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January 05, 2012 -
Dylan Sanders Becomes SRBC Shareholder SRBC has welcomed Dylan Sanders as a shareholder and director of the firm, effective January 1, 2012. Dylan, who joined SRBC in 2008, practices in the environmental, real estate and business litigation fields. He has particular experience representing developers ...
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January 04, 2012 -
SRBC Welcomes New Lawyers Turner, Bográn-Acosta SRBC recently welcomed two new lawyers to the firm. Alida Bográn-Acosta comes to SRBC as an of-counsel attorney in our employment litigation group. Alida has more than 17 years' experience advising clients in labor and employment matters. She was previously with the ...
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December 20, 2011 -
Summary Judgment Win in Dispute Over Employee's Contracting Authority An SRBC client that provides product-repair services for appliances and other products nationwide has won a summary-judgment victory in Massachusetts in a dispute over an oral contract allegedly made by one of the client's service technicians to perform work outside the scope of the company's ...
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November 08, 2011 -
Victory for SRBC Insurance Client in West Virginia Coverage Case A West Virginia court has awarded a summary-judgment win to a professional-liability insurance carrier represented by SRBC's Regina Roman and John O'Neill, in a case involving a law firm's late reporting of a claim.
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November 05, 2011 -
SRBC and Other Firms Respond to Court's Pro Bono Challenge As part of its effort to encourage lawyers and firms to devote more time to pro bono legal services for the poor and disadvantaged, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently began a program of recognizing law firms whose commitment of time and resources to pro bono work ...
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October 26, 2011 -
Sixteen SRBC Partners Named 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers Massachusetts Super Lawyers, an annual peer-review and independent-research survey designed to identify the top five percent of lawyers in the state, has named 16 SRBC partners to its 2011 listing. Several of the partners were also distinguished on shortlists of top ...
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October 25, 2011 -
Four SRBC Lawyers Are "Rising Stars" Four SRBC lawyers have been recognized as "Rising Stars" by the 2011 edition of the annual Massachusetts Super Lawyers survey. The Rising Stars list seeks to identify the top echelon of lawyers who are age 40 or younger, or who have been practicing 10 years or ...
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October 21, 2011 -
Dylan Sanders Joins Sustainability Task Force SRBC's Dylan Sanders has been appointed to the Boston Bar Association's newly minted "Environmental Sustainability Task Force," a group charged with developing pro bono volunteer opportunities that benefit the environment, and with gathering and sharing best practices for "greening" the practice of ...
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October 21, 2011 -
Christine Netski to Lead Women’s Leadership Initiative SRBC partner Christine Netski will co-lead the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association's 2011-12 "Women’s Leadership Initiative," along with Pamela Berman of the Boston firm Adler, Pollock & Sheehan. The initiative continues work begun in 2009 to bring together senior and junior women attorneys ...
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October 07, 2011 -
Doniger and Goodheart are "Lawyers of the Year" Having earlier named 13 SRBC partners to its 2011 annual Best Lawyers in America listing, Best Lawyers has singled out two of those partners--Tony Doniger and Lisa Goodheart--for further honors. Tony is Best Lawyers' 2012 Boston Family Law Lawyer of the Year, and Lisa is ...
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October 07, 2011 -
SRBC Lawyers Settle Weight-Loss Class Action SRBC partners David Barry and Andrew Levin have negotiated a class-action settlement on behalf of consumers of dietary supplement products marketed to promote weight loss in women. The class-action suit alleged that the products at issue, including "Slimquick" and others, were misleadingly ...
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September 09, 2011 -
Thirteen SRBC Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers in America The 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, described as "the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S." and based on a nationwide peer survey of more than 3.9 million lawyers, has named 13 SRBC partners to its annual list. The partners, and the Best Lawyers ...
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September 01, 2011 -
Lisa Goodheart Takes Office as President of Boston Bar Association SRBC Partner Lisa Goodheart today began her term as President of the Boston Bar Association. In addition to her busy environmental, real estate and business litigation practice, Lisa has been active in the BBA for many years, having served as President-Elect, Vice President, and ...
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August 12, 2011 -
Paul White Appointed Bar Association Delegate SRBC partner Paul White has been appointed a regional delegate to the Massachusetts Bar Association’s House of Delegates for the 2011-2012 association year. The House of Delegates is part of the governing body of the MBA. Its primary job is to determine the positions the MBA ...
