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Damages for Professional Malpractice – To What Compensation Am I Entitled?

Lawyer malpractice. Accountant malpractice. Home inspection malpractice. If you’ve been the victim of professional malpractice, find out about the compensation to which you may be entitled.

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Alan recently scored a substantial victory in a highly contentious will contest.

Alan recently scored a substantial victory in a contentious will contest.

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Many Owners, Many Problem: What to Do?

So what happens if two or more people own property and can’t agree on how to manage it, or what should be done with it? Under Massachusetts law, the remedy for that problem is known as a petition for partition….

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Alan Secures Judgment in Sewage Backup Case

A Superior Court judge has handed Alan’s client a substantial judgment in a sewage loss case. The client, a homeowner in Lynn, experienced a backup of raw sewage in her basement during a heavy rainstorm in the fall of 2011….

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Can I Challenge a Will or a Personal Representative Appointment in an Informal Probate?

For many people who are involved in estate disputes, such as a will contest or personal representative appointment, their first formal interaction with the dispute occurs when they receive a “Notice of Informal Probate” from the estate’s attorney.    The informal…

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Attorneys Who Draft Estate Planning Documents: Are Their Lips Truly Sealed?

What happens when a person dies, and the provisions of their estate plan are not clear? Should the attorney drafting the estate plan be compelled to testify as to what the decedent might have said when the estate plan was drafted?

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Boston Legal Malpractice Lawyer | Newton, Wellesley, Waltham

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A Better Way of Resolving Attorney’s Fees Disputes

I’ve been receiving more inquiries in recent months from prospective clients who are in disputes over fees charged by an attorney who previously represented them in a matter, and who now claims that fees are owed by the client.    In…

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Alan Named “SuperLawyer” for Sixth Straight Year

Alan has been selected by his colleagues as a Massachusetts “SuperLawyer” in the specialty of litigation for the sixth straight year. Attorneys use several criteria in casting SuperLawyer votes.  These include civility and integrity,  mastery of case facts and applicable…

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Alan Secures Highly Favorable Settlement for Homeowner

In what turned out to be a terrific result, Alan recently settled a lawsuit brought by a client whose billing practices were violative of Massachusetts law. Alan’s client hired a contractor to renovate a two-family home. The contractor charged the…

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