Legal Services - Metro Boston Area Barron & Stadfeld, P. C. Renee M. (Northrop) Hawk, Esq. Donald Pitman, III, Esq. 100 Cambridge St., Suite 1310, Boston, MA 02114 Phone: (617) 723-9800 Fax: (617) 523-8359 Email: rmh@barronstad.com Family law practice provides the following services: Divorce, Prenuptial Agreements, Modifications, Contempts, Paternity, Separate Support, Custody and Visitation, Domestic Violence, Child Support and Alimony Obligations. Citron Law Jo Ann Citron, Ph.D., J.D. 75 Arlington Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02116 Phone: (617) 326-1300 Fax: (617) 209-1331 Email: jac@citronlaw.net Website: www.citronlaw.net Citron Law handles custody and property disputes in the context of divorce, dissolution of non-marital relationships, post-divorce modifications, paternity, grandparent, and de facto parent claims. The firm's philosophy is to negotiate whenever possible and to litigate whenever necessary. Jo Ann Citron has chaired the family law section of one of the state bar associations, and is a former member of a council advising a national family law advocacy organization that litigates high-impact cases across the country. Her practice is located in Massachusetts where she represents clients in Suffolk, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties. She is also licensed in New York where her practice focuses on impact litigation whose purpose is to expand legal protections for alternative families. Citron Law works with mental health professionals in child custody cases, and with financial planners and accountants in property disputes involving significant marital estates. Gargas & Associates, P.C. Melanie J. Gargas, Esq. 75 Federal St., Boston, MA 02110 Phone: (617) 542-4200 Fax: (617) 542-4242 Family law practice which includes divorce, financial, custody and visitation disputes, modifications and contempts. Laurie Israel, Esq. Law Offices of Laurie Israel 1318 Beacon Street, Suite 19, Brookline, MA 02446 Phone: (617) 277-3774 Fax: (617) 277-6520 Email: lisrael@socialaw.com Websites: www.laurieisrael.com   www.MediationToStayMarried.com Laurie Israel is a lawyer who helps clients resolve their disputes with a high level of dignity, integrity and creativity. Laurie works in the areas of collaborative divorce, divorce mediation, divorce negotiation, and prenuptial agreements. She also helps people who wish to stay married through providing marital mediation (“mediation to stay married”) and negotiation of postnuptial agreements. You can find out more about her work and read her articles on her websites. Joyce Kauffman, Esq. Law Office of Joyce Kauffman 231 Third St., Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: (617) 577-1505 Fax: (617) 577-1012 Email: joyce@kauffmanlaw.net Joyce Kauffman is a 1992 graduate of Northeastern University Law School and specializes in family law, co-parent adoption, and mediation, with an emphasis on legal issues affecting lesbian and gay families. Attorney Kauffman has written numerous articles on these issues and is a frequent speaker at seminars, conferences, and in community settings on issues of importance to lesbian and gay parents, co-parent adoption, and family law, and more recently, on how same-sex marriage impacts the lesbian and gay community. Attorney Kauffman is a past Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association (MLGBA) and past chair of the MLGBA’s Family Law Section. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Family Pride Coalition, a national organization advocating for lesbian and gay families. She is the recipient of the 2003 Barney Frank Award from the Massachusetts School of Law and the 2005 Fisher Davenport Award from the Family Pride Coalition honoring her for her contributions to lesbian and gay families. Paula H. Noe, Esq. Bowman, Moos, Elder & Noe, LLP 222 Third St., Suite 3220, Cambridge, MA 02142-1170 Phone: (617) 494-8808 Fax: (617) 494-8960 Email: Noe@bmenlaw.com Website: www.paulahnoe.com Paula H. Noe practices Massachusetts family law (divorce, custody, post divorce, same sex divorces, pre-nuptial agreements, etc), concentrating in helping families through crises with dignity and respect, via alernative dispute resolution wherever possible, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is a partner in the domestic relations firm of Bowman, Moos, Elder and Noe, LLP. She is a Founding Member and Past President of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, and sits on its Advisory Board; she is also Chairman of the American Bar Association Family Law Committee of the Dispute Resolution Section. She has authored several articles and served on the faculty of several trainings for attorneys and other professionals. John E. Quigley, Esq. Todd & Weld 28 State St., 31st Floor, Boston, MA 02109 Phone: (978) 471-9031 Fax: (978) 227-5777 Email: jquigley@toddweld.com Website: www.toddweld.com Specializing in all aspects of family law, including: divorce actions; post-divorce actions of contempt and modification; prenuptial agreements; and step-parent adoption. Attorney Quigley practices in Essex, Norfolk, Middlesex and Suffolk counties. Anita Wyzanski Robboy, Esq. Menard Murphy & Walsh 60 State St., 34th Floor, Boston, MA 02109 Phone: (617) 832-2500 Fax: (617) 832-2550 Email: robboy@mmwlaw.com Website: www.mmwlaw.com Attorney Robboy practices law in the Boston office of the law firm of Menard, Murphy & Walsh. She has specialized in family law for over 25 years. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a member of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association and Mass. Bar Association. She has authored books for lawyers and for the public, concentrating on many aspects of family law. Vicki Shemin, J.D., LICSW Boston Law Collaborative 99 Summer Street, Suite 1600, Boston, MA 02110 Phone: (617)439-4700 Fax: (617) 439-0700 Email: vshemin@bostonlawcollaborative.com Vicki L. Shemin, J.D., LICSW is a dual-degree experienced family law practitioner and clinical social worker who is “of counsel” to Boston Law Collaborative, LLC. She specializes in divorce mediation, collaborative law, divorce consultation and coaching, Parenting Coordination and Guardian ad Litem work. Her expertise in family law cases includes: prenuptial agreements; pre-divorce matters; child support and child custody disputes; alimony and the equitable division of the marital estate; post-divorce modifications; relocations; stepfamily issues; and same-sex partnerships. For years, Attorney Shemin was an adjunct professor at Boston University’s School of Social Work (where she taught “Family Law”, “Ethics” & “Divorce Mediation”) and she has also taught at Boston University’s School of Law (“Trusts and Estates”). In addition, she has authored several articles on topics of interest to family law practitioners which have been published in national journals, and she has lectured on seminal areas of interest in the areas of domestic relations and probate law. Attorney Shemin has long-served on the Board of MAGAL (Massachusetts Association of Guardians Ad Litem), and is a member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and Boston Bar Association (Family Law Section). She also formerly served on the Board of The Divorce Center. As someone who has herself weathered the divorce process, Attorney Shemin is acutely sensitive to the issues and needs of families who face this life-altering challenge Diane W. Spears, Esq. 24 School St., 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 Phone: (617) 227-9713 Fax: (617) 723-5601 Email: spearsd@verizon.net Website: www.dianewspears.com As a family law attorney, she has twenty years experience in handling divorces, custody disputes, guardianship cases, elder law issues, real estate matters, and wills and trusts. For the past ten years she has also had substantial experience as a mediator. She is a Past President of the Divorce Center. Gayle Stone-Turesky, Esq. Stone, Stone & Creem One Washington Mall, Boston, MA 02108 Phone: (617) 523-4567 Fax: (617) 523-5061 Email: gstone-turesky@sscattorneys.com Website: www.sscattorneys.com Concentrating in all areas of family law including divorce, prenuptial agreements, custody, modifications, paternity, and mediations. « Back Home © 2006 The Divorce Center Website by IX Interactive