Families are challenged almost daily with rising incidents of divorce, complicated child custody and child support issues, adoptions, and pre-marital planning.
Child Custody and Visitation
Adoption
Premarital Agreement
Guardianship
Disputes sometimes arise during the administration of a trust, estate or guardianship. Because family relationships are often involved, resolution of these disputes requires sensitivity to these relationships and a sure hand to guide you, whether you are the fiduciary, a beneficiary, or an interested third party.
Whether you are faced with a lawsuit or arbitration or you need to pursue legal remedies for breach of contract, collection on accounts, business transactions gone awry, or other aspects of your business, you can rely on our experience and expertise, in both federal and state courts, to protect your business and your interests. Our litigators have over 50 years of combined experience in all aspects of commercial litigation and business negotiations. We will analyze the issues and work closely with you to develop a strategy to obtain positive results for you and your business that is both cost-effective and designed to produce a timely resolution. If litigation can be avoided, without sacrificing your interests, we will work with you to negotiate the best outcome possible.
Alan is a trial attorney with three decades of experience in probate litigation, complex commercial litigation, technology disputes, securities litigation, personal injury, product liability and medical malpractice litigation, fidelity and surety law, and construction litigation. Alan has represented individuals, small and large businesses, financial institutions, regulatory agencies, and insurance companies.
The field of personal injury law is constantly evolving and expanding. For over 30 years, our attorneys have represented clients who have suffered harm. BLG has the experience required to advocate vigorously for your rights – from diligently investigating accidents and medical records to obtaining the best experts to testify on your behalf – while providing the support you and your loved ones need at such a difficult time.
Medical Malpractice
Successful mediation of a medical malpractice case against a dentist for client injured when a piece of bridgework lodged in his lung
Larry concentrates his practice on the resolution of personal, family and commercial disputes. He has broad and varied experience appearing in all courts within the Commonwealth. Larry’s clients range from individuals in the family law and probate settings, including divorce matters and will contests, to small businesses (including other law firms and their members seeking resolution of internal disputes), and corporate clients, insurance companies to telecommunications based organizations. When the situation requires, Larry tries his client’s cases in the Probate and Family Court, the state’s District and Superior Courts, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He has also handled appeals before the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Larry is a member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations.
Trusts
BLG attorneys and staff have over 30 years of experience in advising trustees of both trusts created in a will (testamentary trusts) and trusts created in a trust document (sometimes called “living trusts”). Trustees often require legal advice in interpreting the provisions of the trust and in determining the rights of different levels of trust beneficiaries. In those rare cases when a trust has been poorly written, BLG has gone to the courts to obtain judicial corrections to the document, so that the wishes of the deceased are properly carried out. And in those cases when a trust is left without provisions for a trustee, BLG has obtained judicial appointments of successor trustees to manage the trust until it is to be terminated.