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August 03, 2011 -
Jessica Park Joins SRBC SRBC recently welcomed new associate Jessica Park to the firm. Jessica is a 2004 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and practiced in California and Virginia before coming to SRBC. She has experience representing clients in insurance coverage matters, in ...
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July 27, 2011 -
Alan Geismer Cited in Globe Article on Bulger Case SRBC partner Alan Geismer, chair of the firm's domestic relations and probate litigation practice group, was among the legal experts quoted in an ...
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June 17, 2011 -
Ed Barshak Honored With Civil Rights Leadership Award At its annual reception on June 15, the Boston affiliate of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law honored SRBC partner Edward Barshak with its "Civil Rights Leadership Award." The committee noted that in addition to his role on its board of directors, Ed "has been a champion ...
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April 21, 2011 -
Directed Verdict for SRBC Client After Opponent's Opening Statement A Dukes County Superior Court judge recently took the highly unusual step of granting a directed verdict in favor of SRBC client Emerson Electric Co. immediately following the opening statement of opposing counsel. The swift victory occurred in a ...
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April 02, 2011 -
Summary Judgment Victory for Malpractice Insurer SRBC partners Regina Roman and John O'Neill have won summary judgment on behalf of a legal malpractice insurer-client in a dispute over coverage in a fee dispute between a lawyer and his former firm. After the lawyer left the firm with a substantial personal-injury case, the firm sued for a ...
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April 01, 2011 -
Defense Verdict—and $2.1MM Judgment on Counterclaim—for SRBC Client in Outsourcing Dispute A dispute involving services and software for outsourcing of employee recruitment ended recently with a triple victory for SRBC client Kenexa Technology. After a ten-day jury trial in Boston, SRBC partner Christine Netski and associate Matthew Welnicki obtained a defense verdict for Kenexa on ...
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March 31, 2011 -
Appeals Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Retailer Client In a brief decision on March 31, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed a superior court decision awarding summary judgment to SRBC client Sears, Roebuck and Co. in a case in which the plaintiff alleged that she suffered an electrical shock from an escalator--a claim for which she failed to ...
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January 05, 2011 -
Andrea Studley Knowles Elected Shareholder of SRBC Andrea Studley Knowles, an associate with SRBC since May 2005, has been elected a Shareholder of the firm, effective January 1, 2011. Andrea will continue to focus her practice on product liability defense, business litigation and employment law. A 1998 graduate of New York University School of ...
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November 10, 2010 -
Summary Judgment for Insurer in Scammed-Lawyer Case SRBC partners Regina Roman and William Boesch have assisted a professional liability insurer-client in obtaining summary judgment in a coverage lawsuit brought by a South Carolina law firm that fell victim to a familiar e-mail scam. The law firm responded to an e-mail purportedly sent on ...
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November 04, 2010 -
Christine Netski Appointed to Co-Chair BBA Task Force SRBC partner Christine Netski has been appointed by Boston Bar Association president Don Frederico to co-chair the BBA’s Task Force on the Future of the Profession. The group will study the challenges facing new lawyers and identify areas in which the BBA can help support those entering the ...
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November 02, 2010 -
Lisa Goodheart Recognized by Women's Bar Association The Massachusetts Women's Bar Association has recognized SRBC partner Lisa Goodheart with its Lelia J. Robinson Award, named for Boston's first woman lawyer. The award recognizes "women attorneys who have achieved professional excellence, influenced women to pursue legal careers, opened doors ...
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October 20, 2010 -
SRBC Partners Named "Super Lawyers" Sixteen of SRBC's partners have been recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers in the 2010 edition of the annual peer-review survey that seeks to identify the top five percent of lawyers in the state. Many of the partners were also ranked among the very top ...
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October 19, 2010 -
Eight SRBC Lawyers Are "Rising Stars" Eight SRBC attorneys have been named in the "Rising Stars" category of the 2010 edition of the annual peer-review survey Massachusetts Super Lawyers. The category is reserved for up-and-coming lawyers who are age forty or younger, and have been practicing ...
