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I combine sensitivity, practical legal advice, and tenacious advocacy to achieve the best possible result for every client I serve. I will give you honest, informative advice and answers to all of your legal questions whether it be during an office meeting, telephone call or in court. My goal is to help you gain an understanding of the legal process and a realistic expectation of the possible outcomes, followed by the best, personalized legal representation for your situation.

Considered a fixer in Massachusetts family law, Matthew P. Barach is an esteemed family law trial and appellate attorney. He is the Founder and Principal of Barach Law Group LLC, a boutique law firm dedicated to excellence in family law.. With over 24 years of family law experience, Matt regularly appears before Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester, Suffolk and Essex County Family Law Courts.. He also appears before the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the First Circuit of Appeals.. His prestigious career includes winning two landmark family law cases in the Commonwealth pertaining to the New Alimony Reform Act and child custody - removal of a minor child from the Commonwealth (George v George and Miller v Miller).. As the author of The Family Law Guide to Appellate Practice published by the American Bar Association, Matt shares his family law appellate expertise with other lawyers to help them navigate this highly specialized and complex area of law.Matt is a SuperLawyer and is ranked as a Top 10 Family Law Attorney in Massachusetts by the American Jurist Institute, and as a Top 100 Lawyer in America by the American Society of Legal Advocates. He is also regularly granted the highest distinction on .. His many articles have appeared in the Massachusetts Family Law Journal and Lawyers Monthly to name only a few publications.. His podcast about divorce law It’s a Mistake can be found on iTunes.. Matt regularly speaks on areas in family law. He has given MCLE presentations, spoken before Senior Justice, the Social Law Library and nationally for the American Bar Association.. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Clark University, Matt received the H. Donaldson Jordan Prize (1992) for excellence in writing and earned his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.. Matt is an avid golfer who enjoys spending time with his wife and children at their Boston suburb home. His goal is to appear before the United States Supreme Court in a family law appeal.

Litigation in the fields of Family Law, Personal Injury, Criminal Matters and Bankruptcy.

Rhonda Levey represents clients in all areas of family law, including divorce, child custody, alimony, paternity, and child support cases. Before entering private practice, Rhonda worked 13 years as a prosecuting attorney for the Department of Social Services. Rhonda is an experienced litigator and has tried many complex divorces and highly contested custody cases. Rhonda aggressively represents her clients whether at trial or during settlement negotiations to help them achieve their goals.

Disputes within the family are hard. Many of my clients are amidst the most trying times of their life, and faced with so many crucial decisions, it is important to have someone by your side who is really listening. There is no one-size-fits-all solution, and I work tirelessly not only to advise my clients as to what their options are in the moment, but also what impact these choices may have moving forward. What the next chapter looks like is entirely up to you, and I promise to do everything in my power to get you there.

Sheena has practiced exclusively in the area of Family Law for the entirety of her legal career. She represents clients in family law disputes such as divorce, custody, child support, alimony, modification, paternity, guardianships and contempt cases. She is a compassionate attorney who understands the emotions involved in divorce and family law matter. She is extremely passionate about helping clients work through the most difficult times of their lives. She strives to provide her clients with both thoughtful and realistic strategies with both short term and long-term goals.

My central objective in practicing law is the creative application of legal and practical methods to resolve problems for clients.  At all times, my goal is to provide efficient, innovative and successful strategies to obtain a resolution favorable to our clients.. I am a member of the law firm of Nigro, Pettepit & Lucas, LLP, in Wakefield, MAssachusetts, where I focus my practice on Probate and Family Law.  My domestic relations practice includes litigation, conciliation, mediation, arbitration, Antenuptial Agreements, divorce, custody and modification.. I have been a conciliator with the Essex County Bar Association since 1998 and with the Middlesex County Bar Association since the inception of its Conciliation Program.  I serve as Lead Trainer in both Essex and Middlesex Counties and have worked as a trainer and mentor, helping to establish Conciliation Programs in Barnstable, Bristol, Berkshire, Worcester and Norfolk Counties.  I received my qualification as Conciliation Trainer through the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution (MODR) and am also a trained mediator and arbitrator.  I provide conciliation services as a volunteer and mediation and arbitration services on a private pay basis.. For over 70 years, the Massachusetts law office of Nigro, Pettepit & Lucas, LLP has assisted individuals, families, and business with numerous legal issues.  As skilled in negotiation as we are with litigation, we advocate staunchly on behalf of all our clients, no matter how prolonged or complex the case.  In fact, many of our new clients are referred by former ones, or by other attorneys who were impressed by the quality of our professional services.

Practices law with the utmost integrity, diligence, reasonableness, mental toughness, and cost sensitivity.

Peter Delano practices family law throughout Massachusetts as an associate attorney at Callahan, Barraco, and Inman PC.  He is a 2012 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and a veteran of the United States Air Force.  Before practicing family law, Peter represented low-income workers in class action employment cases in Massachusetts and around the country.

