Massachusetts Lawyers Balliro Joseph to Benjamin Knox

Firm: Balliro Joseph J Atty Jr

99 Summer St , Boston , Massachusetts 02110 Zip code: 02110

Practice Areas: Lawyers

Firm: Pollack Solomon Duffy LLP

101 Huntington Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts 02199 Zip code: 02199

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime

former federal prosecutor focusing on high stakes litigation, both complex civil and white collar defense

Firm: KJC Law Firm, LLC

10 Tremont Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02108 Zip code: 02108

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice

Benjamin Duggan is a litigator and trial lawyer. Prior to joining the KJC Law Firm, Ben worked as a staff attorney for the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Ben has represented hundreds of clients in the trial courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusets, in cases ranging from drug possession and operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, to armed robbery and aggravated rape. At trial, Ben has successfully obtained not guilty verdicts on a variety of charges, including reckless operation, firearm possession, and assault with intent to murder. Ben has been equally successful in getting his clients’ cases dismissed prior to trial, prevailing in dozens of motions to dismiss and motions to suppress. And when his clients’ suffered adverse rulings, Ben obtained reversals on appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. In one particular case, Commonwealth v. Jessica McDonald, No. 13-P-1365 (Nov. 13, 2014), Ben was able to convince the Appeals Court to reverse a decision against his client, based on a cutting-edge issue in Massachusetts law related to the decriminalization of marijuana. Due to his work in the case, Ben was asked to author a guide for defense attorneys on issues related to changes in Massachusetts marijuana laws. His article, “Recent Case Law Developments Related to Marijuana,” was published in June 2015 by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education as part of their Cutting Edge Issues in Northern Massachusetts Criminal Law Practice seminar.. Ben has also worked on a wide variety of civil cases, including personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, contract, consumer protection, employment, foreclosure, and intellectual property. He has written dozens of memoranda of law regarding motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment, filed in Massachusetts District and Superior Court and the United States District Court. He has also written several appeals briefs, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.. Ben graduated summa cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in 2012. While at Suffolk, Ben was a member of the Suffolk Defenders student clinic, where he was appointed to represent indigent defendants in the Boston Municipal Court. Ben received several academic accolades, including awards for Dinstinguished Oral Advocate and Distinguished Brief. He was also a member of Suffolk’s nationally-ranked mock trial team, where he won a regional championship in the American Association for Justice’s annual competition, advanced to the regional final in the National Trial Competition, and was invited to compete, along with advocates from the top-16 mock trial programs in the country, in the “Top Gun” mock trial tournament at Baylor University, where he advanced to the semi-finals. Ben continues his involvement with Suffolk’s mock trial team by volunteering as a coach.

Firm: Sheff Law Offices, P.C.

10 Tremont St Fl 7 , Boston , Massachusetts 02108 Zip code: 02108

Practice Areas: Brain Injury

Firm: Gordon Law Group, LLP

585 Boylston Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02116 Zip code: 02116

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Contracts & Agreements, Partnership, Employment & Labor

89 N Main St , Attleboro , Massachusetts 02703 Zip code: 02703

Practice Areas: Immigration

Attorney Dowling is a Massachusetts and Rhode Island attorney with deep roots in Southeastern New England and a reputation for business savvy and pragmatism. Attorney Dowling is passionate about advocating on behalf of his clients. His service model is to work one-on-one with clients to develop creative legal and non-legal solutions to problems. Unlike attorney-client interactions with large law firms, Attorney Dowling's clients have ready access to their lawyer, over the phone, via email or in-person. Attorney Dowling represents a diverse range of companies, institutions, developers, individuals and families across many industries with a concentration in some of New England’s leading business sectors.

Firm: Bellotti Law Group, PC

189 Cambridge St , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02141 Zip code: 02141

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Divorce & Family, Criminal Defense

Firm: CUTLER & WILENSKY, LLP

175 Highland Ave Ste 303 , Needham , Massachusetts 02494 Zip code: 02494

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Parker Scheer LLP

1 Constitution Center , Boston , Massachusetts 02129 Zip code: 02129

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Bisson Law

75 Arlington Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02116 Zip code: 02116

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

As the founder of Bisson Law, attorney Barry J. Bisson focuses his practice on criminal defense and civil litigation. Mr. Bisson serves clients in Massachusetts and New York.. In his criminal law practice, Mr. Bisson represents individuals who have been charged with misdemeanors and major felonies. His civil law practice involves, contract matters as well as serving individuals who are victims of discrimination, harassment, or other employment related legal issues.. A summa cum laude graduate of Newbury College, Mr. Bisson earned his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law, where he continues to serve on the law school’s alumni board of directors.. Mr. Bisson is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Additionally, Mr. Bisson was named a 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star, which is given to 2.5% of the lawyers in the state of Massachusetts.. Outside of his law practice, Mr. Bisson is an active member of the Massachusetts legal community. He belongs to the Massachusetts Bar Association, were his is vice-chair of the Sole Practitioner & Small Firm Section. He is also an active member of the American Bar Association. Additionally, he judges numerous moot court and mock trial competitions at both the collegiate and law school levels.

