Areas of Practice
Real Estate Law
Our attorneys have decades of experience in all aspects of real estate law. We can assist you from start to finish whether you are buying a home, selling a home, refinancing an existing mortgage loan, involved in a commercial real estate transaction, involved in a real estate dispute, or involved in a real estate project requiring permitting, approvals, subdivisions, variances, special permits or other municipal relief. We handle a large volume of real estate transactions throughout the entire states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Elder Law and Nursing Home Asset Protection
Our Elder Law and Nursing Home Asset Protection practice involves creating estate plans designed to minimize asset depletion if an elder or a spouse required long term nursing home care. We also assist elders and their families with MassHealth applications and qualifying for long term care, while minimizing the depletion of assets. No one plan fits all clients. Each plan is designed based on our client’s wishes and particular circumstances.
Wills and Estate Planning
We maintain an extensive estate planning practice, preparing wills, trusts, health care proxies, general durable powers of attorney and associated estate planning documents for families of all ages and stages. Our attorneys have many years of experience drafting trusts designed to manage assets for minor children and young adults. We are constantly updating our documents to keep current with changes in the law and estate planning trends.
Probate and Estate Administration
Complete representation of fiduciaries and individuals in estate and trust administration. We guide you through the estate administration, including all of the court filings and accounting along the way. We represent fiduciaries, families and individual beneficiaries in estate administration and litigation.
Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice
Our attorneys have handled a large number of personal injury cases, including those resulting in catastrophic injury and death. Regardless of its severity, your case is given our full attention. In some cases, we may determine that a specialized firm is best, particularly in cases involving medical malpractice and asbestos. We have relationships with some of the best medical malpractice and other specialized firms in New England. In such cases, at no additional cost to you, we will find the attorney best suited for the case and we will remain involved in your case to the end.
Business Practice
Our business practice focuses on the representation of small to mid-size businesses. We provide counsel to start up and ongoing business in all areas, including but not limited to the following:
Business purchase and sale agreements
Small business loans and closings
Corporation, limited liability company, joint venture and partnership formation
Business disputes and contracts
Partnership Agreements
Breakups and Dissolution
Commercial Leasing