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88 Family lawyers are available in Boston, Massachusetts. These lawyers are rated between 4.2/5 to 4.6/5 and 53% provide free consultation.

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Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Eneida Roman

Firm: Eneida Roman, Attorney at Law
Four Copley Place. , Boston , Massachusetts 02116
Practice Areas: Family
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Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Holly Hinte

Firm: Lee & Rivers LLP
222 Berkeley St , Boston , Massachusetts 02116
Practice Areas: Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Jordana Kershner

Firm: Baskin Kershner & Thorp, LLC
745 Boylston St Ste 400 , Boston , Massachusetts 02116
Practice Areas: Family
Attorney Jordana Kershner graduated from Tulane University in 2005 cum laude and, after interning in Congress and working as a litigation paralegal at the Washington D.C. firm now known as Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, went on to receive her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 2011 cum laude. While at Boston University, Ms. Kershner was the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Law & Medicine and interned at the Special Litigation Department of the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General, as well as for the Honorable Dominic J. Squatrito, District Court Judge for the District of Connecticut. In 2012, after a fellowship with Shelter Legal Services, Ms. Kershner joined Baskin & Associates, LLC, which became Baskin Kershner & Thorp, LLC in 2019. She has been exclusively representing clients in all areas of family law throughout her career.. Ms. Kershner is a certified conciliator. She is also a Co-Chair of the Communications Committee and member of the Steering Committee for the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association. Through her involvement with the Boston Bar Association, Ms. Kershner has authored articles for the Family Law Section Newsletter. She is also a volunteer for the Probate and Family Court Lawyer for the Day and SERV programs. Ms. Kershner is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and a member of the Boston Bar Association, Middlesex County Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association, and Greater Boston Family Law Inn of Court.
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

John E. Quigley

Firm: Todd and Weld LLP
28 State Street , Boston , Massachusetts 2109
Practice Areas: Domestic Partnership,Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.1 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.2 out of 5

Joanne Romanow

Firm: Casner & Edwards, LLP
303 Congress Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02110
Practice Areas: General Practice, Family, Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Jennifer Durand

Firm: Schmidt & Federico, P.C.
200 Berkeley St , Boston , Massachusetts 02116
Practice Areas: Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Divorce, Prenuptial Agreement, Spousal Support, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family
After graduating from law school, I clerked for two years for the justices of the Massachusetts Probate & Family Court. Since joining Schmidt & Federico, P.C. in 2001, my practice has focused in all areas of domestic relations and family law, including divorce, custody, modification and contempt actions. My cases include complex business valuation cases and custody matters as well as other complex family law cases.  I am also a trained conciliator.
Yelp Rating: Rated 1.6 out of 5

Jacob M. Atwood

101 Huntington Avenue   2Fifth Floor , Boston , Massachusetts 2199
Practice Areas: Civil ,Estate Planning,Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.7 out of 5

Jacob Geller

Firm: Geller Benjamin LLP
90 Canal Street, Floor 4 , Boston , Massachusetts 02114
Practice Areas: Immigration, Family, Real Estate, Litigation
Jacob D. Geller, Esq. is a partner at Geller Benjamin LLP.  Prior to forming Geller Benjamin LLP with James Benjamin, Esq, Jacob ran Law Offices of Jacob D. Geller, which was formed in early 2011 as a general practice with a specialization in immigration and family law.. Originally from Vermont, Jacob focus on immigration law. I am a graduate of the University of Vermont where he majored in History. Following undergraduate school, he moved to Ecuador for two years where he taught English and learned Spanish. He returned from Ecuador to go to school at Suffolk University Law School, where he concentrated in international law. During law school, Jacob took every chance to both improve his Spanish and understand additional cultures. He spent one summer interning at an international corporate law firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina working on international contracts in both English and Spanish.. Both during and following law school, he learned immigration while working for one of Boston's most experienced and highly regarded immigration attorneys, assisting clients in a wide range of family and business cases. Following this, he worked for a small firm as their resident immigration expert, concentrating particularly on the Boston area Brazilian population. While at both these firms, Jacob represented numerous clients in a wide variety of cases, including deportation defense, green card (permanent resident) adjustment of status, work visas and court representation.  Seeing a need to serve his clients in family law practice, Jacob added family law to his practice early on, expanding those service over the years to include divorces, custody determinations, child support, Special Immigrant Juvenile orders, and more.
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.2 out of 5

