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Firm: Sally and Fitch LLP

84 State Street, 11th Floor , Boston , Massachusetts 02109

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Civil , Corporate , Insurance , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Andrea's litigation practice focuses on employment law, probate and trust litigation and tort litigation. She has extensive experience in product liability litigation and the defense of electric utilities in complex liability cases. Andrea has successfully tried cases in both state and federal courts and has appeared extensively before administrative agencies including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Massachusetts Division of Insurance.  She has argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.. Andrea is a 1976 cum laude graduate of Smith College and a 1987 magna cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School. She also holds a Masters in Social Work from New York University.  Since 2004, Law and Politics has recognized Andrea as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in its annual list published in Boston Magazine.  Only 5% of the lawyers in Massachusetts are awarded that designation.  Since 2013, Andrea has been listed in Best Lawyers in America, a highly esteemed, national peer review guide of attorneys.

Firm: Charles F. Perrault & Associates

79 Haverhill St 203 , Methuen , Massachusetts 01844

Practice Areas: Adoption,Arbitration & Mediation,Banking & Finance,Business & Commercial,Business Organizations,Child Custody & Visitation,Child Support,Construction ,Consumer Protection,Contracts,Criminal Defense ,Debtor/Creditor,Divorce,Elder ,Estate Planning,Family ,Insurance ,Land Use & Zoning,Landlord & Tenant,Medical Malpractice,Motor Vehicle Accidents,Personal Injury,Probate ,Products Liability,Real Estate ,Sexual Harassment,Traffic Violations,Trusts,Wills,Workers Compensation

Firm: Law office of David W. Sanborn

185 Belmont Avenue , Springfield , Massachusetts 01108

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Elder , Estate Planning, Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Personal Injury, Probate , Real Estate , Trusts, Wills, Workers Compensation, Real Estate, Real Estate, Business, Probate, Wills & Living Wills, Animal & Dog Bites

David Sanborn received a B.A. from Carleton College, M.A. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and J.D. from Boston University, where he had the pleasure of serving as Assistant Note Editor for the Boston University Law Review.  He has served on the Monson Zoning Board and as MonsonTown Counsel.  He has also served as Chairman of the Longmeadow Board of Assessors and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at The First Church of Monson.  He has been a presenter for Way Finders for first time home buyers on the legal aspects of purchasing a home and on estate planning after becoming a homeowner.

Firm: Bowditch & Dewey

One International Place , Boston , Massachusetts 02110

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Elder , Insurance , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

David Viens is an experienced business/commercial litigator and tort defense lawyer with substantial experience representing a broad variety of clients in business/commercial disputes and high exposure tort matters.  Dave also has significant experience representing clients in the hospitality industry in a broad variety of litigation matters.  Dave’s practice includes general contract/business/commercial litigation, close-corporation shareholder/partnership disputes, construction litigation, real estate litigation, employment litigation, insurance litigation and litigation involving financial institutions/professionals, as well as litigation implicating other professionals (insurance, medical, etc.).  Dave also devotes a large portion of his practice to defending corporate clients and large property owners, as well as an international utility company, in tort matters, including premise and product liability actions, negligence, strict liability, G.L. Chapter 93A, wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases.  Dave’s experience representing clients in the hospitality industry includes representation of large national hotel chains, convention centers, sporting arenas, event/entertainment venues, liquor licensees, food services businesses and public and private transportation authorities and businesses.. Dave represents clients throughout Massachusetts, has successfully tried cases (first and second chair) in the Massachusetts (state) Superior and District Courts and has appeared in every state and federal court department in Massachusetts.  Dave has also successfully appeared before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”).  See, e.g., Fillepp v. Boston Gas Company, Inc., 85 Mass. App. Ct. 901 (2014); Lev v. Beverly Enterprises-Massachusetts, Inc., 457 Mass. 234 (2010).

Firm: Stillman & Associates, P.C.

51 Mill Street, Suite 11 , Hanover , Massachusetts 02339

Practice Areas: Civil , Employment & Labor , Environmental , Insurance , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

I am a Certified Public Accountant and also am licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. I started Stillman & Associates in 2005 and love coming to work each day and helping people with their cases.

Firm: Law Offices of David J Volkin

20 Cabot Blvd , Mansfield , Massachusetts 02048

Practice Areas: Corporate , Environmental , General Practice, Insurance , Professional Malpractice, Litigation, Litigation, Banking, Oil & Gas, Employment & Labor, Environmental and Natural Resources, Military Law, Land Use & Zoning

Firm: Gibson and Behman, P.C.

One Mountain Road , Woburn , Massachusetts 01801

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Litigation

Firm: Chapdelaine Law Office

20 Somerset Ave. , Winthrop , Massachusetts 02152

Practice Areas: General Practice, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Civil Rights, Litigation

Attorney Craig Rourke provides clients high quality legal services at affordable prices.  He is a graduate of UMass Boston and Suffolk University Law School.  After law school, Attorney Rourke practiced at a large New England firm in Boston, Massachusetts, where he specialized in complex construction defect, products liability defense and insurance coverage.  In addition, he gained experience in large fire loss cases, wrongful death matters and cases involving special investigations into fraud.  In 2012, Attorney Rourke began a solo practice where he provides a full range of legal services for middle class folks and hard working small business owners.

