Lawrence J. Sugarman

Chris is a problem solver with a track record of assisting companies and individuals in successfully navigating economic distress. With more than twenty years’ experience in commercial restructuring and related litigation, he provides thoughtful advice and finds innovative solutions to complex disputes. While he is a skilled and effective courtroom advocate when necessary, Chris seeks to resolve conflicts quickly and efficiently, without the costs and delays of litigation. Having spent ...

Mark DeGiacomo dedicates his practice to working as a Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee while representing clients in bankruptcy cases and commercial litigation matters. Since 1995, Mark has been a valued member of the five-member Boston trustee panel chosen by the Department of Justice to select bankruptcy trustees. He has served as a trustee in numerous cases, acting to operate, sell, and liquidate businesses as needed. In his role as counsel to the bankruptcy estate, Mark brings ...

Edward G. Black is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Intellectual Property and Patent Law. Edward G., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Edward G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

With a focus on complex transactions and regulatory compliance, Patrick Healy represents a wide range of healthcare industry participants, including non-profit and for-profit health systems, academic medical centers, physician organizations, post-acute providers and health plans. He works alongside his clients to execute their most critical transactions and strategic initiatives, leveraging corporate and healthcare regulatory expertise to drive an efficient and client-oriented approach to ach...

Kara J. Carey is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Kara J., who practices law in Walpole, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kara J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Walter Kelley is the managing partner of Bernheim Kelley’s Massachusetts offices. Walter resides in Plymouth, Massachusetts with his wife Alicia and is the proud father of two beautiful daughters. He has an exceptional amount of experience successfully advancing the best interests of his clients in high stakes and complex civil litigation matters involving serious personal injuries . Attorney Kelley is well respected both locally and nationally among the plaintiff’s bar and is hig...

Mr. Guekguezian is a highly experienced trial attorney who has obtained winning jury verdicts in dozens of trials involving claims of death or catastrophic injury throughout the trial courts of Massachusetts. He concentrates in medical malpractice, product liability, toxic torts, and personal injury. Mr. Guekguezian is regional counsel (New England) for a national company in the asbestos litigation, he is counsel in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to a number of other national companies in the...

Robert Shea advises and represents clients in all areas of labor and employment law. He devotes a significant portion of his practice to alternative dispute resolution, both as an advocate and a neutral. Advice Bob has advised and counseled employers, executives, professionals and entrepreneurs on labor and employment law matters for more than thirty years. His practice includes counseling clients on discipline and discharge, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage-hour, pay equity, tra...

Ilenna J. Stein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice and Health Care Law. Ilenna J., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ilenna J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Melissa S. Rones is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice and Patent Law. Melissa S., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2016. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Melissa S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.