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Best Lawyers 2023
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Adam R. Satin has been a partner with Lubin & Meyer since 2004, specializing in medical malpractice and general liability litigation. His cases have generated more than $60 million in gross awards for clients of the firm. In 2012, Attorney Satin achieved two of the five largest verdicts of the year—a $5.83 million verdict for the family of a patient who died after his primary care physician discontinued his aspirin regimen, and a $3,582,831 judgment for the mother of a 12-year-old b...
Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. is widely recognized as one of Boston’s top lawyers and an innovator in medical malpractice and personal injury law. Meyer has consistently achieved record-setting verdicts and settlements, including one of the largest personal injury awards in Massachusetts' history — $30 million including interest. He is the founder of Boston-based Lubin & Meyer PC , a firm known for taking on such high-profile cases as one involving shock treatment at the Judge Rotenber...
Attorney Krysia Syska has been actively involved in numerous record-setting medical malpractice verdicts and settlements; many of which have been highlighted and featured in various publications from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and The Boston Globe to several national verdict reporting publications. Most recently, she participated in securing a $5 million settlement for birth injuries sustained when a nurse and midwife failed to act on signs of fetal distress. Attorney Syska joined the firm ...
Robert M. Higgins is highly recognized as one of Massachusetts’ top medical malpractice trial attorneys who has achieved much success in the courtroom including the Commonwealth’s largest personal injury award — a $40 million verdict for a baby brain damaged at birth. Rob, who received Best Lawyers’ “ Lawyer of the Year ” for Medical Malpractice - Boston distinction in 2015, started off 2018 by recording a plaintiff’s verdict in February for $1.6 mill...
Bill Thompson is a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience who specializes in personal injury and medical negligence cases. He has represented victims in hundreds of cases throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Attorney Thompson also handles product liability and wrongful death claims and has vast experience before judges and juries in all types of personal injury cases. He has been successful in obtaining numerous multi-million dollar awards for victims of medic...
Michael B. Bogdanow is a Principal and Director of Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C., and oversees all of its appellate litigation. He has handled numerous appeals on a wide range of issues. Attorney Bogdanow successfully handled the appeal of a $63 million verdict on behalf of his firm's clients, a young girl who was given over the counter Children’s Motrin® to treat a mild fever (and her parents, who were also plaintiffs in the case). She developed the side-effects Stevens...
Andrea Toulouse has extensive experience in all areas of commercial real estate, including acquisition, development, financing, and leasing for a broad range of developers and financiers of commercial properties at a local, regional and national level. Her practice encompasses industrial properties, educational uses, suburban office parks, and downtown office buildings. Andrea’s representation includes negotiating acquisition and disposition documentation, providing advice, conducting r...
Andrew Kara is a seasoned real estate attorney with over 15 years of experience in all facets of real estate including but not limited to acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, condominium creation, zoning and real estate tax abatements/appeals. Two (2) of his specific areas of expertise are real estate tax abatements/appeals and Boston zoning/permitting matters. He has represented taxpayers on all types in obtaining real estate tax relief at both the local level with Boards of Asses...
Denise Murphy is Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group and is a member of Rubin and Rudman’s Executive Committee. She counsels regional and national businesses on a broad variety of employment law-related issues, ranging from individual terminations to mass reductions in force. Denise is a past President of the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA). Denise drafts a multitude of employment contracts, severance agreements, handbooks, and policy statements, and con...
Elizabeth Sullivan works in the practice areas of higher education, employment law, and labor relations. She represents employers regarding the negotiations and implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the defense of employment actions, and she provides employers with advice on such matters as hiring and promotion, disciplinary action, performance management, internal investigations, and discrimination claims. Additionally, Elizabeth counsels and provides training for employers ...
James “Jim” Sperling has more than forty years of experience in sophisticated real estate transactions. He regularly represents real estate investors in the acquisition and disposition, due diligence, zoning, financing, management, and leasing of substantial real estate investment properties. His counsel is widely sought for his broad experience in all aspects of real estate law, but also for his calm, practical and insightful counsel when issues arise.
Jay Pabian’s practice focuses on developing effective exit planning strategies for the owners of privately-held companies. Business clients rely on Jay’s deep legal and financial background to prepare for the eventual transition of their businesses. Jay is known for his highly skilled approach to creating master plans that transition businesses while preserving and protecting important legacies and assets. In addition to his specialized focus on business succession planning and ex...
Jeffrey Dretler is a seasoned litigator and trusted counselor. He has more than twenty years of experience representing employers in state and federal courts and administrative agencies in cases involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour issues and the enforcement of non-competition agreements and protection of trade secrets. He also advises employers on day-to-day human resources matters involving leaves of absence, reasonable accommodation, independent contractor law, ...
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Jessica Demmerly is a partner specializing in estate planning, elder law, and special needs planning. Prior to becoming an attorney, Jessica worked in geriatric social services. During this time, Jessica developed a deep understanding of the issues that seniors and their families face in navigating public benefits and planning for incapacity. She takes a dynamic approach by working with families, Life Care Managers, and financial professionals to proactively plan for the future and to problem...
Lauren DeMatteo is an associate whose practice concentrates in the areas of elder law, estate planning and estate administration. Lauren assists individuals and families with a wide range of objectives – from designing and implementing core as well as tax-and-gifting-focused estate plans, to guiding clients through long-term care planning, supplemental needs and public benefits. Lauren’s knowledge of the intricacies of elder law and her work on behalf of clients enduring incapacit...
Featured "Lawyer of the Year" Honorees
Michael F. Connolly, Partner and Co-Chair of Rubin and Rudman’s Litigation Department and a member of Rubin and Rudman’s Executive Committee, is a seasoned litigator with extensive civil and criminal trial experience. Across federal, state, and administrative courts and agencies, Michael has tried numerous cases involving complex securities, commercial and real estate litigation. He has represented clients in shareholder litigation, securities fraud, management disputes, business ...
Jonathan W. Fitch, managing partner, has over 30 years of experience representing clients in complex domestic and international business disputes involving: international commercial agreements; intellectual property; technology license agreements; trademark and patent agreements; distribution and supply agreements; software licensing; technology support agreements; executive employment contracts; employment discrimination; proprietary information; invention assignment; non-solicit and non-com...
A seasoned litigator and certified mediator, Phil Brown handles complex disputes—in business, trade secret, employment, zoning, security and appellate cases—with creative and effective strategies that have won him the respect of other attorneys and the appreciation of his wide-ranging clients, both plaintiffs and defendants. Since his career began over 20 years ago at the internationally recognized law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Phil's skills have helped him ac...