Firm: Fitch Law Partners LLP

84 State Street, 11th Floor , Boston , Massachusetts 02109 Zip code: 02109

Practice Areas: Civil , Family, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family

Firm: The Law Offices of Barry Feinstein & Affiliates, P.C

100 Lowell St. , Peabody , Massachusetts 01960 Zip code: 01960

Practice Areas: Sexual Harassment, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Car Accidents, Slip and Fall Accident

The managing attorney, Barry A. Feinstein, graduated from Northeastern University in 1973, and New England School of Law in 1977. Attorney Feinstein is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States District Court of Massachusetts, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a sustaining member of American Association for Justice and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Peabody Bar Association. Attorney Feinstein is also past president of the Peabody Bar Association.

Firm: Barrales Law

98 N Washington St , Boston , Massachusetts 02114 Zip code: 02114

Practice Areas: Immigration

Firm: Black, LaFrance & Bollinger, LLC

300 TradeCenter , Woburn , Massachusetts 01801 Zip code: 01801

Practice Areas: Divorce, Family , Paternity, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Child Custody, Child Support

Barbra I. Black has been practicing law for over 31 years and is a founding member and the managing partner of Black, LaFrance & Bollinger, LLC.   Attorney Black was a former partner at the Boston, MA law firm of Burns & Levinson, LLP, where she practiced for over eight years in the firm's Divorce and Family Law group. Prior to that, she was a solo practitioner for several years, focusing her practice in the area of domestic relations litigation.. Attorney Black concentrates her practice in the areas of divorce & family law in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Attorney Black has extensive litigation and trial experience and handles a variety of family law cases involving complex and diverse issues. Attorney Black's divorce & family law practice includes, but is not limited to, prenuptial & postnuptial agreements, joint petitions for divorce, contested divorce actions, same sex divorce actions, custody and or child support cases and modification and contempt cases. Ms. Black is a member of the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Bar Associations and the Massachusetts Family and Probate Inns of Court. She is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Brandeis University. Attorney Black has been selected as a "Super Lawyer" as published in Boston Magazine for the past several years.

Firm: Healy, Fiske, Richmond & Matthew, LLP

43 Thorndike Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02141

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family, Alimony, Mediation

Firm: Sneider Kellman PC

822 Boylston St Ste 300 , Chestnut Hill , Massachusetts 02467 Zip code: 02467

Practice Areas: Family, Child Custody, Divorce & Separation, Marriage & Prenuptials, Mediation

Combining sensitivity with razor-sharp representation, Attorney Barbara Kellman has established a reputation in Massachusetts family law courts as the go-to lawyer for fixing seemingly unfixable legal problems. She has practiced law for 30 years and mediation for more than 20 years. As General Counsel to New England Deaconess Hospital, and, later, Counsel to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, Barbara was involved in countless disputes and is known for negotiating favorable resolutions and winning contentious legal battles. Barbara has been representing individual men and women in divorce and family law matters, and providing mediation to separating and divorcing couples in her current location since 2010. She believes strongly that individuals can learn and grow from the sometimes painful, and always life-changing experiences of separation and divorce. And she is always alert to ways of helping her clients move forward, whether in mediation or litigation.

101 Federal Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02110 Zip code: 02110

Practice Areas: Insurance , Labor , Professional Malpractice, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance

Barbara O'Donnell has more than 20 years of experience in matters of insurance coverage, extra contractual liability, insurance agent/broker liability, employment, and professional liability law. Ms. O'Donnell's practice is regional, and she has handled matters in several state and federal courts and before administrative and arbitration tribunals.Ms. O'Donnell's insurance coverage practice includes the resolution and litigation of a broad range of liability coverage issues under commercial, specialty lines, professional, directors and officers, employment practices, and other standard form and manuscript policies. She regularly advises and represents insurers in complex coverage disputes involving allocation issues, primary/excess obligations, advertising injury coverage, additional and other insured questions, application misrepresentation defenses, and the application of exclusions under claims made and occurrence based policies.  Ms. O'Donnell also counsels insurers concerning claims handling obligations and effective ways to minimize exposure to extra contractual liability claims.Drawing on the breadth of her insurance coverage and industry experience, Ms. O'Donnell also drafts policy forms and endorsements for insurers.   Ms. O'Donnell also prepares and presents custom tailored training programs for insurance professionals on claims handling best practices, emerging issues, and effective ways to resolve difficult coverage disputes.  Ms. O'Donnell's professional liability practice includes the representation of insurance agent/brokers against claims alleging the failure to procure requested or appropriate coverages.  In defending agent/brokers against these claims, Ms. O'Donnell often draws upon her insurance coverage experience to establish that the agent/broker's conduct did not cause the alleged loss in any event.     In her employment law practice, Ms. O'Donnell counsels employers about effective ways to minimize liability exposure under the expanding array of state and federal laws governing employee/employer relations. Ms. O'Donnell regularly negotiates and prepares agreements to resolve disputes, including separation, nondisclosure, and settlement agreements.Ms. O'Donnell holds leadership positions in national bar and insurance industry organizations. She is the current chair of the Reinsurance, Excess and Surplus Insurance Section of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel ("FDCC") and a past chair of the FDCC's Extra Contractual Liability Section and the ABA/TIPS Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee.  Drawing on her expertise in resolving complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes, Ms. O'Donnell served on the faculty of the FDCC's Graduate Litigation Management Program attended by senior level corporate and insurance industry litigation management professionals for a number of years. Ms. O'Donnell is the incoming co-chair of the ABA/TIPS Book Publishing Board and a liaison to the ABA Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight.  She is a past editor of TortSource, an ABA/TIPS publication, and also served for several years on the editorial board of the ABA/TIPS Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal. For over ten years, Ms. O'Donnell served as the articles editor for The CGL Reporter, a biannual International Risk Management Institute publication.. Ms. O'Donnell has also been recognized as one of the leading insurance coverage attorneys on the Massachusetts and Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers list in each of the past ten years.. Ms. O'Donnell frequently writes and speaks on emerging insurance coverage issues and effective ways to avoid or minimize bad faith liability. Her 2015 presentations included a panel discussion on "Making (and Avoiding) the Case for Bad Faith" at the February 2015 ABA/TIPS Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Meeting and moderating a program entitled "Navigating Extra Contractual Insurance Claims" at the May 2015 ABA/TIPS Spring Meeting. In February of 2014 she addressed "Current Battlegrounds in Defective Construction Coverage Disputes" at CLM's Insurance Bad Faith/Construction Conference. In March 2012, she spoke at DRI's Insurance Coverage Claims Institute on the topic "Defenses To Bad Faith Actions: Do They Exist And Do They Work" and moderated a panel discussion on "Multiple Claimants and Insufficient Limits - Can Insurers Lessen their Exposure to Bad Faith Claims" at the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Winter Meeting. Ms. O'Donnell's article entitled "Asserting the Genuine Dispute Doctrine as a Defense to Extracontractual Suits" appears in the Spring 2014 issue of DRI's For the Defense. She also authored the opening chapter on "Insurance Policy Interpretation and Construction" in the West Group/American Bar Association (ABA) treatise entitled "The Law and Practice of Insurance Coverage Litigation". Ms. O'Donnell's article entitled "The First Wave of Decisions Interpreting Employment Practices Liability Policies" appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of The Brief, an ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) publication.. Ms. O'Donnell received her B.A., with distinction, from the University of Virginia and her J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School.  She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Ms. O'Donnell also holds a Martindale-Hubble AV (preeminent) rating.

Firm: Scheier & Katin, P.C.

Attorneys at Law , Acton , Massachusetts 01720 Zip code: 01720

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Law Office of Barbara L. Horan

800 Hingham Street , Rockland , Massachusetts 02370 Zip code: 02370

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Steffans Legal - The Employment Law Firm

10 Wendell Ave Ext Suite 208 , Pittsfield , Massachusetts 01201

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination

Ben Steffans was born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised there and in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As a youth, Ben Steffans enjoyed playing nearly all sports, eventually focusing on soccer and having the opportunity to play soccer throughout Europe and in Brazil. Ben Steffans graduated from Michigan State University in 2003 with highest honors and with degrees in History and Latin. He graduated from Boston College Law School in 2006.. Prior to practicing law, Ben Steffans held a number of jobs, including waiting tables (Chili’s and Macaroni Grill), shelving books in a book warehouse, selling books in a bookstore, and working in a pizza restaurant.. In 2006, Ben Steffans began practicing law at Butzel Long in Detroit, Michigan, a large international law firm. During his time at Butzel, Ben Steffans focused solely on employment law, learning how to defend employment claims and advise employers from some of the country’s best employment lawyers. While at Butzel, Ben Steffans represented only employers in employment disputes, focusing on those in the automotive, retail, manufacturing, educational, financial, and construction fields.  During that time, Ben wrote countless employee handbooks, employment contracts, employment policies, and non-compete agreements for employers of all sizes.  He also provided day-to-day counseling for those clients on how to comply with state and federal employment laws.. In 2011, Ben Steffans founded Detroit City Football Club along with four friends. DCFC plays semi-professional soccer in Detroit and has become the darling of the U.S. Soccer community. In 2016, DCFC averaged over 6,500 in paid attendance and reached the national semifinals of the National Premier Soccer League.. In 2012, Ben Steffans began practicing law at Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP, again focusing almost exclusively on employment law. This time, however, Ben Steffans began representing employees in all sorts of claims against their employers, including harassment, retaliation, discrimination, and wage-and-hour claims.  In 2017, Ben Steffans started Steffans Legal.. For Ben Steffans, being a lawyer has offered an unexpected opportunity for personal connection. Ben Steffans’s down-to-earth approach makes him easy to talk to and allows him to work closely with his clients through what are often difficult and stressful times.  Ben Steffans’s clients know him to be personable, enthusiastic, funny (sometimes), tenacious (always), honest, direct, efficient, and effective.  Some of them have even become close friends.. In his spare time, Ben Steffans enjoys watching true crime programs, doting on his dog Elliot, and running.  Ben Steffans currently is trying to run (not always fast) a half marathon in all 50 states. To date, he’s tackled Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico.