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William J. Hunt
William J. Hunt
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William J. Hunt, Chairman of the Litigation Department of Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry, has been a civil trial lawyer for all of his professional life Read More »
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David Katz
David Katz
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Decades of legal experience and nearly 60 AVVO peer & client reviews. Innovative & creative on behalf of our clients, we use every strategy necessary & technological tool available to secure your best possible outcome.
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Janine Brown-Smith
Janine Brown-Smith
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Massachusetts Business Law Lawyer with 13 years experience

Janine Brown-Smith graduated from New England School of Law (J.D., cum laude), where she was a Case and Note Editor of the Law Review and published an article concerning employment discrimination. Read More »
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David Gray Hanson
David Gray Hanson
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Massachusetts Business Law Attorney

David Gray Hanson joined Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry in January of 1997, and is a Partner in the Real Estate Department. Read More »
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Roger P. Glovsky
Lexington, MA Business Law Lawyer
(781) 325-1263 9 Meriam Street, Suite 21
 Lexington, MA 02420
Business
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Jonathan Owen
Lexington, MA Business Law Lawyer with 16 years experience
(617) 497-7200 1762 Massachusetts Ave
 Lexington, MA 02420
Business and International
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Michael Eliot Rubin
Lexington, MA Business Law Attorney with 42 years experience
(617) 860-9500 430 Bedford St
 Lexington, MA 02420
Business and Real Estate
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Peter Kajko
Lexington, MA Business Law Attorney with 30 years experience
(781) 860-9500 430 Bedford St
 Lexington, MA 02420
Business, Criminal and DUI
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Zachary Alan Waksman
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Burlington, MA Business Law Lawyer
(617) 340-6623 67 South Bedford Street
Suite 400 West
 Burlington, MA 01803
Free ConsultationBusiness, Construction, Consumer and Real Estate
Syracuse University College of Law
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Zachary Waksman focuses his practice on litigation matters in Boston and throughout Massachusetts, representing clients involved in a wide range of real estate, construction, and business disputes. Mr. Waksman is a detail-orientated attorney who possesses an ability to process and analyze large complex litigation files to find the facts and the legal basis necessary for the firm’s litigation clients to succeed. His brilliant legal research and writing skills also provide litigation clients with an unquestionable advantage, especially when the clients’ case depends on formulating a persuasive nuanced legal argument. Mr. Waksman started his legal career at a New York...
(617) 340-6623 One Boston Place
Suite 2600
 Boston, MA 02108
Rich Mucci
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Winchester, MA Business Law Attorney with 13 years experience
(781) 729-3999 63 Shore Rd
#23
 Winchester, MA 01890
Free ConsultationBusiness, Construction, Criminal and Divorce
Suffolk University Law School
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My full-service law practice has assisted individuals and companies satisfy their personal and professional objectives through cost-efficient negotiation and litigation results. I have an expertise in the fields of business, construction, employment, real estate, personal injury law and criminal defense. I am a trial attorney skilled in both civil and criminal matters. I have successfully tried numerous cases, both to juries and to the bench. I provide a one-stop shop to residents of Boston and the surrounding areas. I have the skill and experience of a big Boston lawyer at suburban prices.
Brett Hans Little
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Winchester, MA Business Law Attorney with 23 years experience
(617) 717-8966 10 Sheffield Road
 Winchester, MA 01890
Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation, Broker Fraud and Construction
Brooklyn Law School
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Steven J. O'Neill
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Burlington, MA Business Law Lawyer with 26 years experience
(888) 766-3455 15 New England Business Park
Suite 2003
 Burlington, MA 01803
Business and Construction
University of Oregon School of Law
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Elaine Tassinari
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Winchester, MA Business Law Lawyer with 11 years experience
(617) 939-9756 PO Box 824
 Winchester, MA 01890
Business, IP and International
The George Washington University Law School and New England Law | Boston
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Experienced attorney advising a federal judge on government and patent appeals, advising corporations and nonprofits. Patent Litigation in Biotechnology. Corporate law experience in 1,000+ attorney global law firms includes multiple cases in SEC & FTC defense for large scale litigation, corporate compliance, foreign exchange, shareholder derivative suits, insurance marketplace; and intellectual property litigation in trademark filing, defense and patent appeals. Patent law specialization is in Biology. International law experience in the Geneva and Vienna Conventions, International Humanitarian Law, the United Nations , Trade Law ( KORUS FTA), Corporate Social Responsibility, Alien Tort Claims, Foreign Sovereign Immunity and the Terrorism...
(617) 939-9756 75 Arlington Street
 Boston, MA 02116
Mark Edward Burke Esq.
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Burlington, MA Business Law Attorney with 28 years experience
(781) 273-3801 Executive Place
50 Mall Road, Suite 208
 Burlington, MA 01803
Free ConsultationBusiness, Bankruptcy, Construction and Divorce
University of New Hampshire School of Law and Northeastern University
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Since its founding in 1996, dedication and commitment to serving clients has been at the heart of the Law Office of Mark E. Burke. Attorney Burke is both book smart and street smart and he prides himself on economical, efficient and successful results.
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Marisa Schell Gregg
Marisa Schell Gregg
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Massachusetts Business Law Lawyer

