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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jeffrey S. Raphaelson is a trial lawyer with over twenty-five years experience resolving business disputes and complex, serious personal injury matters. Mr. Raphaelson focuses his commercial litigation practice on breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, unfair and fraudulent business practices, and insurance disputes. His personal injury practice concentrates on catastrophic injury and wrongful death, product liability, automobile accident cases, and medical malpractice.. Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly named Mr. Raphaelson a "Lawyer of the Year" in 2010. He earned a Top Ten Jury Verdict in Massachusetts in 2007, establishing liability against a United States escalator manufacturer for a defective escalator manufactured and installed in the People’s Republic of China. He earned a Top Ten Jury Verdict in Massachusetts in 2010, establishing liability against a Worcester hospital for failure to properly diagnose and treat a stroke and cancer patient. Mr. Raphaelson was selected to the 2006, 2013 through 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers lists, as reported by "Super Lawyers".. Mr. Raphaelson has been a panelist or presenter on trial advocacy for the Boston Bar Association and Worcester County Bar Association. He is a graduate of University of Vermont (1984) and Boston University School of Law (1988), where he received the G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholar Award.

Jeff graduated with a degree in political science from Northeastern University in 1992 and attended law school at Suffolk University graduating in 1995. His earliest legal experience includes serving as an Assistant District Attorney and prosecuting cases throughout Worcester County. After leaving the DAs office in 2001, Attorney Head was appointed as an Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Worcester, where he focused on issues related to real estate, permitting and zoning. Jeff was in private practice from 2001 to 2006 as a transactional attorney handling both residential and commercial real estate matters. From 2006 to 2014 Attorney Head was employed by a regional title insurance company, initially as Title Counsel and then Claims Counsel. In this role Jeff handled many complex real estate matters and managed title-related litigation. Jeff’s breadth of experience as a real estate lawyer allows him to provide clients with high quality representation that is both cost efficient and effective.

In 2012 I joined the staff of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the Public Defender agency in Massachusetts.  I am a trial attorney in the Worcester CPCS Superior Court office.

I have been in the criminal justice system for over 36 years.  I practice primarily in criminal defense but also take personal injury cases and excessive force cases/ civil rights cases working closely with a civil rights attorney in the Worcester area. Prior to becoming an attorney I was a police officer for 23 years where I was assigned to 3 regional drug task forces working undercover for approximately 7 1/2 years   As a police officer I was trained in fingerprint recovery by the Federal Bureau of investigations and the Massachusetts State police, trained in advanced field sobriety testing and was a certified breathalyzer operator.  I was also trained in sexual assault investigations, homicide investigations, crime scene investigations, drug investigations by the DEA, Mass State Police, and the Criminal Justice Training Council.  I utilize these trainings in the defense of my client.. After leaving police work after 23 1/2 years of service and prior to becoming an attorney I was also the senior global investigator for a fortune 500 company directing investigations in 228 locations worldwide.  2013 to 2017 I was chosen as rising star by Super lawyers along with several other awards from the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys.. I have offices located in Worcester and Boston and work as Of Counsel at Dhar Law LLP. Dhar Law handling criminal defense cases.

I devote my practice to criminal defense, and I am dedicated to providing the highest quality service.  Call for a free consultation.

I concentrate my practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, and business representation and planning. In the area of estate planning, my range of practice varies from the simple will to sophisticated estate planning, including revocable, irrevocable and charitable trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, and family limited partnerships. In the business area, I counsels clients on business formations, transactions, asset purchases and sales, employment agreements, contracts, buy-sell agreements and leases.

I began practicing as a Domestic Relations/Family Law Attorney in 1988. Since that time, my firm and I have been involved in more than 3,000 cases involving family law issues including divorce, custody, child support, alimony, domestic violence, adoption and enforcement of Court judgments.. We take a practical and professional approach to the application of the law. We care about our clients and their families.

I am an associate attorney at Schwartz & Plante.. I received my B.A. from Boston University in 2007, and her J.D. from Western New England College School of Law in 2010. While in law school, I served on the executive board of the Family Law Association as the Treasurer and Community Outreach Coordinator and served as a student member of the Faculty-Student Admissions Committee.. Prior to and upon admission to the bar in 2011, I gained first-hand experience in the area of domestic relations and family law, by working first as a paralegal and subsequently as an associate attorney at the Law Office of Russell P. Schwartz. Thereafter, I advanced my litigation skills by working in the areas of personal injury law, labor relations, family law and civil litigation while working as an associate attorney in a local civil litigation practice in Worcester, Massachusetts. I participated in contested motion hearings as well as in multi-day trials in the Massachusetts District, Probate and Family, and Superior Courts. Additionally, I represented clients in contested arbitrations and mediations. She was admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in April 2018.. In January 2019, I returned to Schwartz & Plante (formerly the Law Office of Russell P. Schwartz) as an Associate Attorney where I practice in all areas of Domestic Relations, including, but not limited to divorce, child custody, modifications and contempt matters.

I am a Massachusetts attorney practicing Worker's Compensation for 28 years.  My practice focuses on Worker's Compensation litigation and education.  My practice covers the entire state (all five regional offices).  I have been published on multiple occasions on Workers' Compensation topics.  I lecture annually at seminars and train insurers and employers nationwide.  I am a proud fellow of The College of Workers' Compensation Attorneys and on the Advisory Board of Kids' Chance MA.  I am active in the Massachusetts Bar Association, Worcester County Bar Association and Kids' Chance of MA (Board member).  I look forward to speaking with you about your questions.. References available upon request or as listed on my web site at .. Jim Ramsey, Partner

I am a licensed Massachusetts attorney specializing in telecommunications law. I have over a decade of experience helping clients navigate the federal, state and local regulation of wireless communications facilities.. I have represented property owners and tower developers in all phases of leasing and siting of wireless telecommunications facilities.. I have appeared in planning and zoning hearings in municipalities throughout New England.

I am a criminal defense attorney who has handled a countless number of cases throughout the state courts of the Commonwealth.  As a former assistant district attorney, I understand how the Commonwealth will investigate and conduct their prosecutions.  Having tried cases on both sides of the aisle, I know what it takes in the courtroom.

Having been born and raised in Worcester County, I feel honored to be able to continue my profession in such a great location as Worcester. Also, having my son follow in my footsteps has been a lifelong dream come true.

Gemma Ypparila focuses her practice on real estate and environmental law, assisting clients on matters including property finance, leasing, conveyancing, zoning and permitting.Gemma represents a wide variety of commercial clients including those in the energy, utilities and real estate development industries. She routinely coordinates with municipal and state authorities on complex permitting and zoning issues. Gemma also has extensive experience working with residential and nonprofit clients on real property transactions with substantial tax implications.Gemma frequently counsels commercial and municipal clients on environmental regulatory compliance and enforcement matters. She represents clients in matters involving water pollution, air pollution and the development of solar and clean energy facilities. When necessary, Gemma assists with the drafting of documents for submission with various environmental appeals boards dealing with issues such as NPDES water permitting to secure favorable outcomes for clients.During law school, Gemma worked as a Summer Associate for Bowditch & Dewey, LLP and as a Legal Intern for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. She also interned at the Massachusetts State House for the House Committee of Ways and Means and served as Associate Executive Editor for the Suffolk University Moot Court Honor Board’s Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy. Gemma is a regular contributor to Bowditch & Dewey’s Commercial Real Estate Insight & News blog.

Frederick M. Misilo, Jr., is an Officer of Fletcher Tilton PC, Chairperson of the Elder Law and Special Needs Practice Group, and Chairperson of the Trust and Estate Department. He also serves on the firm's Management Committee. As one of the nation’s leading elder law and special needs attorneys, he focuses his practice on the areas of elder law, special needs planning, estate planning, estate and trust administration, guardianship, and adult service advocacy.

Former Prosecutor. Ryan Donahue is an experienced litigator who is in court every day on behalf of clients. Attorney Donahue began his career in 2010 as an Assistant District Attorney in Worcester County. During his years as a prosecutor he handled hundreds of cases from arraignment to trial in both District Court and Superior Court. Attorney Donahue has a deep understanding of how the government builds a case against an individual and what strategies will likely succeed, both in negotiations with prosecutors before trial and in arguments before a judge or jury.. Attorney Donahue has extensive experience in not only criminal defense but also in restraining order hearings, family law, and civil litigation.

Experienced litigation attorney at Christopher, Hays, Wojcik & Mavricos LLP. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the United States District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Diverse background in civil litigation, with particular emphasis on commercial litigation, construction law and business torts.

Darren Griffis protects the rights of anyone accused of a crime and anyone who has been convicted of criminal charges in both state and federal courts throughout Massachusetts. In addition to this criminal defense practice, Darren also represents college students who are facing university disciplinary proceedings for alleged violations of student codes of conduct, including allegations related to sexual misconduct.. Darren is admitted in Massachusetts and Rhode Island state courts, in the federal District of Massachusetts, and in the First Circuit Court of Appeals.