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With over a decade of experience as a criminal defense attorney, Attorney Rakhlin's main focus has been and always will be serving the interests of his clients by providing them with the legal expertise and personalized attention needed to secure the best possible results. When you are faced with a legal problem, being able to depend on your attorney is the best peace of mind available.. Irv Rakhlin was born in Pennsylvania and later moved to Massachusetts to attend Amherst College and then Boston University School of Law. In addition to maintaining a high level of academic performance Mr. Rakhlin was a standout athlete on the football and rugby fields. Whether tackling an opposing player or a legal challenge, Irv has been fighting hard for those on his team his entire life. After law school he sharpened his skills as an associate at a well-respected general practice law firm in downtown Boston. Attorney Rakhlin’s main focus has been and always will be serving the interests of his clients by providing them with the legal expertise and personalized attention needed to secure the best possible results.. Mr. Rakhlin has received numerous awards and accolades as an Attorney including a 10.0 rating on AVVO and numerous consecutive selections as a “Rising Star” Attorney by Super Lawyers and a "Super Lawyer," but his biggest satisfaction comes from attaining a Not Guilty verdict or a Dismissal of a case for a client. In one capacity or another, Irv has always made it a point to do the hard work, and never back down from a challenge. If you or a relative have been accused of a crime in Massachusetts, there is no time to waste in mounting the best possible defense. When you are faced with criminal charges, being able to depend on your attorney is the best peace of mind available.

Whether you are just considering your options or have already made the decision to move forward, this is more than likely an emotional and stressful time. The uncertainty of changing parenting time and the financial impact can be overwhelming.. Our office can assist in navigating through the process allowing you to begin the journey to a new life for both you and your family, protecting your financial interests and preserving your parental rights.

Tim Powell is an associate in the firm’s Labor & Employment and Higher Education groups. He advises businesses, non-profit organizations, and higher education institutions on a broad range of employment matters. He represents clients in proceedings before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, involving issues of discrimination and retaliation, wage-and-hour, non-competition, and trade secrets.Tim is a frequent speaker at the firm’s College & University Roundtable Seminars, and has presented on topics including the legal implications of study abroad programs, accommodations for students and employees, and transgender issues on campus. He is an active member of the firm’s Higher Education and Craft Brewers industry groups and is a frequent contributor to their respective blogs, Campus Counsel and At the Bar with Bowditch. Tim has published several articles with national and regional media outlets on the topics of workplace bullying, age discrimination, non-competition agreements, and issues in the craft brewing industry.

Steven Schafer has spent his career helping people who have been injured find the justice they deserve. Steve first practiced with a plaintiffs law firm in Groton, Connecticut, where he represented many shipyard workers who had been injured from asbestos and other hazards of the work place. Later, he practiced with a major Boston trial firm where he was responsible for a broad scope of personal injury cases, including product liability cases involving industrial machinery, elevator accident cases, construction site negligence cases, automobile tort cases, and medical malpractice cases. Steve started his own firm in 1985.. Steve is well known in the New England legal community. He has been named by his peers to the last several editions of Woodward and White’s The Best Lawyers in America for his work as a plaintiffs’ medical malpractice and personal injury lawyer. He served as President of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys in 1998-99 and has sat on the Association’s Board of Governors since 1987. Steve also represented Massachusetts as a Governor and a State Delegate to the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). Steve has testified on Beacon Hill and has appeared in the media on civil justice issues, as an advocate for consumers. He frequently lectures to lawyers on personal injury law, and discovery and trial techniques. He holds a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.A. magna cum laude in economics from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.. Steve grew up on a working dairy farm in Massachusetts, where he learned to work with machinery and to build things, skills that he applies to many of our client’s cases. Today he lives in Dover, Massachusetts, where he is raising his two children. Steve’s late wife, Audrey Cutler, was a labor lawyer and Of Counsel to the firm for several years.