Marisa Schell Gregg rejoined Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry and became a partner in 2013. Ms. Gregg continues her practice in all aspects of Real Estate Law, including comprehensive representation and... Read More »
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Bart Peter Simonian
Bart Peter Simonian
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Massachusetts Business Law Lawyer with 25 years experience

New England Law | BostonMassachusetts, New York and U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
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Mr. Daniel W. Keleher
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Waltham, MA Business Law Lawyer with 16 years experience
(617) 671-5336 393 Totten Pond Road, Suite 204
 Waltham, MA 02451
Business, Employment, Estate Planning and Insurance Claims
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With the firm since May of 2009, Attorney Keleher works with clients to resolve legal disputes both in court as a civil litigator and also through collaborative law. In collaborative law, the parties, represented by attorneys, communicate and negotiate directly with each other, without court intervention, to achieve their objectives. Attorney Keleher’s litigation and collaborative practice largely mirrors the transactional practice areas of the firm (trusts and estates, real estate, and business). In addition, Attorney Keleher practices in the areas of insurance coverage, employment, personal injury, bankruptcy, and municipal law. Attorney Profile: http://www.beliveaulaw.net/our-team/attorney-daniel-w-keleher/
David J Ionson
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Woburn, MA Business Law Lawyer with 8 years experience
(781) 674-2562 400 TradeCenter
Suite 5900
 Woburn, MA 01801
Free ConsultationBusiness, Immigration and Real Estate
Northeastern University School of Law
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David M. Beliveau
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Waltham, MA Business Law Attorney with 20 years experience
(781) 890-8600 393 Totten Pond Rd
Suite 204
 Waltham, MA 02451
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Landlord Tenant
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David M. Beliveau, Esq., CPA is the founder of the Law Office of David M. Beliveau, LLC ("Beliveau Law Office") with offices in Naples, Florida, Waltham, Massachusetts and Salem, New Hampshire. Attorney Beliveau represents both individuals and businesses. He has clients in Florida, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Attorney Beliveau has been named a "Massachusetts Rising Star" by the publishers of Boston Magazine and Law and Politics Magazine. The distinction, awarded to less than five percent (5%) of all Massachusetts lawyers, was based on ballots cast by Massachusetts attorneys, asking them to identify the best lawyers, under the age...
Graeme S.R. Brown
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Belmont, MA Business Law Attorney
(617) 489-0817 464 Common St
#354
 Belmont, MA 02478
Business, Employment, Estate Planning and Health Care
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David Altman
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Lawyer with 19 years experience
(800) 481-6199 689 Massachusetts Avenue
 Cambridge, MA 02139
Free ConsultationBusiness, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Suffolk University Law School
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Steven E. Altman
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney with 26 years experience
(800) 481-6199 689 Massachusetts Avenue
 Cambridge, MA 02139
Free ConsultationBusiness, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Suffolk University Law School
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Nicholas Keramaris
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Melrose, MA Business Law Lawyer with 12 years experience
(781) 620-1958 400 TradeCenter, Suite 5900
 Melrose, MA 01801
Business, Elder, Environmental and Estate Planning
Boston University School of Law and Suffolk University Law School
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Nick concentrates his practice in the fields of business and estate planning; counseling business owners and other individuals in a variety of matters including structuring business transactions, generational transfer of business interests, contract disputes and environmental matters. His practice provides counseling and representation at the highest level of sophistication and effectiveness, at affordable rates.
Samuel B. Goldberg
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney
(800) 481-6199 689 Massachusetts Avenue
 Cambridge, MA 02139
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal, DUI and White Collar Crime
Boston University School of Law
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Phil A. Taylor
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Stoneham, MA Business Law Lawyer with 15 years experience
(781) 438-7100 2 Main Street, Suite 325
 Stoneham, MA 02180
Free ConsultationBusiness, Collections, Divorce and Family
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Charles M. Campo Jr.
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney with 41 years experience
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Free ConsultationBusiness, Personal Injury and Real Estate
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Charles Campo is a recognized trial lawyer with over 25 years of experience litigating cases in both the federal and state courts.
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Stephen R. Delinsky
Stephen R. Delinsky
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Massachusetts Business Law Attorney