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October 04, 2010 -
U.S. News: SRBC Among Boston's Best Law Firms in Seven Practice Areas According to survey results newly published by U.S. News and Best Lawyers seeking to identify the "Best Law Firms" in a number of metropolitan areas, SRBC ranks in the "first tier" of Boston law ...
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September 29, 2010 -
Settlement for SRBC Client in Dog-Attack Case SRBC's Serena Madar recently obtained a settlement for a client who was attacked and bitten by an unvaccinated pit bull with a prior history of such attacks. Serena writes:
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September 10, 2010 -
Lisa Goodheart Begins Term as BBA President-Elect SRBC partner Lisa Goodheart on September 1 began her term as president-elect of the Boston Bar Association. Lisa has been an active member of the BBA for many years, and previously served as its vice president and treasurer, and as a member of its Council ...
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August 17, 2010 -
$1.9 Million Partial Settlement for Estate of Abused Child SRBC partners David Barry and Jeffrey Stern have obtained a $1.9 settlement with two of the defendants in an ongoing case on behalf of the estate of a severely abused child who eventually sustained a traumatic brain-stem injury that put her in a coma for several months, and left her ...
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August 09, 2010 -
Tony Agudelo Named to Bar Association Leadership Council SRBC partner Tony Agudelo has been appointed to the Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Section. The Council is the leadership group for the Civil Litigation Section, and is responsible for the planning and implementation of the Section's activities for the year. ...
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August 05, 2010 -
Dismissal of Suit Against Condominium Trustees Affirmed on Appeal SRBC's John O'Neill has secured a decision from the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirming an earlier trial-court victory for his clients, the trustees of a condominium trust.
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June 23, 2010 -
Ed Barshak and Lisa Goodheart Named in 2010 Chambers Guide SRBC partners Ed Barshak and Lisa Goodheart have again been recognized as leading U.S. lawyers by the annual Chambers legal directory. The 2010 edition names Ed for the fifth straight year as a top commercial litigator, while Lisa is cited for the seventh consecutive year in the ...
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May 12, 2010 -
Trial Victory For Developer SRBC's Dylan Sanders has won a $1.4 million judgment in favor of a subdivision developer in a dispute with the owners of a project site. The landowners failed to comply with a contractual obligation to grant the developer an easement necessary to permit construction of an access road and ...
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May 11, 2010 -
International Lawyers' Group Elects Lisman to Executive Committee The board of directors of the International Senior Lawyers Project has unanimously elected SRBC partner Natasha Lisman to its five-member executive committee. ISLP was founded in 2000 by a group of public-spirited senior partners of global law firms, to create a vehicle through which senior lawyers ...
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April 15, 2010 -
Michael Appel Wins Retrial for Medical Malpractice Plaintiff SRBC partner Michael Appel recently succeeded in persuading a superior court judge that a jury's verdict for the defendant doctor in a medical malpractice case was "against the weight of the evidence," such that the plaintiff was entitled to a new trial.
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March 02, 2010 -
Natasha Lisman Argues Appeal in European Court SRBC partner Natasha Lisman recently became one of the few United States lawyers to argue a case before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.
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February 09, 2010 -
Second Win for Emerson in Federal-Court Products Case On February 5, SRBC's David Barry and Serena Madar won a federal-court jury verdict on behalf of Ridge Tool Company, a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co., in a product-liability case involving a RIDGID crimping tool, a specialized item used by plumbers and other professional pipe workers. The ...
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January 18, 2010 -
Victory for Sears, Emerson in Long-Running Products Case SRBC partners David Barry and William Boesch won a federal-court jury verdict on January 15 in favor of clients Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Emerson Electric Co., in a long-running product-liability case involving a Craftsman table saw. The case, Gillespie v. Sears and Emerson, had previously been ...
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January 15, 2010 -
Doniger: Philosophy of Alimony Changing An article in Lawyers USA, discussing changes afoot in various states' alimony laws, includes an interview with SRBC partner Tony Doniger. Tony discusses the recent landmark Massachusetts case Pierce v. Pierce, in which he represented the husband, and he observes: ...
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December 31, 2009 -
Geismer on Pierce Decision and Other Family-Law Developments On January 28, SRBC partner Alan Geismer will speak at a continuing legal education program sponsored by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly entitled "Recent Developments in Family Law: Pierce and More." Panelists will discuss the recent Pierce v. Pierce decision on alimony, ...
