Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy: I prefer to assist consumers or small business owners who are need in bankruptcy services - either 7 (liquidation) or 13 (restructuring).

Debt Relief: I like helping people who hope to avoid bankruptcy to gain control of their debts, including issues regarding foreclosure and debt restructuring.

Sometimes I'm asked how labor law and debt management work together since the fields seem so diverse. It is pretty simple. People with employment issues often have problems meeting their debt obligations.

Employment Law

Labor Law: I prefer to represent employees who have been discriminated against, wrongfully terminated, or sexually harassed, as well as those who are wrongfully denied unemployment.

MA, Jun 2007
Bar Number: 668370

Massachusetts Court and Federal First District and Bankruptcy

Lawrence Bar Association, Senior Volunteers for Justice, Volunteer Lawyers Project of Boston.

I regularly attend trainings offered through Volunteer Lawyer's Project, Senior Volunteers for Justice, and other training organizations as they relate to my areas of practice. CEU's are not required in Massachusetts.

Reconciling the Massachusetts SJC's Decisions in Goodridge and Tammy: May Unmarried Gay and Lesbian Couples Continue to Adopt? The Reformer, The Magazine of the MSL Community, Winter 2006 and Essay Success Express Workbook by Aspen Legal Publishers, ISBN: 9780735578418

Represented an individual who owed a large debt to the Treasury of the State of Massachusetts and who had an bench warrant for arrest over the issue. Resolved the debt through negotiation and had the charges dismissed upon payment. This person also had a child support case I resolved by demonstrating the state did not have jurisdiction.

Represented a consignor against an international bank in a bankruptcy action where the bank claimed the goods of the bankrupt consignee as store stock. We successfully argued under the Uniform Commercial Code that the bank knew or should have known these were consigned goods. The client was able to reclaim all the consigned goods.

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Massachusetts

I primarily provide services to individuals in the area of Labor Law (Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Unemployment Compensation). I also provide services to individuals in the area of Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and 13), Debt Settlement, and Credit Disputes. I represent individuals in Small Claims Court.

In addition, I provide pro bono services through two Boston agencies in the area of Guardianship of Incompetent Adults, Unemployment Benefits, and Bankruptcy. I will soon be providing 209A (Domestic Violence) pro bono services through the Geiger Center in Newburyport, MA.

I have been in private practice since 2008. Since that time I have worked in the area of HAMP and other home loan modifications, Bankruptcy, debt settlement, collections defense, and employee-side labor law including, demand letters, mediations, and unemployment hearings. Prior to going into private practice, I was involved in union-side labor law.

I've received a certification in mediation through Mediation Works Inc. of Boston.

I provided social work services in Idaho and Alaska to adults and children in the areas of protection, advocacy, adoption, employment related services, and homelessness for almost two decades. In Massachusetts I trained as a Webmaster and worked in high tech doing contract work for a CMGI affiliate. I became a legal research expert while working for Westlaw. I co-authored a book called Essay Success Express that is part of the prestigious Emmanual Bar Review line of Aspen Legal, a division of Wolters-Kluwer Law and Business.

Pro Bono work for Senior Volunteers for Justice where I provide Bankruptcy actions and unemployment hearings; Pro Bono work for Volunteer Lawyers Project where I am particularly interested in Guardianship of Incapacitated Adults and Roger's hearings, and I am soon to be doing Pro Bono 209A (domestic abuse) hearings for the Jeanne Geiger Center.

(888) 551-2119

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Yes

American Sign Language

Boston, Burlington, Framingham

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I have flat fees for services such as demand letters and debt settlements. NOLO clients are eligible for a 5% discount.

$175 to $250 depending upon the service.

Yes - generally one hour.

It varies from case to case, assuming it is not a flat fee situation.