Boston College Law SchoolMassachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals for First Circuit and U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
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Henry W. Clark
Henry W. Clark
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Massachusetts Business Law Attorney with 29 years experience

Mr. Clark focuses his practice on the representation of not-for-profit education and human service corporations and families of individuals with disabilities. Read More »
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Steven Charles Goldwyn
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney with 26 years experience
(800) 481-6199 689 Massachusetts Avenue
 Cambridge, MA 02139
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal, DUI and White Collar Crime
Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
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Joshua D. Krell
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney with 26 years experience
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Business, Civil Rights, Employment and Insurance Defense
University of Maine School of Law
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Joshua D. Krell is a partner with Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry, a preeminent general practice firm in Cambridge
John Cavanaugh
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Wellesley, MA Business Law Lawyer with 27 years experience
(781) 431-2525 20 William Street
Suite G-75
 Wellesley, MA 02481
Free ConsultationBusiness
Boston University School of Law
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Attorney John Cavanaugh is an experienced Massachusetts attorney practicing primarily in the areas of business law, business litigation, general civil litigation, and other related legal matters.
Bruce J. Embry
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Lawyer
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Free ConsultationBusiness, Construction and Real Estate
Boston University School of Law
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Bruce J. Embry is a founder and current managing partner of Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry and heads the firm's real estate department.
Chris Dahl
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Newton, MA Business Law Lawyer with 31 years experience
(617) 970-1000 Riverside Center
275 Grove Street, Suite 2-400
 Newton, MA 02466
Business and IP
Harvard University and Northeastern University
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Chris has experience in Silicon Valley and Boston, working with companies and investors recognized around the world. DLC provides strategic legal counsel to start-ups, emerging companies, venture capital and other investors, as a scalable general counsel or on a project basis. Substantial experience through the life cycle of rapid growth companies, including: company organization, seed and VC financings, intellectual property, software, internet, SAAS, licensing and strategic partnerships, international expansion and M&A transactions.
Stephen R. Delinsky
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Business, Construction and White Collar Crime
Boston College Law School
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Janine Brown-Smith
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Lawyer with 13 years experience
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Business, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury
New England Law | Boston
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Janine Brown-Smith graduated from New England School of Law (J.D., cum laude), where she was a Case and Note Editor of the Law Review and published an article concerning employment discrimination.
Eric MacLeish
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Business
Boston University School of Law
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Eric MacLeish is a 1978 cum laude graduate of Boston University Law School. He clerked for the U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro following graduation
Jonathan Fitch
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Wellesley Hills, MA Business Law Lawyer with 36 years experience
(617) 542-5542 110 Cedar Street
Suite 250
 Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
Business, Consumer, IP and Real Estate
Boston College Law School
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Jonathan Fitch, managing partner of Sally & Fitch in Boston, has been practicing complex business litigation for over 30 years.
(617) 542-5542 1 Beacon Street
 Boston, MA 02108
(401) 521-6500 56 Pine St
 Providence, RI 02903
Jonathan Klein
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Free ConsultationBusiness, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Suffolk University Law School
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Jonathan A. Barnes
Jonathan A. Barnes
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University of New HampshireMassachusetts, New Hampshire, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire
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Bruce J. Embry
Bruce J. Embry
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Massachusetts Business Law Lawyer

