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Nicholas Halks is one of the top domestic relations trial attorneys in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, specializing in handling high stakes divorce & child custody litigation. A small sampling of his recent trial victories include:. 1.) Winning Sole Legal & Physical Custody for a Mother, andreducing Father's parenting time due to his mentally abusive behavior after a three day highly contested trial;. 2.) Winning a 60-40% division of complex assets (international real estate) for a Husband in a Twenty-Year Marriage including Husband retaining his pre-marital retirement assets after a four-day trial,. 3.) Winning Physical Custody and disparate division of assets (domestic & international real estate and bullion) for a Mother in an Abusive Marriage after an eight-day trial (Successfully Defended Victory on Appeal);. 4.) Winning Physical Custody, Increased Child Support, and Equal Division of Husband's premarital Assets in a Short Term Marriage;. 5) Winning $260,000 in damages (including punitive) after a nine-day jury trial in the Superior Court for a woman being sexually harassed by her employer, (Successfully Defended Victory in Appellate Court and Supreme Judicial Court) The appellate case created an exception to the law which enhanced protections for workers suffering from sexual harassment in smaller sized workplaces;. 6.) Winning a removal ("relocation") trial where the parties shared physical custody, winning sole physical custody for a Father after a two day trial;. 7.) Winning 60% of the marital estate for a Wife who was the victim of adultery in a long-term marriage;. 8). Winning a Five-Year Restraining Order and Sole Legal Custody for a Woman the Victim of Physical Abuse;. 9.) Settling an Age/Gender Discrimination matter for $407,000. Having conducted approximately seventy civil trials to judgment/verdict, Halks is experienced with litigating a case from start to finish, including defending the victory on appeal. Seven of those trial were appealed by the losing party but Halks sucessfully defended all seven on appeal. Coupled with his high energy, prowess, and oral persuasion skills, Halks is an extremely formidable lawyer, whose reputation for excellence is well known in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties. He has also conducted approximately seventy five (75) restraining order hearings, winning the great majority of same, in order to both protect victims of abuse and vacate false claims utilized by parents to gain advantages in custody matters.. Although Halks is more than capable of winning at trial, he is also a shrewd and skilled negotiator, who is willing to sit down and hammer out an amicable agreement without the need of the Court. A litigator at heart, Mr. Halks enjoys the "Arena," better known as the Courtroom, as that is where he excels based on his superior oral and written communication skills, honed by hard work and experience. Halks is entirely capable of achieving maximum results with or without a battle in a Courtroom.. Halks is the Winner of the AVVO Client's Choice Award for Seven Straight Years, as well as numerous other awards.. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Norfolk Bar Association, Middlesex Bar Association, Lawrence Bar Association, Justinian Law Society of Massachusetts, Newburyport Bar Association.. He is also appointed by the Court as a trained-conciliator to resolve difficult cases for the Middlesex, Norfolk, and Essex Counties.. He received his J.D. from The Massachusetts School of Law, where he was the Editor of the Student Journal, The Verdict, and host of the televised debate show, Final Adjudication. Before graduation, he was the winner of two CALI Awards for Excellence. He earned his B.S. from the University of South Carolina where he attended on academic scholarship. Nicholas is also a graduate of Central Catholic High School, and grew up in nearby Andover, Massachusetts. When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, horse riding, tennis, and the outdoors.

Matthew J. Fogelman is a founding partner of Fogelman & Fogelman LLC. Mr. Fogelman’s trial and litigation practice is focused on employment law, personal injury cases, and consumer class actions. He is an experienced trial lawyer, having won a number of significant cases on behalf of clients, including prevailing before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in a ground-breaking handicap discrimination case involving an employee’s right to use medical marijuana off-site.. In the employment arena, Mr. Fogelman has litigated cases ranging from Wage Act and overtime cases to discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation matters. He has significant experience advising employees on non-compete and severance agreements. A former newspaper reporter, Mr. Fogelman also has experience in First Amendment and defamation and libel law, and has counseled clients concerning defamatory material published on the Internet.. In the personal injury realm, Mr. Fogelman has extensive experience litigating complex personal injury cases and emotionally-charged cases, including allegations of sexual abuse and wrongful death.. Mr. Fogelman’s class action practice is focused on helping groups of employees and consumers recover damages in cases in which individually their matters would not be large enough to be cost-efficient. He and the firm have prevailed in several class-action matters, including a significant wage and hour case involving illegal distribution of tips and cases involving tenants who have been the subject of systematic illegal charges of amenity and other fees by landlords and large management companies.. Lawyers often talk about standing up for the little guy, and sometimes this sounds trite.  But in my case, and for our firm, it is true – this is why we practice law. Corporations sometimes act as if there are no consequences for treating workers illegally, including discriminating against employees and systematically cheating them out of the wages to which they are due.  They count on employees being afraid to confront wrongful conduct, or that wage underpayment will be not be enough to justify hiring an attorney. Similarly, in injury cases, insurance companies often believe they can use their size and teams of lawyers to avoid paying what their insureds owe for causing crashes, injuries, and even death.

I help contractors and construction companies by writing comprehensive contracts, filing mechanic's liens and resolving disputes.  I also handle business and real estate disputes.  I serve as an arbitrator and mediator on a number of panels and am available for private arbitrations and mediations.