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“I believe that every United States citizen deserves a fighting chance. I am confident in my abilities to handle each and every client's case diligently, paying close attention to detail, to fight for and protect the constitutional rights of the citizens of Massachusetts”. - Adam D. Schmaelzle, Esq.

Your problems are my problems.  I will take the time to get to know you, your situation and treat you with respect and understanding.  I will help you obtain the best results for you and your family. Your case will always be a priority and you will always have direct access to me and receive timely responses. Let me help you navigate through the family court in a manner that lessons your stress and decreases the emotional turmoil that goes hand in hand with issues of divorce, separation, custody/visitation, support, alimony, and DCF investigations.

Tony Dragga joined Bowditch & Dewey, LLP in 2014 after graduating from Boston College Law School. While in law school, Tony clerked for the General Counsel’s office at Northeastern University (Fall 2013), and earned a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education.. Tony worked as a Summer Associate for Bowditch & Dewey, LLP (Summer 2013) and as a student fellow for the Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau (Summer 2012). Prior to his legal career, Tony was a teacher and administrator at the Nativity Preparatory School of New Bedford.

The law firm of Peter Ventura, Attorney at Law, concentrates exclusively on personal injury claims and litigation in central Massachusetts and Metro West. Peter Ventura’s 25 years of experience with the investigation and presentation of accident and negligence claims, the resolution of insurance disputes, and the proof of damages for all kinds of injuries can represent a significant advantage for our firm’s clients.

Thank you for visiting my Avvo profile. I am a 1999 graduate of Syracuse University and a 2002 graduate of Albany Law School. My office currently represents clients in the areas of residential real estate (buyers, sellers, lenders), estate planning, bankruptcy, and family law. Please feel free to contact my office with any questions.

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Scott Cashman is the Tax Manager for the firm’s Estate, Financial and Tax Planning practice area. He is responsible for the preparation and oversight of all fiduciary, individual and corporate income returns as well as estate and gift tax and nonprofit tax compliance. Scott also represents clients in audits before federal and state taxing authorities.. In addition to working with the Estate, Financial and Tax Planning practice area, Scott trains new associates in tax compliance as well as serves as a tax and accounting resource for the entire firm.. Prior to joining Bowditch & Dewey Scott's law practice focused on domestic and international tax planning and compliance for individuals, trusts and estates, estate & gift taxation, intergenerational wealth transfer strategies and the structuring of domestic business transactions.. Scott serves in the United States Army Reserves as a Judge Advocate where he currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Scott deployed to Central Asia in 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Scott was also appointed and served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York from 2003-2004.

Saman S. Wilcox is an Associate Attorney at Hebert Law Offices, where she focuses her practice exclusively in family law matters and represents clients in in divorce, custody, child support, alimony, modification, paternity and contempt cases. Attorney Wilcox has experience in dealing with high conflict matters that involve allegations of physical and sexual abuse, allegations of parental alienation and allegations of alcohol and substance abuse. Attorney Wilcox additionally defends and obtains 209A Restraining Orders, 258E Anti-Harassment Orders and litigates a range of criminal and appellate matters in addition to her practice of family law.. Attorney Wilcox earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Legal Studies from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 2015, Attorney Wilcox earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts School of Law.Attorney Wilcox served as a Judicial Law Clerk in Salem District Court and Worcester District Court during her law school career. In law school, she served as a Staff Editor to the UMASS Law Review and as a representative of the Student Bar Association.. From 2019-2024, Attorney Wilcox has been selected to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. In 2018, Attorney Wilcox was awarded the Clients’ Security Board’s William J. LeDoux Award for her pro bono work in recouping two clients’ awards in personal injury cases. Upon graduation from law school in 2015, she was awarded the Leader of Justice Award by the University of Massachusetts School of Law for completing over 200 hours of pro bono work. In 2014, she was awarded the Adams Pro Bono Public Award. After law school, Attorney Wilcox joined a firm where she focused her practice on medical malpractice, nursing home litigation, personal injury.Attorney Wilcox strives to ensure that her clients are met with compassion, understanding and fierce advocacy. She is also able to serve clients who primarily speak Urdu and Hindi.. Attorney Wilcox is an active member of the community and sits on the board of the Worcester Youth Center. In 2018-2019, she served as a Mentor for the Massachusetts Bar Association Tiered Community Mentoring Program in Worcester. She is also a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Worcester Bar Association. She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Ryan R. Scambio practices criminal law and serious bodily injury. Call him today at for a case evaluation. Attorney Scambio provides viable trial solutions at a reasonable rate.