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December 30, 2009 -
Doniger and Goodheart Named to “Power List” SRBC partners Tony Doniger and Lisa Goodheart have been included in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's recent "Power List" of the commonwealth's most influential attorneys. View the article here
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December 08, 2009 -
Tony Doniger to Speak on Pierce Decision SRBC partner Tony Doniger will be a panelist at the Boston Bar Association program "Alimony Post-Pierce: Thoughts, Reactions, and Where Do We Go From Here?" on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Tony will discuss the recent decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on the ...
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October 26, 2009 -
Tony Doniger Named to Board of Boston Bar Foundation SRBC partner Tony Doniger was recently named to the Board of Trustees of the Boston Bar Foundation for the 2009-2010 term. The BBF is the charitable arm of the Boston Bar Association. It supports increased access to justice, improved understanding of the legal system, and utilizing the efforts of ...
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October 01, 2009 -
Regina Roman Appointed to High Court's Advisory Committee on Ethics Rules SRBC Managing Partner Regina Roman has been appointed by the Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to the court's Standing Advisory Committee on the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct. The committee reviews issues arising under the rules and proposals for ...
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September 29, 2009 -
Victory for SRBC Client in ERISA Case SRBC's Sam Furgang recently won a victory for an employer in a suit by the surviving spouse of a deceased employee, who claimed that the employer failed to meet its contractual obligation to arrange for continuing life-insurance coverage during the employment period. When the employee died, the ...
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September 25, 2009 -
Victory for Plaintiff in Race-Discrimination Case SRBC's Ed Barshak recently won a decision before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination in a case involving racial discrimination against an African-American man who was not hired as an investigator by the Massachusetts Alcohol Beverages Control Commission. The victory came in spite of ...
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September 22, 2009 -
Best Lawyers Again Ranks SRBC No. 1 in Insurance Law For the second year in a row, the peer-review publication The Best Lawyers in America has ranked SRBC the number one Insurance Law firm in Boston and in Massachusetts. Four SRBC partners were recognized for their work in insurance law: Samuel Furgang, Susan Hartnett, Natasha Lisman and ...
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September 01, 2009 -
Lisa Goodheart Takes Office as Boston Bar Association Vice President SRBC partner Lisa Goodheart today assumed her new role as elected vice president of the Boston Bar Association. "I am honored and pleased," Lisa says, "to have this opportunity to serve the BBA in a new capacity."
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July 27, 2009 -
Tony Doniger Writes in Favor of "Access-to-Justice Czar" Follow this link to read SRBC partner Tony Doniger's recent letter to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly supporting the state courts' appointment of a judge to lead efforts to improve access to justice for all citizens.
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June 09, 2009 -
Lisa Goodheart on the Judicial Nominating Process On June 11, SRBC partner Lisa Goodheart will participate in a panel discussion sponsored by the Bristol County Bar Association, "How to Apply for a Judgeship: The Judicial Selection Process." Lisa, who chairs Massachusetts's Judicial Nominating Commission, will join other JNC members and ...
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May 27, 2009 -
Summary Judgment Win for Insurer on Prejudice Issue SRBC's Susan Hartnett and Shanel Lindsay scored a recent summary-judgment victory for an insurance-company client, in a case where the insured landlord failed to report a slip-and-fall lawsuit in housing court, and allowed a default judgment to enter against him.
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May 26, 2009 -
Article Cites Natasha Lisman's International Human Rights Work In a recent article on the Miller-McCune magazine website, Ken Stier writes about the groundbreaking pro bono work of the International Senior Lawyers Project, of which SRBC ...
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May 11, 2009 -
SRBC Partners Help Found Reinsurance Bar Association Natasha Lisman, Paul White and Susan Hartnett, all partners in SRBC's reinsurance practice, are among the founders of a new bar group, the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association. MReBA was formed to foster sharing ideas for improving ...
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May 01, 2009 -
Tony Agudelo to Appear at Bar Association Health Law Conference On June 5th, SRBC partner Tony Agudelo will be a speaker at the 2009 Massachusetts Bar Association ...
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April 10, 2009 -
O'Neill and Levin Win Dismissal of Case Against Lender SRBC's John O'Neill and Andrew Levin recently won dismissal of a lawsuit by a home buyer against a mortgage company. The buyer complained that she was induced by the mortgage company and other defendants to purchase the house for more than it was worth. After giving the buyer two opportunities ...
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March 06, 2009 -
SRBC's Barry and Levin Win Major Victory for Volkswagen SRBC partners David Barry and Andrew Levin recently won a jury verdict for Volkswagen in federal court in Vermont, in a case arising from a rollover accident in which the plaintiff, a passenger in a 1999 VW Jetta, was rendered quadriplegic. The plaintiff claimed medical and lost-earnings ...
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February 18, 2009 -
Lisa Goodheart on Environmental Expert Witnesses SRBC partner Lisa Goodheart will be a panelist at the Boston Bar
Association’s seminar “Environmental Experts: The Keys to Your Case!” on March
12. The seminar, sponsored by the BBA’s Environmental Law Section, will cover
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February 09, 2009 -
Alan Geismer Expands Divorce Mediation Practice SRBC partner Alan Geismer has joined the divorce mediation panel of Mediation Works, a Boston-based provider of alternative-dispute-resolution services. Alan will serve as a mediator for divorce and probate cases.
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February 09, 2009 -
Lisa Goodheart to Discuss Diversity in the Judiciary On Wednesday, February 11, SRBC partner Lisa Goodheart will serve as a panelist at a program entitled “Obtaining and Retaining a Diverse Judiciary.” The program, presented by the ABA Judicial Division Standing Committee on Minorities in the Judiciary, will discuss developing strategies to ...
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December 17, 2008 -
Early Win for Developer in Subdivision Dispute SRBC's Dylan Sanders recently won an early summary judgment for a developer-client in a dispute involving a Boxborough subdivision. The dispute arose when the defendant landowners failed to comply with a contractual obligation to grant the developer an easement, ...
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December 16, 2008 -
William Benson Joins SRBC SRBC has recently welcomed William F. Benson to the firm as an associate. Bill comes to SRBC from Bingham McCutchen LLP in Boston, where for eight years he had a litigation practice that included general commercial, franchise, construction, bankruptcy, and non-competition ...
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December 03, 2008 -
Jean Musiker Judges at ABA Employment Mock Trial Competition SRBC's Jean Musiker, head of the firm's employment practice group, recently accepted an invitation to serve as a judge at the annual trial advocacy competition sponsored by the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Section. The competition gives law students an opportunity to develop ...
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September 24, 2008 -
Win for SRBC Insurance Client in Coverage Dispute SRBC's Susan Hartnett and Matthew Lyons obtained summary judgment for an insurance-company client in a case arising from a fight at a night club that resulted in serious injury. The coverage dispute centered on the policy's exclusion for "expected or intended" harm. The court agreed ...
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September 21, 2008 -
Christine Netski Named Co-Chair of BBA Strategic Planning Committee SRBC partner Christine Netski was recently named co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's Strategic Planning Committee. The committee's purpose is to develop a long-range strategic plan for the BBA. Chris also served as the chair of the BBA's Nominating Committee for ...
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September 16, 2008 -
SRBC and Co-Counsel File Fraud Suit On Behalf of Consumers of Dietary Supplements Consumers in sixteen states have filed lawsuits against Canadian company Wellnx Life Sciences, which markets and sells three dietary supplements throughout the United States, and against its owners and senior managers. The cases, which are pending in federal courts and consolidated in ...
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September 10, 2008 -
Christine Netski Named to Trial Lawyer Honorary Society SRBC partner Christine Netski was recently invited to be a fellow of the trial lawyer honorary society ...
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September 09, 2008 -
Boston Bar Association Releases Report on Civil Right to Counsel The Boston Bar Association has released a report of its task force on expanding the right to counsel for indigent litigants in civil cases. SRBC partner Tony Doniger, who completed his term as president of the BBA on September 1, strongly supported the "civil right to ...
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September 08, 2008 -
Michael Appel Elected to American Board of Trial Advocates SRBC partner Michael Appel was recently elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Founded in 1958, ABOTA is a national association of trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation of the right to civil trial by jury. ...