Ingrid C. Schroffner

Firm: Burns & Levinson, LLP
125 Summer Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02110
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Probate, Trusts, Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Hieu T. Nguyen

Firm: Law Offices of Attorney Hieu T. Nguyen
One Boston Place , Boston , Massachusetts 02108
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family, Marriage & Prenuptials, Uncontested Divorce
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

Ethan Rittershaus

Firm: Law Office of Brian Mclaughlin
745 Boylston St Ste 209 , Boston , Massachusetts 02116
Practice Areas: Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Hether Cahill

Firm: Burns & Levinson LLP
125 Summer Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02110
Practice Areas: Probate, Guardianship, Family, Appeals
Ann Hetherwick (“Hether”) Cahill’s litigation practice focuses on probate and trust litigation, family law, guardianships and conservatorships, and appeals.  In probate litigation matters, Hether has represented clients in will contests, actions involving the interpretation and termination of trusts, and trustee removal actions.  She has represented fiduciaries and beneficiaries regarding the proper administration of trusts and estates.  Matters representative of her probate and family law practice include:. As a former law clerk on the Massachusetts Appeals Court, Hether utilizes her appellate experience and research and writing skills to represent both appellants and appellees.  She is a member of the post-conviction panel of the Committee for Public Counsel Services to represent criminal defendants on appeal.  Hether’s appellate experience includes:. Hether is ranked at the highest level of legal ability and ethics, “AV,” in the benchmark Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.  In 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2018 Hether was named a “Rising Star” in the “Massachusetts Super Lawyers” list published by the Thomson Reuters rating service in Boston Magazine.  The Rising Star award is limited to 2.5% of lawyers in Massachusetts under the age of 40 who have been practicing for less than 10 years.. In 2014, Hether was selected to join the Editorial Board of the Massachusetts Law Review, the longest continually run law review in the country, on which she currently serves as the Case Comments Editor.. Her publications include:. "Cy Pres and Deviation," MCLE Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate Court 4th Edition (April 2019);. “Limits on Attorney’s Fees,” Massachusetts Bar Association Fifth Annual Probate Law Conference (Nov. 2017);. “Using Guardianship of Minors as Leverage to Change Addiction Issues of Parents,” Massachusetts Bar Association Fifth Annual Probate Law Conference (Nov. 2017);. “Leveraging Addiction Recovery in Parents by Use of Guardianship of Minors,” Boston Spirit Magazine (Sept./Oct. 2017);. “Guardianship,” MCLE Using Estate Planning to Leverage Treatment of Addiction & Mental Illness (April 2017);. "Cy Pres and Deviation," MCLE Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate Court 3rd Edition (Nov. 2016);. “Equity Actions to Determine Ownership, Recover Assets,” Massachusetts Bar Association Fourth Annual Probate Law Conference (Nov. 2016);. Blog:  It's Still Not Too Late to Act!  Divorce Law Monitor,  (June 1, 2016);. Blog:  It's Not Too Late to Act! Divorce Law Monitor,  (April 15, 2016);. Hether joined the Private Client Group of Burns & Levinson in January 2016, after working at Sally & Fitch LLP for nearly eight years.  Prior to private practice, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph A. Trainor of the Massachusetts Appeals Court for two years.  She is a graduate of Skidmore College (B.A., philosophy/government, 2000) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2006).  While at Suffolk, Hether was a member of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review, received the Best Brief Award in her Legal Practice Skills Course, served as a student prosecutor at the East Boston District Attorney’s Office, and interned in the civil division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston.  She worked as a litigation legal assistant at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York prior to law school and in Boston during law school.. In May 2016, she co-taught a course Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Special Needs Planning through Newton Community Education.  In June and September 2016 and May and October 2017, she co-taught a course concerning estate planning and litigation through Newton Community Education.  In October 2015, 2016, and 2017, Hether participated as a panelist on the MCLE "Taking Depositions Workshop."  She has been involved in the Boston Chamber of Commerce Women's Leadership Program (2016-2017 year), Brookline Community Foundation's Professional Advisors Committee (since 2017), Dana-Farber Leadership Council, Suffolk University Law School by serving as a mentor to law school students, and Kids In Need of Defense (“KIND”) by representing children pro bono in immigration cases.  Hether is admitted to the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.   She is also a member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations.
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.2 out of 5