Prior to becoming a lawyer I received my BS in Social Work and worked for DCF for 4 years. I have logged thousands of hours in the courtroom and sucessfually taken over 100 cases to jury trial.  If you are charged with a crime or your are being investigated by DCF you want my knowledge and experience fighting for you.  Call now for a free 1/2 hour consultation.

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.

People do not hesitate to call me when they need legal advice.  I understand the incredible stress they are under and will always take the call.  I am good at identifying the precise type of legal assistance people need and either helping them or sending them in the right direction.  My practice areas are divorce and family law, employment law, business disputes, consumer protection issues, restraining orders, professional licensure actions, and probate litigation.  I do not handle criminal matters or wills/estates.

My areas of concentration are commercial and civil litigation, commercial and residential real estate and business planning. Over the years, I have been involved in multiple areas of civil law which I am now able to effectively use in the course of representing client's in their litigation matters.. In addition to my years as an attorney, I have been fortunate to found and operate several businesses of my own, both local and and national, including OVO USA (as ski helmet company) and BABA restaurant.  That experience is a benefit to my clients (usually small-medium sized businesses) who need assistance in strategic planning in the startup, purchase, distribution, marketing, financing and sale of their business as well as commercial contract and lease drafting and negotiation.. I have tried cases and/or appeared before most state and federal courts and tribunals in the Commonwealth including the Superior, District, and Probate Courts, the Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court; the United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court. In addition, I have represented clients before the Department of Industrial Accidents, the ABCC, DEP, the United States Department of Defense, and the Social Security Administration.. I was born and raised in Maryland. I moved to Massachusetts in 1981 for law school and have been a fan of all things New England ever since.

My practice predominantly focuses on family law and criminal defense and I pride myself on being efficient.  Your time and mine are valuable and I like to work a case as thoroughly as possible without wasting excessive time and money.. While many people view their job as just that, a job, my career is a passion, therefore, I teach at a local community college.  There, I try to pass on the importance of understanding how and why things are done, hoping to inspire others to make choices that will garner positive results.

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

Mary Feeney’s practice focuses on real estate development and land use, construction services, general representation of colleges, universities, and secondary schools, commercial and retail leasing, facilities-related regulatory, code and licensing matters, and transactional matters for higher education and other non-profit organizations. Mary has extensive experience representing colleges, universities and secondary schools in business, operational, regulatory, and licensing matters. She specializes in construction, real estate, student and academic affairs, including faculty relations, and governance matters drawing on her practice for over ten years as a University Attorney at the Office of the General Counsel at Harvard University and the representation of local and regional colleges and universities and non-profit organizations. Mary recently represented a land trust in the acquisition of 12.5 acres from a municipality for the purpose of preservation, public access and education, sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry, and responsible environmental stewardship, including preparation of draft Town Meeting votes and providing advice on possible bid challenges under the public procurement laws.  She also recently drafted and negotiated 95 year ground lease for development of an environmental center on a college campus and drafted and negotiated a construction contract for development of a new facility with a project cost of $25 million. For a college consortium, Mary negotiated a purchase agreement for land and drafted and negotiated a Design-Build Agreement for the development of a $13.5 million library annex/book depository.  Mary has advised non-profit boards on governance matters including board restructuring and comprehensive bylaw revisions. Mary is a frequent lecturer on education law, zoning, real estate, construction and regulatory topics. She has been selected by her peers to be included among the Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2015 editions in the field of Education Law.

Mark Powers concentrates his practice in commercial law, creditors’ rights and business litigation, with extensive experience as lead trial attorney in the Bankruptcy, U.S. District and Massachusetts Superior Courts. Mark advises clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, clean energy, manufacturing, professional services, healthcare and retail. He has extensive experience preparing and negotiating commercial documents in a broad range of business transactions.He regularly represents banks, financial institutions, utilities, creditors’ committees, landlords, bankruptcy trustees and business debtors in state and federal courts. In addition to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, he has successfully represented clients in the Bankruptcy Courts in the Districts of New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware and the Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Maria Rockwell focuses her practice on all aspects of probate and domestic relations cases as well as all aspects of civil appeals. She works with clients from the initial interview through settlement negotiations, trial, post-judgment motions, appeals and collection of judgments. Clients turn to Maria not only to protect their interests, from custody to proper distribution of estate post-separation, but also to guide them through challenging life changes.Several of Maria’s cases have resulted in published decisions in the Massachusetts Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court. The Probate and Family Court has appointed Maria to represent incompetent litigants and serve as guardian ad litem to investigate and report to the Court involving matters relating to wills, trusts, probate accounts and child related issues in custody disputes.Maria currently serves on the Committee for Public Counsel Services’ Children and the Law Program appellate panel. She has participated in numerous continuing legal education programs and also served on a panelist on seminars relating to paternity, guardianships and trusts.

