Here is a listing of my
areas of concentration.

If you feel you may need legal counsel and if you live in the Greater Boston Area, please contact my office in confidence. There is no obligation for an initial consultation. If, for any reason, I do not believe I can be of service to you, I will promptly refer you to other resources.

The following is a description by category of some of the types of cases in which I have been involved during my career.  Some were resolved without suit; others were settled during the pending litigation; others were tried either to a judge or to a jury; and some of the cases that were tried ultimately reached the appellate level, including the Appeals Court or the Supreme Judicial Court.

• Divorce and Family Law – divorce cases, paternity cases, custody disputes, modification of divorce and paternity judgments, claims for alimony, child support, and parenting dispute cases.

• Business litigation – contract disputes; closely-held shareholder and partnership disputes, including breach of fiduciary duty claims, breach of confidentiality claims; enforcement and defense non-competition and non-solicitation agreements; prosecution and defense of unfair and deceptive trade practice claims, including unfair competition; trade secret litigation; claims for accounting; claims for breaches of covenants of good faith and fair dealing, breaches of duty of loyalty, and usurpation of corporate opportunity.

• Employment Disputes – litigation involving prosecution and defense of wrongful termination of employment claims, discrimination in employment claims including race, handicap, age, gender, and sexual harassment claims.

• Real estate Litigation –land use disputes, retention of deposit claims, broker’s commission claims, boundary disputes, specific performance of offers to purchase and purchase and sale agreements.

• Appellate Litigation – represented clients in the Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court in a variety of business and commercial disputes.

• Board of Registration Licensing/Disciplinary Proceedings – represented numerous professional and applicants for licensure before various Boards of Registration including the Boards of Registration in Psychology, Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing.