Top best Business Lawyers Near me in ZIP 01610

Peter Martin concentrates his practice representing hospitals, long-term care and other facilities, physicians and other providers in a wide range of legal matters, including corporate compliance, fraud and abuse, managed care, practice acquisitions, health information privacy and security, transactional and operational issues and regulatory investigations. Peter also counsels tax-exempt organizations on governance, compliance and exemption issues. He also was Operations Counsel for Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, representing hospitals and other Columbia providers in New England, Ohio, North Carolina and portions of Florida.

Mike Angelini practices as a trial and business lawyer.. He represents clients in adversary proceedings in the Massachusetts Trial and Appellate Courts and in various Federal District and Circuit Courts. He also regularly represents clients before local, state and federal regulatory and adjudicatory agencies, and counsels financial, insurance, manufacturing, service and academic organizations.. Mike is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), former Director of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hanover Insurance Group, a Director of Commerce Bank and a Director of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center Foundation.. He served as President of the Worcester County Bar Association in 1983 and 1984 and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Association for several years. He is a founding Director of the Worcester County Bar Foundation and a Director of Community Legal Aid. Mike regularly lectures and participates in symposia on a variety of legal topics on behalf of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Worcester County Bar Association, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, mostly with respect to matters involving trial practice and the resolution of business disputes.. Mike has twice received the Massachusetts Bar Association's Community Service Award.. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.. Mike is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Nominating Committee of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was appointed to serve as a member of the Supreme Judicial Court Search Committee, to advise the Governor in connection with appointments to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He was an appointed member of the Criminal Justice Act Board for the Federal District of Massachusetts and has served as a special prosecutor for the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct. He served as Co-Chair of Governor-elect Deval Patrick's Transition Committee in 2006.. Mike joined the firm, then known as Bowditch, Gowetz & Lane, in 1968, following his graduation from Duke University School of Law, and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in November 1968. He was admitted to the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1970.. Mike has been a partner of Bowditch & Dewey since 1973. He was the firm's Managing Partner from 1990 to 1996 and became the firm's Chairman in 1997.

Michael Akerson joined the firm over 17 years ago.  Since that time he has fostered a diverse and successful litigation practice, focusing upon complex litigation and representing both individuals and corporations in all stages of litigation and in pre-litigation strategy.   He is recognized as one of the area's most experienced civil, administrative and criminal litigators in the field of public official misconduct cases.  Another large component of his practice is representing individuals involved in serious personal injury matters involving automobiles, as well as those injured due to workplace misconduct, including harassment and discrimination.  He also counsels numerous corporations on a variety of corporate business issues as well as providing residential and corporate transactional services.. Mike has tried in excess of 200 cases.  He has significant experience in trying matters before state and federal courts, most state agencies, and a variety of administrative fora.  He has proved successful many times over at trial and also at defending a judge or jury's favorable determinations at the appellate level at the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.. Worcester Attorney, Michael Akerson

Libbie Howley concentrates her practice in business and finance law including business planning, transactional matters, financing, corporate and regulatory compliance issues, and business succession planning. Libbie recently worked on the acquisition by major Northeastern convenience store and gas station operator of all of the stock of a company owning multiple convenience store and retail gas station locations, including extensive due diligence.. She is actively involved with the Venture Forum in Worcester, Massachusetts. Libbie is a 2013 recipient of the Suffolk University faculty-awarded Leo J. Wyman Memorial Award for dedication to the advancement of the civic and professional responsibilities of a lawyer.

Devon A. Kinnard is a Partner at Seder & Chandler practicing in the Banking and Finance, and Business Law, areas.  Devon’s practice focuses on commercial transactions, including bilateral and syndicated asset-based and commercial real estate loans; private securities offerings and debt and equity capitalizations; joint ventures; mergers and acquisitions; and other corporate transactions arising out of the day-to-day operations of his business clients.  He serves as outside general counsel to a number of closely-held business organizations, state and federally-chartered credit unions and banks, and private and mezzanine financiers, in connection with both internal corporate and transactional-based matters.. Devon assists both commercial lenders and borrowers in structuring, negotiating and documenting a wide variety of both small- and large-scale credit facilities and loans, including those involving complex, multi-tranche credit facilities; commercial real estate and construction loans; asset-based loan facilities; U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and quasi-governmental agency guarantees and loans; accounts receivable financings and specialized healthcare receivable financings; and inventory and equipment-based facilities.  He also represents lenders and borrowers in foreign and domestic letter of credit matters, and in sophisticated cross-border financings and intercreditor arrangements.. Devon also represents private equity funds in connection with formation, structuring, offering, subscription and investment syndication matters, and is often engaged to prepare private placement memorandums (PPMs) and other offering documents concerning securities exempt from registration under various federal and state (“blue sky”) securities laws.. Devon has represented both secured and unsecured trade creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, and he is often engaged by his lending clients in complex work-outs and financial restructurings, and in other matters involving bringing troubled credit relationships back to performing status.  Devon’s experience and practice focus also involves the specialized area of franchise law, and he represents various institutional lenders and franchisees in connection with franchise disclosure documents (FDDs) and licensing, royalty and other franchise-related matters.. *****The content on this profile may be considered attorney advertising under the rules of the local jurisdiction.

Austin Joyce has trial experience with Reardon, Joyce & Akerson,
P.C. in federal and state trial courts involving civil and criminal
matters with appellate experience in federal and state courts. Austin is
a general practice attorney with emphasis on police misconduct and
discrimination cases. Before joining Reardon, Joyce & Akerson P.C.,
Austin gained experience with various aspects of probate, criminal law,
estate and fiduciary taxes, foreclosures, residential real estate, civil
litigation, corporate law, UCC practice, banking law, and legal
research with the Law Offices of Austin M. Joyce in Auburn, MA. Website:

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Worcester and surrounding areas.