachusetts.

I'm a proud dad to two great kids, and an avid gardener (food and flowers).  I love cycling and kayaking, I play ultimate, softball, and tennis, and I'm a sci-fi loving geek.  I live in Newton, Mass., next to Boston, and enjoy all of the cultural and recreational opportunities here.

I have spent the past 30 years litigating a wide variety of matters, principally in business litigation and professional liability. This includes many jury trials in the state and federal courts. In recent years, I also have represented numerous executives, many at the CEO and EVP/SVP level, in employment and severance matters. I am national counsel for a major professional liabilty insurer and outside general counsel for a major Massachusetts business active in the construction industry.. Interests include spending time with my two daughters and reading, sports, and art. When I visit a new city, I check first to see what sporting events are in town and failing an opportunity there, will visit the local art museum. Favorites: The Louvre, National Gallery, Metropolitan, and MOMA. Most recent reading "find" is Haruki Murakami, perhaps Japan's most noted novelist today.

EXCELLENCE IS A CHOICE.. PAKROOH represents business owners and companies that demand excellence.These are not just words. Here’s how:. 1st: We make our client’s concern our own. We take a personal investment in the challenges that our client faces, with a focus on understanding why the problem; what is our client’s desired outcome; and how will we resolve it no matter how tough it may seem.. 2nd: We fully commit to analyzing all approaches taking into consideration a host of factors from the economics of the situation, time frame, resources, risk and reward profiles, and of course the many legal considerations. We evaluate even the most minor details, often overlooked by others, as often these details have the greatest impact on the outcome. We solve our client’s challenges with an obsessive intellectual pursuit to discover – and many times creating – valuable solutions.. 3rd: We partner with our client to ensure their confidence in our approach. We educate our client on the possible solutions, and recommend the best path forward.. 4th: We execute with unwavering preparation and discipline, while remaining flexible as required by the circumstances.. Based in Boston we represent emerging and established companies conducting business in Massachusetts. Our client may be local or as far away as China. But when their business brings them to Massachusetts, we lead the way.

Charles N. Le Ray is a founding partner of Brennan, Dain, Le Ray, Wiest,
Torpy & Garner, P.C. His practice focuses on representing real
estate developers and property owners with complex land use,
development, regulatory compliance, and environmental matters. His
areas of concentration include zoning, wetlands, MEPA, and site
remediation. He also maintains an administrative law and land use
litigation practice, and is experienced in negotiating project
agreements, modifications and settlement agreements with municipalities,
neighbors, project opponents, and regulators. Before co-founding
Brennan, Dain, Le Ray & Wiest, Mr. Le Ray was an attorney with
Goodwin Procter LLP for over eleven years, most recently in its Real
Estate Development and Permitting Practice Group. He is a LEED
Accredited Professional.

Attorney Greene is an award winning employment lawyer in Massachusetts.. "Top Woman of the Law"  honoree by MA Lawyers Weekly, Massachusetts Top 50 Women Attorneys as rated by Super Lawyers, included in the 2025 Best Lawyers in America ® for employment and employment litigation in MA, ThreeBest rated, Expertise Best Employment Lawyers in Boston.. We protect our clients' professional reputations and advocate for the compensation they deserve.  Our attorneys are skilled at advising professionals and executives in the fields of technology, bio-technology, pharmaceutical, health care, retail, finance, banking, human resources, secondary and higher education, law,  manufacturing, architecture, engineering and construction.. We advise on severance agreements and negotiate severance pay, bonuses, stock and other benefits.  We advocate for employees who are in a job transition to leave with dignity and their earned compensation.  Our firm also advises employees who have received warnings, performance improvement plans, as well as employees who are being subjected to workplace investigations.. Our firm handles sexual harassment, discrimination. wrongful termination, glass ceiling and failure to promote cases.  We empower employees with wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, unpaid wage and overtime cases to take back control.  We provide tailored employment services to meet your goals.. Your employer has a team of tough, experienced lawyers.  Shouldn't you have that too?

As chair of the firm's litigation practice, I specialize in business litigation and construction law. My experience includes all phases of litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Prior to entering the legal profession, I worked as a subcontractor in the construction industry for several years. I currently represent many area construction material suppliers and subcontractors for a variety of issues.