Bruce J. Embry is a founder and current managing partner of Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry and heads the firm's real estate department. Read More »
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Peter Edward Ball
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Wellesley Hills, MA Business Law Lawyer with 33 years experience
(617) 542-5542 10 Cedar Street
Suite 250
 Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
Business, Antitrust, Appeals and White Collar Crime
Columbia U School Of Law
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Peter E. Ball is an attorney at the Boston law firm of Sally & Fitch, LLP. He specializes in white collar crime defense, government investigations and complex civil litigation.
(617) 542-5542 1 Beacon Street
 Boston, MA 02108
(401) 521-6500 56 Pine St
 Providence, RI 02903
Bart Peter Simonian
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Lawyer with 25 years experience
(800) 481-6199 689 Massachusetts Avenue
 Cambridge, MA 02139
Free ConsultationBusiness, Bankruptcy, Criminal and Divorce
New England Law | Boston
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Erin Whelan Pennock
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Woburn, MA Business Law Attorney with 11 years experience
(781) 569-5840 444 Washington Street
Suite 510
 Woburn, MA 01801
Free ConsultationBusiness, Consumer, Divorce and Family
New England Law | Boston
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Attorney Pennock focuses her practice primarily in the areas of family law, probate matters (i.e. wills, will contests and administration of estates), civil litigation and landlord/tenant disputes.
Henry W. Clark
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney with 29 years experience
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Business, Education, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Suffolk University Law School
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Mr. Clark focuses his practice on the representation of not-for-profit education and human service corporations and families of individuals with disabilities.
William J. Hunt
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Lawyer
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Suffolk University Law School
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William J. Hunt, Chairman of the Litigation Department of Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry, has been a civil trial lawyer for all of his professional life
Jonathan A. Barnes
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Lawyer
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Free ConsultationBusiness, Personal Injury, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
University of New Hampshire
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Ms. Franceska J. O'Reilly
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Wakefield, MA Business Law Lawyer with 7 years experience
(617) 680-3847 21 West Water Street
 Wakefield, MA 01880
Free ConsultationBusiness, DUI, Divorce and Elder
New England Law | Boston and National University of Ireland Galway
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I practice elder law, family law, business law and do general practice work in both Wakefield, Massachusetts and Salem, Massachusetts.
David Gray Hanson
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Cambridge, MA Business Law Attorney
(617) 494-1920 150 Cambridge Park Dr 9th Floor
 Cambridge, MA 02140
Business, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
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David Gray Hanson joined Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry in January of 1997, and is a Partner in the Real Estate Department.
Timothy F Robertson
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Somerville, MA Business Law Lawyer with 11 years experience
(617) 702-2449 5 Middlesex Avenue, 4th Floor Suite 400
 Somerville, MA 02145
Business, Estate Planning and Probate
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Jeremy Y. Weltman
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Wellesley, MA Business Law Lawyer with 12 years experience
(781) 997-1600 60 Walnut Street
 Wellesley, MA 02481
Business, Civil Rights, Construction and Employment
Northeastern University
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Jeremy Y. Weltman is a partner in the Kerstein, Coren & Lichtenstein litigation practice group where he brings an assertive and practical, results-oriented approach to help resolve clients’ personal and professional legal issues. Jeremy’s concentration is civil and commercial litigation, encompassing KCL’s varied general litigation practice with substantive experience handling complex commercial and business litigation, employment litigation, real estate disputes, construction, class-action, civil rights, ADA accessibility litigation, multi-party product liability, consumer protection, insurance coverage, municipal disputes, appellate advocacy and other tort based litigation matters. Jeremy has adeptly litigated and negotiated disputes for a wide range of clients including Fortune...
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Suffolk University Law SchoolMassachusetts
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Alexander Rodriguez
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St. Thomas UniversityMassachusetts and Florida
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