Lynette Paczkowski concentrates her practice on all aspects of civil litigation. She has significant experience in the areas of business litigation and construction litigation, and has represented property owners, contractors and subcontractors in construction projects and disputes.Over several years, she has handled over 50 matters for an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world.

Lou Ciavarra is the immediate past Managing Partner of the Firm and now the Leader of the Litigation Practice Area. For almost 30 years he has advised businesses on avoiding and, when necessary, litigating business disputes. Lou has tried and won numerous jury and bench trials in federal and state courts on matters involving complex business disputes, intellectual property disputes, construction disputes and securities fraud. He has also represented professionals and firms in the securities industry before FINRA and state regulatory authorities. Lou’s practice often involves counseling business clients on employment matters, protection of intellectual property, contract negotiations and "bet the company" litigation. Lou has the highest Martindale & Hubbell Peer Review ranking of  AV Preeminent, 5.0, and has been selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers each year since its inception in 2004. Only five percent of the lawyers in a state are so selected each year. He has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Intellectual Property. Active in federal court practice, he is a former President of the Federal Bar Association - Massachusetts. When Lou was Managing Partner of the Firm, the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus named him a “Good Guys” honoree for his ongoing commitment and partnership in achieving equality for women. He is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), an invitation-only honorary society that includes less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.. Representative cases that Lou has handled include a copyright infringement trial on behalf of a software client; an action to enjoin unlawful competition and protection of trade secrets; defense in a suit by the acquirer of a subsidiary of our client alleging breach of contract and a claim of securities fraud against our client.

Katie Szewczyk concentrates her practice in all areas of estate and related tax planning, long-term care planning, special needs and disability planning as well as business succession planning. In addition, Katie assists her clients with estate and trust administration, elder law and probate litigation matters.

Katie Calo focuses her practice on all aspects of family law including divorce litigation, child custody, and domestic relations law. She works with clients from initial consultation through resolution to ensure the most swift and amicable resolution possible whether through litigation or mediation. Katie regularly appears in the probate, district, housing and superior courts of all Massachusetts counties on behalf of her clients. She has extensive courtroom experience having previously worked with justices in Worcester, Norfolk and Bristol counties as a judicial law clerk for the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Department.. While attending the New England School of Law, she interned for the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, an independent state agency of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that helps people with mental disabilities protect their rights and obtain appropriate services. She also participated in the law school’s Mental Health Law Clinic program and tutored in its Charles Hamilton Houston Enrichment Program.

Kathryn Toomey is an attorney in the central Massachusetts area. The daughter of the Honorable Daniel F. Toomey, she grew up in Holden, Massachusetts with a healthy respect and an in-depth knowledge of the legal system. She graduated from Wachusett Regional High School and spent her undergraduate years between UMass-Amherst, University of Hawaii and abroad for international programs in France.  After graduation from Suffolk University Law School in 2000, Ms. Toomey had the pleasure of being sworn in as a licensed attorney by her father, and many people thought she would follow in his footsteps by practicing criminal law and becoming a judge. While she upholds the same ethics and reverence for the law instilled in her by her father, she has chosen a slightly different career path.. Ms. Toomey has been practicing law since 2001.  Her areas of expertise include real estate, personal injury and basic estate planning.  Her work experience began at Burns & Farrey, one of the larger firms in Worcester, as an associate attorney where she spent many years learning both litigation and probate matters.   Five years later, she choose to gain a different perspective by working at a general practice firm, Eden & Rafferty, where she solidified a career consisting of real estate, representing lenders, buyers and sellers; personal injury, representing both the plaintiffs and defendants; and simple estate planning, including drafting wills, powers of attorney and trusts.. In November of 2006, Ms. Toomey opened the doors to her own practice in downtown Worcester.  She has an active practice performing real state closings throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, working with several area lenders, and with the buyers or sellers personally. She is a title agent for Old Republic Title Insurance.  Ms. Toomey also continues to work actively in the fields of personal injury and estate planning.

Joseph Ransom focuses his practice on all aspects of commercial 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.He recently represented a client in the purchase and sale of two commercial buildings for several million dollars.

John Shoro's practice emphasizes estate, gift and generation-skipping tax planning, business tax planning, individual income tax planning, long term care planning, elder law and trust and estate administration. He also handles tax matters related to the sale, acquisition and reorganization of businesses.. John is listed in Best Lawyers in America and named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer.. John was named by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts to serve on an Ad Hoc Committee to study and report to the Court on Bosch litigation.