Firm: Kenney & Sams, P.C.

45 School Street. , Boston , Massachusetts 02108

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Business , Civil , Construction , Employment & Labor , Insurance , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Insurance, Employment & Labor, Construction & Development, Mediation

Chris advises and defends companies, organizations and individuals on contracts and agreements, construction and development, workforce management and product integrity and safety.  His clients are local and national, and represent industries as diverse as real estate, construction, manufacturing, health care, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and food services. Chris also represents public officials and political candiates on election law and public policy matters.. Chris also brings his expereince as a trial lawyer to work with clients on advise, risk management, negotiation, mediation, arbitration and courtroom strategy.

Firm: Phillips & Garcia P.C.

13 Ventura Drive , N. Dartmouth , Massachusetts 02747

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Insurance, Consumer Protection, Class Action

I grew up in a big family with seven kids. We did not have a lot of money. When I became a lawyer, I quickly realized that there were too many lawyers for insurance companies and Big Corporations and not enough lawyers fighting for the hard working people I knew and grew up with. I decided very early in my career to use my energy as a lawyer to give regular people and small business owners a voice by telling their stories in court

Firm: Twohig Caplan LLP

P.O. Box. 84 , Swampscott , Massachusetts 01907

Practice Areas: Civil , Securities , Litigation, Litigation, Contracts & Agreements, Insurance, Lawsuits & Disputes

I help my clients – large and small businesses, executives, professionals, and private individuals – to avoid and resolve disputes. I am a trial lawyer and founding partner of Twohig Caplan LLP, a Massachusetts law firm focusing on civil litigation and dispute resolution and avoidance. Large and small businesses and individuals come to us for our combination of big firm expertise and small firm service and efficiency. Highlights of my 20-year career as a trial lawyer with downtown Boston law firms and general counsel of a start-up business include:• Successfully represent a number of companies in bet-the company litigations. • Win $2 Million arbitration award for clients facing contentious disputes from failed corporate merger. • Assist corporate and individual clients to recover tens of millions of dollars in insurance proceeds under virtually all types of insurance policies. • Help businesses and individuals with contract preparation and negotiation, employment issues, non-competition agreements, risk avoidance, and resolution of customer claims.Martindale Hubbell rates me “A.V. Preeminent,” the top rating for lawyers who have demonstrated the highest degree of professionalism, skill and ethics. I hold a 10/10 ("Superb") rating from AVVO.My main interest is helping people through difficult situations. Solving problems is my goal, whether through pre-litigation counseling and negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, litigation or trial.

Firm: Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy

One Constitutional Plaza , Boston , Massachusetts 02129

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Premises Liability, Products Liability, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Business, Insurance, Employment & Labor, Defective and Dangerous Products, Litigation, Life Insurance

One of the firm's principal trial attorneys, I have tried cases in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Georgia. Practice concentrates on civil litigation and the defense of products liability, transportation, officers and directors, professional liability, negligence and insurance coverage matters in New England.. I serve as trial counsel for Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Tyco, Allied Waste, and other major corporations. He is also trial counsel for a variety of insurers, including Chartis, Chubb, AON, CNA and Great American.

Firm: Sloane and Walsh LLP

One Boston Place, 201 Washington Street Suite 1600 , Boston , Massachusetts 02108

Practice Areas: Insurance

250 Barnstable Road , Hyannis , Massachusetts 02601

Practice Areas: Litigation, Insurance, Personal Injury

Firm: Beth Brennnan O'Donnell, Attorney at Law

5 Essex Green Drive , Peabody , Massachusetts 01960

Practice Areas: Litigation, Business, Contracts & Agreements, Insurance, Commercial

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: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

2 International Pl Fl 16 , Boston , Massachusetts 02110

Practice Areas: General Practice, Insurance , Real Estate , Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense

Firm: Law Offices of Trehub and Houde, P.C.

177 Worcester St , Wellesley , Massachusetts 02481

Practice Areas: Insurance , Transportation , Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Car Accidents, Slip and Fall Accident, Animal & Dog Bites

Ann Trehub is a graduate of Brandeis University and Suffolk University Law School.  Since her admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 1981, she has concentrated her practice in representing clients for injuries or death resulting from accidents.  She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Massachusetts Women's Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial forming the Law Offices of Trehub and Houde with Attorney Steven Houde, Attorney Trehub practiced personal injury law for 30 years with the Law Offices of Thomas J. Kelley, Jr., P.C./Kelley and Trehub.  She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

Firm: Ann E. Cascanett, LLC

255 Park Ave Ste 1000 , Worcester , Massachusetts 01609

Practice Areas: Asbestos , Civil , Insurance , Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

Your problems are my problems.  I will take the time to get to know you, your situation and treat you with respect and understanding.  I will help you obtain the best results for you and your family. Your case will always be a priority and you will always have direct access to me and receive timely responses. Let me help you navigate through the family court in a manner that lessons your stress and decreases the emotional turmoil that goes hand in hand with issues of divorce, separation, custody/visitation, support, alimony, and DCF investigations.

Firm: Cooley, Shrair P.C.

1380 Main St., 5th Flr. , Springfield , Massachusetts 01103

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Insurance, Civil Rights, Divorce & Separation, Litigation