Specialties:
• Contract Drafting, Negotiation & Management
• Privacy Regulation, Compliance & Consulting
• Regulatory and Administrative Compliance
• Real Estate Site Acquisition & Permitting
• Business Litigation
• Land Use and Real Estate Litigation. I concentrate my practice in two general areas, business law and real estate development law. For my business clients, I assist in the full life-cycle of traditional and high-technology ventures including privacy regulation and compliance, choice of entity and formation decisions, partnership, capitalization and financing, contracting, licensing and intellectual property matters, and the resolution of business disputes and other challenges. For my real estate development clients I focus on real estate development, affordable housing, permitting, land use and zoning matters, as well as the corporate, partnership and other business and litigation issues inherent in the business of development. In addition, I am an Adjunct Professor of Law at the New England School of Law where I teach Legal Research and Writing. I am also active in my community, serving as the director of the Under 14 Program for the Framingham United Soccer Club and as a coach for a U8 team and a U14 boys team. When not injured, I play soccer and am a bicyclist and jogger (when not recovering from soccer injuries). I serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals on Framingham and am proud to be a Member of the Board of the Michael Lisnow Respite Center in Hopkinton. In the past, I have served as President of the Board of the Dismas House of Massachusetts, as a Mock Trial Coach in the Worcester Middle Schools and as a Human Rights Committee Member for Charles River Health Management.. • Contract Drafting, Negotiation & Management • Privacy Regulation, Compliance & Consulting • Regulatory and Administrative Compliance • Real Estate Site Acquisition & Permitting • Business Litigation • Land Use and Real Estate Litigation

Robert Nislick is an experienced and aggressive Massachusetts lawyer. He develops the best strategy to win his clients’ cases. He will put a plan into action and will work tirelessly to achieve the best possible results.. Rob is easy to talk to. He listens. He is nice. He explains it in a way that you can understand. He answers the phone and gets back to you quickly.. Rob has a burning desire to make sure that you are treated fairly and that your interests are protected. Rob will work hard to level a playing field which may be tilted in someone else’s direction.. Rob has a solid track record of courtroom successes. How does it happen? Rob takes the time to know the facts of your case inside and out. He also pays attention to what you want to achieve. Then he makes connections between the most helpful facts and the law. Rob will develop arguments that demonstrate why the law is on your side, and not on the other guy’s side.. Rob will spend the time to develop real reasons why the court should rule in your favor. Rob will develop legal arguments which are legitimate, and not just based on smoke and mirrors. If your case is bad, Rob will tell you, and still look for creative ways to win.. If you need a lawyer today, call Rob Nislick today. If you need a lawyer tomorrow, call Rob Nislick tomorrow. If you needed a lawyer yesterday, call Rob Nislick immediately.

Real Estate Attorney specializing in representing buyers and sellers in residential transactions and conveyancing.

Personal injury trial attorney Elliot Beresen earned his law degree at Boston College Law School. He has concentrated in personal injury law for over 30 years and has developed an affinity for handling all types of personal injury cases.. Areas of Practice

Mr. Koes has been practicing law since 2007 and has maintained his own law office since 2011. Mr. Koes focuses his practice in personal injury matters.

Lipton Law Group is a law firm in Framingham Massachusetts specializing in bankruptcy, foreclosure defense and workouts.  We welp our clients protect their homes, businesses and other assets from creditors and restructure debts.

Larry Desilets has practiced law since 1974. He started his career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Suffolk County Superior Court. Larry then joined the firm of White, Inker, Aronson where he eventually became a partner. Larry handled diverse and complicated litigation in many forums including domestic relations, criminal, personal injury and business litigation cases. He then decided to move his practice to Framingham where he has been practicing since 1987.. Larry has handled literally hundreds of divorce cases involving issues ranging from custody, child support, alimony, visitation, shared parenting plans and division of assets. He was co-counsel in the precedent setting case allowing a parent to remove the minor children from Massachusetts to Greece. He also has successfully mediated many settlements in divorce cases.. On the Probate side of the Family Court, Larry has successfully prosecuted and defended multiple will contests.. In criminal courts, Larry has successfully defended numerous clients with charges ranging from attempted murder, rape, assault and battery to breaking and entering. He also has obtained many not guilty verdicts in OUI cases.. Larry has also obtained many favorable verdicts in personal injury cases including a 1.8 Million Dollar verdict in a medical malpractice case, a $600,000 verdict in a slip and fall case and a 2.5 Million Dollar settlement in a product liability case.. Larry has litigated and mediated many business disputes with great success, including a $600,000 settlement during trial in a lender liability case.. Finally, Larry is a sole practitioner, so if you retain his services, you will not be dished off to an associate. He will handle your case from beginning to end.

Kristin Wildman Shirahama advises individuals and families on estate, gift and income tax planning. She also advises trustees, guardians, and other fiduciaries in trust and estate administration.Kristin brings a wealth of experience to the preparation of estate plans, including blended families, second marriages, and same-sex couples, and families with elders, disabilities or other special needs. While minimizing taxes is a key component, there is more to estate planning than saving taxes. An appropriate plan must address the particular needs of a client’s family.

