Massachusetts Family and Divorce Lawyers

Family and Divorce Law

10 Laurel Ave 2nd floor, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA

Alisha is an experienced trial attorney who represents clients with professionalism, knowledge and compassion. She has successfully litigated complex family law cases, including high net-worth divorces, self-employed individuals, closely-held family businesses, pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, gifted and inherited assets, modification, high-conflict custody and parenting disputes, military divorces, guardianships, removal, paternity and contempt matters.

Family and Divorce Law

660 N Falmouth Hwy, North Falmouth, MA 02556

Using state-of-the-art technology, Attorney Richardson's firm focuses on family law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts regarding issues of divorce, custody, parenting time, child support, alimony, division of assets, division of liabilities, determination of an equitable share of the marital estate when business valuations are required, contempt actions, modifications, and restraining orders. Attorney Camala A. Richardson combines zealous advocacy and compassionate counsel. She guides clients through the divorce process and resolves related matters involving child custody, parenting time, child support and alimony. In all her work, Ms. Richardson is committed to achieving her client’s goals and protecting their rights. Camela has experience in all aspects of domestic relations practice including child custody and parenting time, child support, paternity, divorce, alimony, modifications and guardianships. Ms. Richardson pays particular attention to accurate analysis and valuation of the myriad of assets and financial interests often at stake in a divorce, whether they are business interests, various investments, stock options, or pension and profit sharing plans, and considers the tax consequences both of dividing assets and establishing support obligations. Camela has developed a network of professionals with whom she works closely and who provide specialized assistance in these areas.

Family and Divorce Law

70 Washington St suite 210, Salem, MA 01970, USA

Jennifer Koiles is an experienced, dedicated, and highly respected family law attorney serving clients throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Over the past 20 years, Jennifer has successfully handled more than 1000 family law matters and has proudly been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in the practice of Family Law, a Super Lawyer “Top 50 Women Attorney”, and “Top 100 Attorney” in Massachusetts.

Family and Divorce Law

3 Courthouse Ln, Chelmsford, MA 01824, USA

Attorney Meyers uses her unique background as a Finance Major and a Certified Financial Litigator (CFL) to thoroughly investigate and evaluate financial issues in a divorce. Many clients have no idea of the true value or extent of their family assets or debts. Many clients are faced with a lack of financial documentation to prove the true earnings of a spouse. An attorney who understands finance is a tremendous benefit for a divorcing client as divorce is a serious financial transaction at a time when a person is emotionally vulnerable.

Family and Divorce Law

33 State St, Springfield, MA 01103, USA

There are many practitioners in the legal industry, and I know as a member of the legal profession, the best way in which I can differentiate myself from my peers is through the high quality of my representation and the level of service which I offer to my clients. My philosophy is that I am here for my clients and it should not be the other way around. I strive to service my clients in the most professional and efficient manner from both a time and cost perspective, while ultimately achieving the desired end result. A successful attorney/client relationship is one of trust, hard work, communication, service and accomplishment. By establishing long term relationships with my clients, I am able to give back to each individual.

Family and Divorce Law

1 Longfellow Pl #3610, Boston, MA 02114, USA

Karen Sweeney Shea is a highly skilled family law attorney with over 30 years of experience, specializing in complex and high-net-worth divorce litigation, child custody matters, and alternative dispute resolution. A member of McGrath & Kane since 2002, Karen has built a reputation for her thoughtful, strategic approach to family law and her ability to guide clients through even the most challenging legal issues. Karen earned her Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School in 1990, following her undergraduate studies at Merrimack College (1986). She began her legal career at the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office, where she gained invaluable courtroom experience before transitioning to private practice. At McGrath & Kane, Karen has developed a deep expertise in complex family law cases, including divorce cases involving substantial financial assets, child custody disputes, modifications, contempt matters, and the negotiation and drafting of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. In addition to her litigation practice, Karen is an experienced mediator and conciliator, successfully resolving private family law matters through alternative dispute resolution methods. She also volunteers her time as a conciliator for various probate and family court conciliation programs, offering her mediation services to help families resolve disputes outside of the courtroom. Karen is also dedicated to advancing the field of family law through education and service. She has authored numerous articles on family law topics and regularly participates as a panelist for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) seminars and Massachusetts Bar Association Programs. Additionally, Karen serves as an Attorney Representing Children (ARC) and volunteers with several Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs in the Probate and Family Courts of Middlesex and Norfolk counties. She also participated in the Lawyer for the Day program, helping individuals navigate through the court system. Recognized for her excellence in family law, Karen has been named a Super Lawyer by Boston Magazine since 2008 and has been listed among the Top Women of Law since 2014. She is an active member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, and the Greater Boston Family Law Inns of Court.

