Massachusetts Lawyers - Boston

101 Federal Street , Boston , Massachusetts 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: Sugarman & Sugarman, PC

31 St. James Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts 02116

Practice Areas: Civil , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, Defective and Dangerous Products, Defective and Dangerous Products, Defective and Dangerous Products, Defective and Dangerous Products

Ben’s practice is dedicated to the litigation and trial of personal injury cases, with an emphasis in the areas of product liability, medical malpractice, construction site accidents, and premises liability.   In connection with this practice, he has also litigated through trial and appeal cases aimed at obtaining insurance coverage for injured clients where coverage is disputed.  Ben’s success for clients both in and out of the courtroom is the result of his in-depth understanding of the law and trial practice, his tireless attention to detail in developing the facts of a case, and his commitment to his clients.   Ben is a member of numerous bar organizations and committees, is a regular lecturer at continuing legal education programs and to local law students.

Firm: Boston Notary Service

, Boston , Massachusetts 02118

Practice Areas: Notaries, Process Servers

, Boston , Massachusetts 02116

Practice Areas: general practice attorney

Firm: Boston Business Printing

115 Broad St , Boston , Massachusetts 02110

Practice Areas: Printing Services, Graphic Design, Signmaking

Firm: Boston Breakthrough Academy

6 Liberty Square , Boston , Massachusetts 02109

Practice Areas: Adult Education, Life Coach

Firm: Blake M. Mensing

100 STATE STREET , BOSTON , Massachusetts 02109

Practice Areas: Cannabis Law

Attorney Blake M. Mensing is a Massachusetts native with a passion for cannabis law. Attorney Mensing earned his first law degree (J.D.) and a masters degree in international affairs (M.A.) from the American University in 2010. Attorney Mensing earned his advanced law degree in Environmental Law (LL.M.) from the George Washington University Law School in 2011. Attorney Mensing is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2010, BBO #678779).

Firm: Bethany Rogers Law

100 Cambridge Street, 14th Floor , Boston , Massachusetts 02114

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

A 2024 Super Lawyers and Boston Magazine Top Lawyer selection, Attorney Bethany Rogers is a former prosecutor who specializes in Criminal Defense. With nineteen years of trial experience in the Superior, District, and Juvenile Courts of Massachusetts, Bethany Rogers has the knowledge and skill to handle any criminal matter. Her effective litigation of cases inside the courtroom, coupled with her ability to negotiate outside the courtroom, makes Attorney Rogers a skilled advocate for any situation.

Firm: Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C.

255 State St Fl 7 , Boston , Massachusetts 02109

Practice Areas: Tax

Firm: Urbelis Law, LLC

98 North Washington St. , Boston , Massachusetts 02114

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Barrales Law

98 N Washington St , Boston , Massachusetts 02114

Practice Areas: Immigration

Firm: KJC Law Firm, LLC

10 Tremont Street , Boston , Massachusetts 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

Practice Areas: Brain Injury

Firm: Gordon Law Group, LLP

585 Boylston Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02116

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

Firm: Parker Scheer LLP

1 Constitution Center , Boston , Massachusetts 02129

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Pollack Solomon Duffy LLP

101 Huntington Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts 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: Posternak Blankstein and Lund LLP

Prudential Tower   800 Boylston Street Massachus , Boston , Massachusetts 2199

Practice Areas: Administrative ,Corporate ,Health Care & Hospitalization

Firm: Bisson Law

75 Arlington Street , Boston , Massachusetts 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: Boz Law Offices

185 Devonshire St , Boston , Massachusetts 02110

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Business, Personal Injury

Firm: Bellotti Law Group

529 Main St , Boston , Massachusetts 02129

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Workers Compensation