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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

George Tetler has extensive experience representing business and real estate entities in a wide range of business planning and transactional matters with emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and restructurings. He represents corporate, non-profit, educational, healthcare and financial institution clients in a variety of financings, including asset-based and mortgage financing, project and construction financing, bond financing, and credit enhancement.. George also represents several financial institutions with respect to general corporate and regulatory compliance issues, formation of bank holding companies, national banking associations, and bank subsidiaries, as well as acquisitions of financial institutions. He also counsels secured and unsecured creditors, creditors' committees and debtors in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Donna Truex has been a member of Bowditch & Dewey’s Real Estate & Environmental practice area for over 15 years. She advises and represents clients in all aspects of real estate transactions, including acquisition, financing, development, permitting, construction, licensing, leasing and disposition.. Specializing in the use and development of real estate, Donna has extensive experience appearing before state and local boards and the Land Court to acquire licenses, permits, or to resolve complex title matters. Donna is also experienced before the ABCC on liquor licensing and compliance matters and the Appellate Tax Board regarding real estate tax abatement and exemption matters.

David Felper is a senior partner with Bowditch & Dewey, LLP and the Chair of the Firm's Labor & Employment and Higher Education practice area. David’s practice is concentrated in representation of management in matters including defense of discrimination and wrongful termination claims, wage and hour and OSHA complaints, non-competition agreements, contract negotiations, grievances, union organization and permissible conduct under all federal and state labor and employment laws. He represents clients in federal and state courts, at arbitration hearings, in administrative hearings before the NLRB, EEOC, MCAD, MLRC and in other federal and state administrative litigation and proceedings, including unemployment compensation and section 28 workers’ compensation hearings. David also drafts employment contracts, personnel policies and other employment-related documents. He is a frequent speaker on employment and labor law and has taught courses in the field of labor and employment law.  David has been selected by his peers to be included among the Best Lawyers in America, 2013-2015 editions in the field of Employment Law - Management.

AiVi Nguyen practices as a trial lawyer and represents businesses of all sizes and in all stages of growth, with a focus on business and employment litigation.She represents a diverse range of clients in adversarial proceedings at the trial level in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut as well as the Massachusetts Appellate Courts and in various Federal District and Circuit Courts. Her experience extends to a variety of complex business matters including breach of contract, employment and G.L. 93A disputes. She also represents clients before state regulatory and adjudicatory agencies, and has defended other attorneys before Board of Bar Overseers in disciplinary proceedings.. AiVi’s broad litigation background has provided her with an understanding of business needs in a range of industries. She counsels owners and executives of companies of all sizes on day-to-day issues and frequently acts as the firm’s point of contact for clients. She regularly provides advice with the aim of avoiding litigation, but when necessary, AiVi guides clients through each step of the litigation process, with the goal of providing the best result in the most expedient and cost-effective manner.. Worcester is AiVi’s hometown, and she is committed to its continued economic and cultural progress. In addition to chairing Bowditch & Dewey’s Diversity Committee, AiVi also serves on the City of Worcester’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, as a Trustee of Quinsigamond Community College and as a Board Member of Bottom Line’s Worcester Advisory Board.. AiVi is a leading contributor to two of the firm’s blogs: “At the Bar with Bowditch” and “LGBTQ Legal Issues.” Her opinion and legal commentary pieces are frequently featured in local publications such as .AiVi was a Summer Associate at Bowditch & Dewey, LLP in 2008. She was also a Judicial Intern for The Honorable F. Dennis Saylor, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts 2007-2008.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Worcester and surrounding areas.