Glenn Schley

Firm: Schmidt & Federico
200 Berkeley Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02116
Practice Areas: Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 2.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.8 out of 5

George Ford

Firm: Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP
1 Federal St Fl 15 , Boston , Massachusetts 02110
Practice Areas: Family , Probate , Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

George Field

Firm: Block & Roos, LLP
Three Center Plaza , Boston , Massachusetts 02108
Practice Areas: Appellate , Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Business , Family , Intellectual Property , Mediation, Lawsuits & Disputes, Lawsuits & Disputes, Lawsuits & Disputes, Lawsuits & Disputes, Lawsuits & Disputes
I have thirty years' experience in successfully resolving business disputes through litigation, mediation, and arbitration. My first focus in each case is preparation of a thorough, analytical and practical assessment, working with the client to develop an accurate picture and a strong, sensible strategy for optimal resolution at controlled cost. Each client has personal access to me throughout the representation, but we also have a "deep bench" of support in all relevant areas of legal expertise. My goals are to continue to improve in all aspects of the complicated problem-solving that we do, and to make each client a satisfied continuing member of a mutually beneficial network.. Business and partnership restructuring and separation; fiduciary and directors' and officers' disputes; patent, trademark and copyright litigation; bankruptcy litigation including claims resolution, contested matters and adversary proceedings; international arbitration.
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

Gayle Stone-Turesky

Firm: Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, PC
101 Merrimac St. , Boston , Massachusetts 02114
Practice Areas: Child Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Family , Mediation, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreement, Probate , Real Estate , Family, Family, Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.2 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.0 out of 5

Gail Gelb

84 State Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02109
Practice Areas: Arbitration & Mediation, Business & Commercial, Employment & Labor , Family , Probate , Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.6 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Gabriel Cheong

60 State Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02109
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family, Child Custody, Mediation
Gabriel Cheong is the owner of Infinity Law Group LLC based in Quincy, MA. Gabriel has spent the last decade helping families navigate the family court system with divorce and custody issues. Gabriel’s family philosophy is to keep children out of court disputes as much as possible but sometimes it can’t be avoided, and when that happens, Gabriel will be your guide and advocate through the court system.. Gabriel also helps with prenuptial agreements, mediation, guardian ad litem investigations, and estate planning.. Gabriel has offices in Boston, Quincy, and Needham, MA.
Avvo Rating: Rated 2.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.7 out of 5

Francine Gardikas

Firm: Burns & Levinson, LLP
125 High St. , Boston , Massachusetts 02110
Practice Areas: Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.7 out of 5

Joy Cahaly

Firm: Joy Anne Cahaly
101 Federal Street, Suite 1900 , Boston , Massachusetts 02110
Practice Areas: Election Campaign & Political , Family , Immigration & Naturalization , Immigration, Immigration, Immigration, Immigration
A full service immigration law firm, the Law Office of Joy A. Cahaly has been providing comprehensive processing services for nonimmigrant visas, permanent residency or "green card" status, and naturalization for family based and employment based cases since 1998. Attorney Joy A. Cahaly provides personalized, efficient, and excellent service to individuals, families, small businesses, and corporations located in Massachusetts and throughout the U.S.A.. Reasonable flat legal fees available. Fluent in Spanish. Proficient in Italian and French. Born and raised in the Boston area, Attorney Cahaly has also studied abroad in Cordoba, Spain, and lived and worked in New York, New York in the publishing and fashion industries.. A longtime member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Wellesley College, attorney Joy A. Cahaly has dedicated her law practice exclusively to immigration and naturalization law including defensive representation in immigration court proceedings since 1998. We understand how difficult and intimidating immigration matters can be, and we are committed to providing personalized, compassionate, high quality legal services to our clients every step of the way. As the grandchild of Syrian and Italian immigrants, Joy A. Cahaly has devoted her career as an attorney to helping immigrants navigate the complex web of U.S. immigration laws in order to successfully obtain the desired results. Offices conveniently located on Federal Street in Boston, Massachusetts, easily accessible via public transportation and steps away from the Red and Orange lines.

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