Kathy Garrahan's practice includes real estate development, land use planning, zoning, permitting, conveyancing and leasing matters for commercial, healthcare and nonprofit clients.  Her land use advocacy includes due diligence, obtaining local and state permitting and licensing approvals, handling negotiations, and drafting agreements concerning real property purchases, sales, leases and financing. In her practice, Kathy frequently appears before local and state authorities, which has included municipal boards and commissions in Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Southborough, Oxford, Westborough and Worcester. Her work in nonprofit housing development includes financing programs of state and federal agencies such as the Executive Office of Communities and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development and programs of the Federal Home Loan Bank, and zoning work related to M.G.L. c. 40A, §3 (nonprofit educational uses).. Prior to her career as an attorney, Katherine worked as a social worker, public administrator and consultant, in government and healthcare industries in Massachusetts and New York City, including program administration, budget forecasting, and planning, and headed up the fiscal affairs department of a state agency. Additionally, she co-founded a successful nonprofit private elementary school in MetroWest.. During law school, Kathy worked as a Northeastern University Co-op student at Bowditch & Dewey (Spring 2004).  She was also a member of Northeastern University’s National Health Law Moot Court Team (2003), a Law Clerk at Tillinghast, Licht, Perkins, Smith and Cohen, LLP (Fall 2003), a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Bruce Selya, First Circuit Court of Appeals (Spring 2003) and a Legal Intern at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts (Fall 2002).

Julie O'Neill focuses her practice on business, corporate and securities law, counseling individuals and entities on a wide variety of transactional matters. Julie regularly handles corporate matters including entity formation, stock and asset acquisitions, private placements and other financings, limited liability company operating agreements and shareholders' agreements, mergers, recapitalizations, secured transactions, employment issues, licensing arrangements, general contract matters and trademark and copyright registrations.. Julie’s practice focuses largely on startup businesses, helping entrepreneurs in selecting the right legal structures for their businesses, securing debt and equity financing, and handling ongoing operational matters. She has represented many clients from the formation stage through multiple rounds of financings and finally to liquidity events.

Jon Barooshian is a white collar defense attorney with a focus on tax evasion, tax controversy, securities fraud, internal and governmental investigations and related criminal and civil litigation. Jon has over 20 years of experience representing individuals, nonprofit organizations and businesses of all sizes during investigations by federal and state agencies. When necessary, Jon defends these clients in administrative proceedings and at trial in state and federal courts.He routinely represents clients in civil and criminal tax fraud investigations, FBAR and offshore bank account proceedings, voluntary disclosure proceedings, and state and federal tax collection proceedings. In addition, Jon assists clients with responses to inquiries from government agencies and investigates possible unintended violations on behalf of clients who are concerned about their compliance.During trials and investigations, Jon leverages his previous prosecutorial experience as a Massachusetts Assistant District Attorney. His unique understanding of strategies used by prosecutors and investigators allows him to adopt a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to each client’s defense.

If you have a personal injury or workers compensation claim, you are likely concerned about many questions, such as "who will pay my bills while I am seeking treatment," or "what if the insurance company chooses to cut off my medical care?"  I understand your concerns, and make sure you are part of the process, and not just a spectator on the sideline.  While I strive for the best possible results, that means nothing if you don't understand the process.  That's why I consider educating my client about the process as important as the result.  Personal injury and workers compensation matters aren't about me - they're about you.  Please feel free to call if you want to talk about your situation.

I specialize in personal injury and workers' compensation cases across Massachusetts. When people are injured in accidents, I help them get the compensation they deserve for their injuries and financial losses. I have handled and tried a wide range injury cases in courts all over Massachusetts, from Boston to Worcester. I have also tried numerous Federal lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.. I grew up in Massachusetts. Following high school I attended Clemson University. After graduating from Clemson I attended and obtained my juris doctorate from New England School of Law in Boston. I was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 2005 and am licensed to practice in all courts within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I am also a member of the Federal Bar licensed to practice in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

I provide legal counsel to physicians, psychologists, and private practices. I'm happy to help you:. • Analyze and negotiate your contract with private practices and hospitals. • Form and run your private practice. • Acquire, merge, and sell your practice. • Comply with HIPAA, Stark, and Anti-Kickback Laws. • Negotiate office leases and vendor contracts. • Prepare for and defend disciplinary hearings. • Negotiate severance packages. I serve as independent general counsel for early-stage businesses. As counsel to companies such as a mobile game monetization corporation, a social media website startup, and a tele-medicine provider, I help my clients achieve greater success by providing clear advice on corporate, employment, equity and debt financing, intellectual property, and transactional matters.. – Ezra Reinstein trained at Harvard Law School. He has practiced in New York, California, and now in the Greater Boston area. Give him a call and find out how he can help you.