Jenna’s goal is to help her clients navigate through difficult times in their lives and guide them toward achieving their long-term goals. Jenna represents clients in complex domestic cases involving divorce, custody, child support, alimony, property division, paternity and parenting issues, post-judgment modifications, guardianships, and contempt.. She is passionate about making a positive impact on her clients by helping them get to a place where they can move forward with their lives. Jenna understands that ideal outcomes often differ greatly from case to case and from person to person. Her approach is therefore firmly client focused. As she develops relationships with her clients, Jenna learns their goals, positions, and perspective on their case to develop a strong strategy that allows her clients to get the best possible outcome for their case.. While always having a primary focus on family law matters, Jenna has a wide array of experience in domestic relations, criminal defense, civil litigation, and appellate practice in both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire. This experience allows her to foresee ancillary and potential future issues which may arise in family law disputes and assist her clients in planning accordingly.

After graduating from Suffolk University with a Bachelors of Science in Criminology and Law, Julie made use of her intuitive troubleshooting skills and creative mind by working for Apple, Inc. as a Lead Creative Trainer in South Florida. A geek by nature, Julie started her own technology consulting and education company, Mac Girl Consulting, in 2008 after she left Apple to pursue her dreams of becoming a lawyer. In law school, Julie earned the privilege of becoming an Academic Excellence Honors Fellow where she worked with struggling first year law students as a mentor and coach, teaching them the art of being a law student, including life and time management skills, and legal analysis and writing skills.. Julie earned her law degree from New England Law | Boston.. She is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts Bar, a member of the Boston Bar Association and the Mass Bar Association, and attends continuing legal education programs often.. Julie volunteers with Crittenton Women’s Union as a mentor. She is a fitness enthusiast, avid runner, and self proclaimed cupcake junkie. Julie writes on her personal blog  about her previous life as a law student in Boston.. From personal experience, Julie is sympathetic to the emotional challenges people face in family matters such as divorce, and thus uses her creative thinking to see all sides of a situation in order to provide the best solutions for her humans.

Experienced attorney skilled in all aspects of family law, including uncontested and contested divorces, custody, child support, modifications, alimony, and division of assets in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Also experienced in assiting clients successfully obtain or defend 209A Abuse Prevention Orders, Harrassment Prevention Orders, and violations of Abuse Prevention Orders.

Attorney Helinski has handled cases in District Court, Municipal Court, Superior Court, the Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, Probate and Family Court, United States District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.  He has tried 10-12 jury trials a year on average and has professional relationships with prosecutors, judges, clerks, probation officers and others in court of the Commonwealth.  He does not relegate clients to office staff but deals directly with the client without limitation.  Attorney Helinski is selective about cases that he takes and limits representation to clients who are the right fit.  He invests himself in every case he accepts.

We help thousands of intended parents from all over the world fulfill their dream of starting a family.  Attorney Leslie Lightholder has specialized in reproductive law since 2006, and is licensed to practice in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. She has extensive experience drafting and negotiating gestational carrier agreements, representing both intended parents and carriers. Licensed in two jurisdictions, Leslie routinely obtains Pre-Birth Orders for clients and appears in both the Massachusetts Probate & Family Court, and also in the Family Division of the Connecticut Superior Courts.  Leslie’s practice often involves complicated international surrogacy arrangements during which she collaborates with attorneys in her clients’ home countries to assist in establishing their legal rights as parents both in the U.S. and abroad.  She also has many years of experience advising intended parents on insurance coverage for a surrogate pregnancy.  Leslie’s experience, combined with her contacts on both the professional and judicial side of reproductive law gives her clients the best possible advantage.  Her attention to detail and deep understanding and appreciation of the human elements involved are what separate Leslie from her peers.. Attorney Lightholder graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1998, and received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Western New England University School of Law in 2001.  After being admitted to both the Massachusetts and Connecticut bar, Leslie began her legal career serving as a Judicial Law Clerk, providing legal research and draft decisions to the judges then presiding in the Massachusetts Juvenile and Probate and Family Courts.  She also served for a year as an Assistant Clerk running the Magistrate Court Sessions in the Windham Judicial District of the Connecticut Superior Court.  Leslie’s time spent in these courts helps to give her practice a practical and realistic perspective on the law.  Leslie joined the firm in 2006, and since then has exclusively practiced reproductive law, with a particular focus on gestational carrier agreements and parentage orders.  In 2012, Leslie was named a Partner in the firm.  Most recently, she was invited to author a chapter on surrogacy and gestational carrier arrangements in the 2017 edition of the MCLE (Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education) book: Adoption and Reproductive Technology Law in Massachusetts, which is currently pending publication.. Outside of the office, Leslie and her husband happily have their hands full with their their three children, which includes a set of boy/girl twins, and 2 cats. When not rushing the kids to a dance rehearsal, gymnastics, taekwondo, or to the soccer field, Leslie enjoys baking, watching movies, binge watching TV drama series, and starting knitting projects.