Top best Family Lawyers in ZIP 02482 | 7 available

Woodacre Law Group is a boutique law practice, maintaining offices in Wellesley and Mattapoisett, concentrating in all areas of family law includting litigation.. Attorney Woodacre is a Certified Discovery and Special Master. She is also a parenting coordinator, certified mediator, specializing in elder matters, marital mediation and divorce and is a member of the American, Massachusetts, and Norfolk Bar Associations. She is a Lifetime Memnber of the Massachusetts, and Nortfolk Bar Associations. She is a Lifetime member of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation.

LAURA GIBBS focuses her practice in all areas of family law including litigation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration and appellate practice.. Laura’s practice involves international custody disputes; representing individuals in court in connection with divorce, paternity, modification and contempt proceedings, as well as appeals; negotiating and drafting prenuptial, postnuptial and separation agreements; representing individuals participating in mediation; serving as a mediator, conciliator, master and arbitrator.. For eight years, Laura was a board member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, an international interdisciplinary organization dedicated to improving the court process for children. Laura accepts appointments through the Norfolk Probate & Family Court “ARC” (Attorneys Representing Children) program.. Laura is a founding member of the Greater Boston Family Law American Inn of Court, and is the co-chair of the membership committee. She is also a member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation and the Norfolk County Bar Association. Laura served as a board member and former President of the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys. Laura also served as a member of the steering committee for the Diversity & Inclusion section of the Boston Bar Association.. Laura is admitted to practice in Florida, Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.. Laura served as the chair of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program concerning Jurisdictional Issues in Domestic Relations Practice (2007, 2010), and has presented on the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Massachusetts Family Law Journal and the Connecticut Family Law Journal both published Laura’s article entitled, "Forging Meaningful Relationships With Children: The Issues and Controversies Surrounding the Representation of Children in the Context of Divorce Custody Proceedings" (1999).. Laura earned her J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Loyola University, New Orleans. Laura has been selected for inclusion in the New England Rising Stars® (2005 - 2010) and New England Super Lawyers® (2011 – 2020) for her work in family law.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Wellesley Hills and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Wellesley Hills and surrounding areas.