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Hello! I'm Lauren J. Caisse, Esq. My training to become a Personal Family Lawyer® helps me serve you with a heart-based methodology that gives you clarity and peace of mind toward a life worth living and a legacy worth leaving.. I grew up in Foxborough, Massachusetts and I still reside locally.  I have two daughers and a son.  My youngest will be graduating high school and heading off to college in the Fall.  I enjoy seeing all of my children develop and grow into young adults.  As for me, I love to read – books, magazines if I am short on time, and research reading.  I love being outdoors and I have recently taken up gardening.  I spend a great deal of time on the soccer field watching my son play.  I was also very involved in my church in North Attleboro.­­. I spent a large part of my career as In-House Counsel for Department of Defense contractors.  After 10 years of traveling internationally, I decided it was time to make the switch to private practice.. Why do I do Estate Planning and Probate Administration?  First, I am a planner and I want to help others plan for the “what ifs”.  Second, I enjoy helping people in my local community with their personal and business legal affairs.  I enjoy meeting with my clients and working with them to develop a meaningful estate plan, to manage the probate administration process for them, to draft a contract or lease that will protect their interests, or to set up the business entity that is best for them.  My goals include educating clients along the way; making sure they leave my office with a good understanding of the matter at hand; and gettng to know my clients in order to facilitate a long-term attorney-client relationship.. As one client told me, everyone has a story.  Let me help you with yours!

STEPHEN K. WITHERS, JR., IS A PARNTER with the firm, whose practice covers a wide-range of legal fields, and focuses primarily in Estate Planning and Administration, Probate Law, Real Estate, and Small Business and Non-Profit Organizations.. Attorney Withers is actively involved in serving the Greater Attleboro Area as Chairman of the Attleboro School Committee, Rotary Club of Attleboro, Massachusetts (President, 2011-2012), President of the Board of Directors of the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, a Director of the United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, and as a member of the Sturdy Memorial Foundation, Inc.  He is a member of the Attleboro Area, Bristol County, and Massachusetts Bar Associations.. Attorney Withers graduated, cum laude, with a B.A. in History from the College of the Holy Cross in 2002, and received his J.D. from Northeastern School of Law in 2005.  Prior to joining Coogan Smith, he served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Raymond J. Brassard in the Massachusetts Superior Court, as a Legal Intern with Governor Mitt Romney’s Office of Legal Counsel, and as a Legal Intern with two medium-size Boston law firms.

Attorney Blake has been a practicing member of the Massachusetts Bar since 1974. He is a 1971 graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine and a 1974 graduate of Suffolk University School of Law in Boston.  Since 1974 he has practiced in his hometown of Attleboro, Massachusetts.  Initially he was an associate with the firm of McIntyre, Henry, Bennett & Coogan of Attleboro before succeeding to the practice of Attorney Daniel Doyle.  He has been a sole practitioner for over 30 years.. Attorney Blake has served as an officer of many local organizations including the Attleboro Scholarship Foundation, the Attleboro Rotary Club and the Attleboro Toastmasters Club.  He is the Attleboro Rotary Club president for 2010-2011.  He has also served on the governing Board of many organizations, including Bristol Community College.  He served on and chaired the City of Attleboro Zoning Board of Appeals and acted as special counsel to the Attleboro Municipal Council.

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.

I provide tempered advice with regard to issues affecting individuals and small businesses, buyers and sellers of residential real estate, estate planning, including for business succession, and probate. My services include preparation of sophisticated and simple estate plans, drafting and review of business contracts, corporate documents, counsel concerning employment matters, drafting of purchase and sale agreements and issues arising in the context of business and personal affairs, as well as probate in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Efficient collaboration with other advisors and counsel is an integral part of my practice, with the goal of enhancing a client's existing professional relationships, and assisting clients in seeking additional advisors when needed.. My states of licensure (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maryland) do not allow advertising of "specialties", but my practice includes drafting and review of various types of contracts including purchase & sale agreements, services contracts, employment agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and corporate documents and agreements, as well as estate planning instruments.