I hold strong the belief that our community is only as strong as the people in it, whether that be those who are disabled, struggling, just getting by or those who are thriving. To that end, I am an active member in my community along with my husband and 4 children. I am a board member of the Minute Man ARC and the Metro West Chamber of Commerce. I belong to the Academy of Special Needs Planning and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. I have been a host family in the Operation House Call program through the ARC and Boston University Medical School since 2006; a parent-mentor of the Minute Man Early Intervention since 2009; co-founder of a community support group for mothers of children with special needs; and organizer/host of the New England Chapter of the Williams Syndrome Organization.

I have been practicing law since 2009.  I concentrate my practice in elder law and estate planning. I represent clients with asset preservation planning, guardianships, conservatorships, estate planning, and estate administration. I also help clients navigate through the complicated Medicaid and Social Security systems. Further, I assist clients in completing MassHealth applications to obtain eligibility for state benefits, in long-term care facilities as well as in the community, and represent clients at administrative MassHealth Fair Hearings.

I believe in community service as a complement to my law practice. For decadesI have handled pro bono cases, and have also served on a committee at a school for autistic children and been a hospice volunteer. In 2016 I recieved a commendation from the Massachusetts Legislature for my years of service handling pro bono cases for Metrowest Legal Services.

I began practicing law in a small Worcester county general practice firm. My areas of practice were criminal defense including jury trials, bankruptcy, divorce and business incorporation. I then practiced for the next ten years at a nationally known AV rated personal injury firm concentrating in representing people seriously injured by defective products, and medical malpractice. Again the focus was on jury trials and litigation. In 2000, I opened my own practice in Framingham Massachusetts which has been client focused with indivudual attention. The primary practice areas are bankruptcy, family law and business formation and representation.

I am prepared to answer your questions regarding family law, divorce, child-related issues, estate planning and consumer bankruptcy.. I graduated from New England School of Law cum laude, in the top 15% of the class and then earned Master of Law degree in Taxation with concentration in Estate Planning from Boston University.  After graduation from law school, I had the honor of serving as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Justices of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court in Suffolk, Middlesex, Bristol and Worcester Counties, where my duties included conducting research on complex legal issues, writing legal memoranda, drafting decisions, findings of fact, and conclusions of law while working under close supervision of the Justices.  Currently, I regularly serve as a pro bono attorney for the clients of the MetroWest Legal Services.. I worked full-time while completing my law degree at night.  In law school, after a school-wide writing competition, I was awarded membership onto the New England Journal on Civil and Criminal Confinement, where I served as a Case Comment & Note Editor.  Also, during that time, I worked at the New England Innocence Project, reviewing files of inmates in search of various physical evidence which would make inmates’ acquittals through DNA testing possible.. Before earning my Juris Doctor Degree, I have been in a legal profession for nearly a decade.  I immigrated to the United States in 1993, first settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  In 1996, I began working as a secretary in a solo practice that served Russian and Ukrainian immigrants.   Always working full-time and studying, I earned my Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies from Community College of Philadelphia and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Temple University.. Before immigrating to the United States, I was a ballet dancer, performing for National Opera of the Ukraine, Kiev Classical Ballet Theater and other dance companies in Kiev, Ukraine.

I am a Trust and Estate Planning Attorney at Bowditch & Dewey LLP responsible for designing and implementing estate plans for high net worth individuals, families, and closely held businesses, with expertise in designing flexible trust instruments.  I oversee probate administration and trust management, and I serve as an individual professional trustee.

I am a Massachusetts attorney, often recognized by my peers and the media for my expertise in real estate matters, including litigation, title and conveyancing. While my speciality is real estate law, I have a fairly diversified practice, assisting clients with anything from business and probate litigation, business start-up formation to trademark applications. As a business and real estate litigator, I am often found litigating real estate disputes such as adverse possession, boundary disputes, zoning appeals, condominium disputes, breach of contract, title and landlord-tenant cases. Unlike a lot of litigators these days, I've actually tried cases, both before a jury and judge. I also have significant appellate experience in the Appeals Court, Supreme Judicial Court, and First Circuit. I am also well-versed in alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, and mediation, where a majority of cases are settled today. I also handle a substantial amount of residential conveyancing. Along with my business partner, Attorney Marc Canner, I founded TitleHub Closing Services LLC, which does full service settlement agent work for national, regional and local lenders, as well as individual borrowers and sellers.. For more information about my practice, go to my website at and my award winning real estate blog at