Family and Divorce Law

Longfellow Pl, Boston, MA 02114, USA

Martin F. Kane, II (“Marty”) has been a member of McGrath and Kane, since September 1997. Marty’s areas of practice are complex domestic relations law and criminal defense. A graduate of Boston College School of Management in 1988 and Boston College Law School graduating in 1992 with a Juris Doctorate degree. Upon graduation from law school, Marty was employed by the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office 1992-1997. While in the District Attorney’s Office, Marty prosecuted numerous criminal cases, including approximately 300 jury trials and more than one thousand bench trials in the District and Superior Courts of the Middlesex County. Marty served as the supervising attorney for the Newton, Malden and the Cambridge Jury of Six, in the District Courts. He successfully drafted and argued seven appellate cases in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, resulting in six affirmations of convictions and one reversal of a motion to suppress that had been allowed. Since joining McGrath and Kane, Marty has successfully litigated various complex child custody and business valuation related divorce cases. He has successfully defended various criminal cases in the District and Superior Courts of the Commonwealth. Marty presently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law, at Boston College. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association Middlesex County Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Family and Probate Inns of Court. Marty served as Secretary, First Vice President and is the past President of the Middlesex County Bar Association. During his two year term as President, he forged unions with the local bar associations within Middlesex County, and established a bench bar forum for all of the District and Probate Courts in Middlesex County where attorneys and Judges discuss the needs and the requirements of recent civil and/or criminal procedure changes as well as internal administration of the various courts. Marty organized and continues to chair the Middlesex County Bar Association’s Probate and Family Court Conciliation Program. This program has resolved over 2,000 cases since inception. Marty currently serves as a council member of the Middlesex Bar Foundation; and a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association House of Delegates. Providing continuing legal education in a variety of forums, Marty has participated in seminars at the Massachusetts Bar Association on domestic relations and he has also participated in the District Court Survival Guide for the criminal law section during the past five years. He has also taught new police recruits for the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council. In addition Marty has participated in a number of MCLE seminars on domestic relations matters March, 2009 – Post Divorce Modifications and Contempts; January, 2009 – Obtaining and Defending Restraining Orders under MGL 209A. He was a panel member in the Middlesex County Bar Association “Post Pierce Alimony” Seminar in April, 2010. He presently serves as a Committee member of the MCLE Family Law Curriculum Advisory Committee. Recognizing the importance of pro bono service to the courts of the Commonwealth, Marty participates regularly in the Lawyer for the Day programs in Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk County Probate and Family Courts Marty is a recipient of the Massachusetts Bar Association Community Service Award November 2008. At the request of the President of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Marty served as the Chair of the Committee investigating and reporting upon the “Crisis in the Courts”. Marty has served as a committee member for the Judicial Bench Bar Committee since 2006. This committee conducts due diligence on candidates for Judicial appointments who have been nominated by the Judicial Nominating Committee and are awaiting consideration by the Executive Branch. In 2010, Marty was nominated as a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer”.

Family and Divorce Law

199 Wells Avenue, Suite 211, Newton, MA 02459

Mary Beth L. Sweeney is a partner with the law firm of Atwood & Cherny . Her practice includes all aspects of domestic relations and probate litigation in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. A significant portion of her practice involves custody matters and children’s issues, including the impact of a child with special needs in a divorce case. Mary Beth has expertise in custody, removal, visitation, and Hague Convention matters (where a parent abducts a child to/from another country). She was one of the trial attorneys responsible for the first highlighted “virtual visitation” case in Massachusetts, as it pertained to a creative method of contact for a non-custodial parent in a removal matter. A component of her practice also includes representing family members in Estate Litigation matters in both the Probate and Superior Courts of the Commonwealth. Mary Beth is an elected Trustee with the American Inn of Court, currently serving a four year term.

Family and Divorce Law

871 Turnpike Street, 205, North Andover, MA 01845

Meridith A. Gregory is a family law attorney in North Andover, Massachusetts, and the owner and partner of the Law Offices of Meridith A. Gregory, LLC. She has held that position since 2005. Alongside family law, her attorney profile lists same-sex relationship law, premarital planning and mediation, and general practice. Gregory’s first degree was in social work: a B.S.W. from Salem State College, awarded in 1997 with magna cum laude honors. She earned her J.D., cum laude, at New England School of Law in Boston in 2002. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar that year, she began a legal career that included litigating civil disputes. Several years at a general litigation firm preceded her return to family law. In 2004, she gained admission in New Hampshire and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Her firm represents clients in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including family disputes over which state has jurisdiction. Its work also extends to relocation cases involving more than one state. The firm describes divorce litigation involving millions of dollars in assets and proceedings that sometimes continued for nearly a decade, including modification and contempt matters. International child-abduction disputes are another part of its reported work, both within and outside the Hague Convention. Beyond family law, the firm reports assisting clients with estate planning, restraining orders and harassment prevention orders.

Family and Divorce Law

300 Washington St suite 450, Newton, MA 02458, USA

Attorney Nancy Baskin brings over twenty-five years of experience in the field of family law to her clients’ cases. She graduated from Dartmouth College cum laude in 1981 and, after spending a year working for the United States Senate, attended New York University School of Law, from which she received her J.D. in 1985. After two years of practicing commercial real estate in a large law firm in Manhattan, Ms. Baskin began exclusively practicing domestic relations law in 1988, first at the premier Manhattan divorce law firm now known as Aronson, Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP for approximately five years and then, upon relocating to Boston in 1993, with a Boston domestic relations firm for five years. After practicing in the domestic relations department of a large law firm for over two years, Ms. Baskin opened her own practice in Boston in March 2001. Ms. Baskin’s firm has since grown to three attorneys, all exclusively practicing domestic relations law. She is widely regarded as a preeminent practitioner in the field of family law.

Family and Divorce Law

30 Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110

For over twenty-six years, Phyllis has specialized in the trial of complex domestic relations and family law matters and has worked with a number of prestigious firms specializing in this area of the law. In 1994, she was one of the founding partners of Schmidt & Federico, P.C Phyllis’ practice encompasses all aspects of matrimonial and domestic relations law, including divorce, custody, modifications, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, and paternity. She handles high-conflict disputes with an emphasis on business valuation and custody litigation. She has chaired and been a panel member of many continuing education programs for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, (“MCLE”), the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem, (“MAGAL”), the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, (“AFCC”) and has been a guest lecturer at Boston College Law School and Suffolk University Law School. Phyllis has authored many articles on family law practice. She is the co-editor of the MCLE publication “Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual” and has co-authored the Separation Agreement Chapter for that publication for many years. She is the Co-Author of the Massachusetts Family Law Source Book and Citator. She is listed in Naifeh & Smith’s “Best Lawyers in America,” has been listed as one of Boston Magazine’s top fifty female attorneys and has been included as a Super Lawyer in Boston Magazine in the category of family law since 2004 as well as “New England Super Lawyers.”

Family and Divorce Law

29 Water St suite 210, Newburyport, MA 01950, USA

Nicole Wood Hermsdorf, Esq., is the founding partner of Hermsdorf Law, LLC in Newburyport, MA. Her practice focuses in all areas of family law including high conflict and uncontested divorces, child custody, alimony and support, modification actions, guardianship and mediation. Prior to starting Hermsdorf Law, LLC, Attorney Hermsdorf was in-house general counsel for Citibank for over eleven years. While at Citibank, Attorney Hermsdorf drafted and negotiated complex documentation involved in the launch of hedge funds, private equity, and mutual funds. She was counsel to Citibank’s largest asset management client at the time with approximately $5.7 trillion assets under management as of 2017. This past experience makes Attorney Hermsdorf experienced and aggressive in litigating and negotiating complex financial matters including business valuations, inherited assets, and the division of the martial estates. Attorney Hermsdorf is licensed to practice in Massachusetts and provides representation in the Probate and Family Courts of Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, and surrounding counties. She is also a trained mediator in the state of Massachusetts.