Alan is a member of the American Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA). Since 2008 he has been co-chair of MATA’s monthly luncheon speaker series and has given presentations to that group. More recently Alan was a panelist at a Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) seminar on “Lawyers in Transition”; Alan’s presentation addressed new court rules and procedures for attorneys transitioning back into practice.. Greater Boston Massachusetts litigation attorney:

Jack Merrill specializes his practice in employment law and civil litigation. Mr. Merrill counsels individuals and small businesses on employment and other matters; handles discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful discharge cases; drafts, negotiates, defends against, and litigates employment contracts; provides sexual harassment training and other educational services; drafts employment manuals; and handles a variety of civil matters (including business and real estate related matters). Mr. Merrill’s legal practice includes private consultations, and he is experienced in all Massachusetts state and federal courts, in arbitration and mediation, at the MCAD and EEOC, and in other administrative venues. He also uses his 20-plus years of experience to serve as a mediator in employment disputes. He is author of a quarterly employment law newsletter, maintains an informational employment law blog, and provides educational seminars and presentations. Mr. Merrill’s non-legal experience includes work as a newspaper reporter, researcher, and workers’ compensation administrator for the federal government. He is president of Metrowest Legal Services and has served numerous other charitable organizations during his career. Mr. Merrill graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1984 and from Northeastern University School of Law in 1993.

I am a lawyer in Wellesley, Massachusetts who strives to provide local, national and international clients with large firm quality and responsiveness in a small firm setting.  I work in three three main areas:  business and commercial law, alternative dispute resolution for business and family law ADR.. Business Law:. In addition to serving as outside general counsel to clients in a number of industries, I advise on discrete projects including:. •Business and commercial law. •Contract preparation and review. •Business organizations (business formation and dissolution, including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, representing early stage, venture-backed and established companies). •Partner and shareholder disputes. •Mergers and acquisitions of private companies. •Business financing and other transactions. •General negotiation advice. Alternative Dispute Resolution:. •Settlement counsel. •Mediation. •Arbitration. •Collaborative law (Collaborative business law). •Faciliitation of group disputes. Family Law:. •Divorce mediation. •Collaborative divorce law. •Review of mediated separation agreements. My litigation practice is limited to a strategic or litigation management mode.  I do not make court appearances.

The Needham, Massachusetts Law Office of Attorney Alan H. Segal has been providing legal services to the Greater Boston Massachusetts community for over 30 years.  Alan and his associates through the years have provided legal consultation in the areas of Massachusetts real estate law, business law, and estate planning with a sincere, personal touch to their clients.. Alan has appeared on local television, cable and the radio offering his insights on current legal issues.  He and his staff understand that finding your way through the legal system can be a complex and overwhelming task.  They take pride in being available when you need them to be “YOUR LAWYER”.. The Law Office of Alan H. Segal is conveniently located at the intersection of Route 128/95 and Highland Ave on the Newton / Needham border right next to Staples.. Greater Boston Attorney

My practice concentrates in real estate, corporate, trust and estate, and personal injury law.  I possess extensive experience in both commercial and residential real estate transactions and condominium conversions, as well as corporate law, business formation, business mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, and trust and estate matters.  In addition, I am counsel to several privately held entities in various industries (such as retail stores, restaurants, transportation companies, personal service companies and medical care providers). I am an elected Town Meeting Member in Natick, Massachusetts, and am a member of the Board of the Natick Affordable Housing Trust.  I previously served for two years as a member of the Brookline, Massachusetts Economic Development Board, a twelve-member board responsible for advising the Town Selectmen regarding business, real estate and economic development matters.  I am a member of Bet Tzedek, a program that provides pro bono legal assistance through Jewish Family and Children's Service.  I am a certified title agent of Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, and a member of both the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts.