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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.

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.

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 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 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.

Chris Mercurio focuses his practice on all aspects of real estate law including drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, leases, and loan documents, as well as analyzing and resolving title and zoning issues.

Call me when you want a contingency fee rather than hourly fees and are owed money, have an upaid judgment against a Massachusetts debtor, or want to retain an attorney for collection. I am an aggressive lawyer helping individuals, businesses and other lawyers get paid on outstanding invoices, accounts receivable and judgments, usually on a contingency basis.

Attorney Steve Boris is a founding member of the Firm. He concentrates in many areas of civil law including personal injury, maritime, business, employment law and alternative dispute resolution, practicing both in and out of courtrooms.. Steve is AV® Rated, the highest peer review rating for legal ability and ethics by the legal publisher Martindale-Hubbell. Steve has been named a “Super Lawyer” by Boston Magazine for the years 2006 – 2014.. Steve has represented parties in 500+ personal injury cases, trying many before state and Federal courts, but resolving most without having to go to court. He sits as an arbitrator or mediator for the Massachusetts state courts, Federal courts, Massachusetts Bar Association and the American Arbitration Association helping other lawyers and their clients resolve their cases, including disputes over legal fees. He has particular interest in maritime and Admiralty law disputes.. Steve is an Adjunct Professor in the Justice Studies and Management/Marketing departments at Lasell College in Newton, MA teaching Tort and Personal Injury Law, Business Law and Comparative Legal Systems. He recently returned from the Russian Federation where he served as a Visiting Professor of Law at Petrozavodsk State University teaching U.S. Constitutional Law and Western style dispute resolution to Russian law students. In 2011, Steve taught American Tort Law at Odessa National Academy of Law, Odessa, Ukraine. He is published in academic peer reviewed journals in the fields of Maritime law and Criminology. Steve was  appointed in 2013 by the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers as a Hearing Officer on attorney discipline cases.

Attorney Jeffrey S. Beeler concentrates his practice at Heinlein  Beeler Mingace & Heineman, P.C. on representing those who have been injured through the fault of others. His practice is focused on helping injured individuals though the civil litigation process, from initial case evaluation and investigation through trial and appeal, if necessary.. Attorney Beeler began his legal practice in 1992 working as a Judicial Clerk for Associate Justice Samuel W. Collins and Associate Justice Paul L. Rudman, both of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Through this Appellate Court clerkship with Maine 's highest court, Attorney Beeler gained valuable insight in to the functioning of the court system and the need for effective and diligent representation at the trial level in order to protect a client's rights. This experience, which included analyzing submissions to the Court while crediting or discrediting statements and arguments based on the law and facts of a case, is of great value as he works to obtain full and fair compensation for his clients. After his clerkship in 1993, Attorney Beeler joined the firm of Newman, Heineman & Itzkowitz. Within two years, Attorney Beeler enlisted the assistance of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as amicus curiae, for the first time, in support of the rights of a victim of a defective medical device to seek compensation from a medical device manufacturer in court in a case that ultimately made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to founding Heinlein & Beeler, P.C. in 1997, Attorney Beeler had been a principal in the firms of Newman & Beeler and Newman, Heinlein & Beeler, LLP.. Since beginning his private law practice in 1993, Attorney Beeler has represented both Plaintiffs and Defendants in various types of cases in the State and Federal Courts. Currently, his practice includes representing personal injury plaintiffs in construction site, negligence, worker's compensation, automobile accident, products liability, medical and nursing home negligence, whistle blower, and civil rights cases. Attorney Beeler also represents select businesses of diverse sizes in various contexts.. Attorney Beeler has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards. Attorney Beeler was also chosen as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in 2011-15.