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August 14, 2008 -
Dylan Sanders Elected to Board of The Food Project SRBC's Dylan Sanders was recently elected to the board of trustees of The Food Project, a Boston-based non-profit organization focused on engaging young adults in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture. The organization began ...
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August 12, 2008 -
Lisa Goodheart Elected BBA Treasurer SRBC partner Lisa Goodheart has been elected Treasurer of the Boston Bar Association, effective September 1, 2008. Lisa focuses her practice in environmental, real estate, and general business litigation. She has been recognized for five consecutive years in Chambers USA: America’s Leading ...
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August 04, 2008 -
Dylan Sanders Joins SRBC SRBC is pleased to welcome Dylan Sanders to the firm. Dylan was previously a litigation partner in the Boston office of DLA Piper USA LLP, and before that an associate at Hill & Barlow. He has extensive experience representing developers in zoning, permitting and land-use litigation, including ...
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August 01, 2008 -
Jeff Stern Presents ADR Award At the recent annual meeting of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators (ACCTM), SRBC partner Jeffrey Stern had the honor of introducing and presenting the annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Frank Sander of Harvard Law School, a pioneer in the ADR field. Jeff is a graduate of ...
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June 17, 2008 -
Ed Barshak and Lisa Goodheart Named in 2008 Chambers Rankings SRBC partners Ed Barshak and Lisa Goodheart have been named to the 2008 Chambers USA rankings of top lawyers. Ed is described as “one of Massachusetts’s preeminent trial attorneys.” This is his fourth consecutive year in the ...
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June 16, 2008 -
Alan Geismer Honored by Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts, a not-for-profit organization that provides pro bono legal services to artists and arts organizations, honored Alan Geismer at its recent annual benefit with its VLA Founders' Appreciation Award. Alan was recognized for his “leadership, ...
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June 05, 2008 -
Alan Geismer Elected to Board of Family-Law Association The Massachusetts Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts elected SRBC partner Alan Geismer to its board of directors at its recent annual meeting. The AFCC, based in Madison, Wisconsin, is an organization of judges, lawyers and others "dedicated to improving the lives of ...
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June 04, 2008 -
Tony Doniger Dresses to Impress SRBC partner Tony Doniger strode the catwalk at the recent “Dress to Impress” event hosted by Lawyer’s Weekly--a fashion show for the legal community, where local designers (Sara Campbell, Ports & Co., Frank Stella Clothiers, Regan Clothiers Ltd., and Jiwani Custom Clothiers) showed off ...
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April 28, 2008 -
In Tight Economy, Clients Look to Mid-Sized Firms A recent Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article analyzed the effect of difficult economic periods on clients' decisions about retaining lawyers. "A subtle shift may be under way as more moderately sized law firms in Boston and beyond find themselves in greater demand by clients ...
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April 09, 2008 -
Doniger: Let International Lawyers Take the Bar As reported in the April 7 issue of the Boston Business Journal, SRBC partner and Boston Bar Association president Tony Doniger has spoken about the BBA’s call for Massachusetts to relax its rules on admission of lawyers trained outside the United ...
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February 26, 2008 -
Lisa Goodheart Participates in Legal Career Discussion Lisa Goodheart was one of several women attorneys who recently participated in a panel discussion of legal careers involving the commercial real estate industry. The discussion was videotaped for the “CareerZone” section of the CREW (Commercial Women in Real Estate) Network’s website, a ...
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February 22, 2008 -
Jean Musiker to Present at Employment “MasterClass” Jean Musiker will serve as a faculty member at MCLE’s “Employment Law Trial Skills MasterClass”, March 12-13, 2008. Jean will be joining a panel of other experienced trial lawyers and judges, offering practice pointers, techniques, and exercises beneficial to persuading a jury in ...
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February 15, 2008 -
Jeff Stern on the Role of Apology in Mediation Jeff Stern, the chair of SRBC’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group, was the guest lecturer at a recent Boston University Law School seminar on mediation. Jeff spoke on the role of apologies in mediation, with a particular focus on the wrongful death claim brought against M.I.T. by ...
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February 14, 2008 -
SRBC Launches “Green” Initiative SRBC has made a commitment to improve practices within the firm that have a significant environmental impact. The firm has long recognized the critical importance of limiting energy usage and consumption of resources wherever practical. In past years the firm conducted an “energy ...
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