Deutsch Williams Brooks DeRensis & Holland, P.C.

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Law Firm in Boston, Massachusetts
 
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One Design Center Place
Suite 600
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Suffolk Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 617-951-2300  
Fax: 617-951-2323
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Deutsch Williams Brooks DeRensis & Holland, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Criminal Litigation, Labor Relations and Employment Law, Civil Rights, Contracts, Taxation, Securities, Pension and Profit Sharing, Estate Planning, Government Relations, Human Services Law, Health Law, Food Labeling Regulation, Administrative, Municipal Law, Real Estate, Commercial, Transportation Law, Customs, Corporation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Zoning and Land Use, Family Law, Probate, Trials and Appeals in all Courts, Law Firm Representation, Nursing Home Regulatory Work, Medicare and Medicaid Issues.
Year Established: 1986
Firm Size: 22
Representative Clients:
Jana Brands, Inc.; Massachusetts Port Authority; School Committee and City of Boston; School Committee and Town of Brookline; School Committee and Town of Nantucket; Town of Carlisle; Town of Cohasset.

AGENT FOR: First American Title Insurance Co.

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; Ticor Title Insurance; Stewart Title Insurance; Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.; Citizens Bank.

Other Office Locations of Deutsch Williams Brooks DeRensis & Holland, P.C.
Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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Morris L. Deutsch (Principal) born Brooklyn, New York, March 6, 1925; admitted to bar, 1951, Massachusetts. (Retired).
Burton L. Williams (1924-2002).
Robert E. Holland (1947-2004).
Steven J. Brooks (Principal) born New York, N.Y., May 13, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1974, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Harpur College (B.A., 1964); Boston University (J.D., 1967). Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1967-1971. Assistant United States Attorney: District of New Jersey, 1971-1974; District of Massachusetts, 1974-1977. Member: Massachusetts, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; International Law; White Collar Crime; RICO; Sports Law; Trade Secrets; Tax Litigation; Civil and Criminal Securities Litigation; Regulatory Law; Personal Injury; Intellectual Property; Immigration and Naturalization; China Trade; Casinos and Gambling. Email: Steven J. Brooks
Paul R. DeRensis (Principal) born Boston, Massachusetts, July 3, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, New York; 1971, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1975, Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1966); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1969). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Boston and American (Chairman, Committee on Tort Liability for Use of Computer Systems, 1982-1989) Bar Associations; Massachusetts Association of City Solicitors and Town Counsel (Nantucket Town Counsel, 1986—; Randolph Town Counsel, 1990—; Cohasset Town Counsel, 1996—; Carlisle Town Counsel, 1999—; Selectmen, Town of Sherborn, 1996—; Chairman, Board of Selectman, 1997—; Canton Town Counsel, 2003—; Wilmington Town Counsel, 2003—). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Government; Administrative Law; Business Litigation; Business Planning; Civil Rights Defense; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Small Business Corporations; School Law; Environmental Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Casualty Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Products Liability Insurance Coverage; Waterfront Development; Golf Course Development; Trade Secrets. Email: Paul R. DeRensis
Valerie Swett (Principal) born Oak Park, Illinois, September 27, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1980, Massachusetts. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1971); Northwestern University (J.D., 1976). Member: Boston, Massachusetts, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Massachusetts Womens Bar Association; Christian Legal Society. Practice Areas: Real Estate Title; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Mortgages; Conservation Easements; Boundary Disputes; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Eminent Domain; Affordable Housing; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Decedents Estates; Trust Administration; Estate Administration. Email: Valerie Swett
John Foskett (Principal) born Hartford, Connecticut, December 20, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1973); Boston College (J.D., 1976). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Employment Discrimination; Fair Labor Standards; Labor and Employment; Civil Rights Defense; Federal Civil Litigation; U.S. Supreme Court Litigation; Defamation; Discrimination; Civil Litigation. Email: John Foskett
Regina M. Hurley (Principal) born Boston, Massachusetts, April 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1981); London School of Economics (M.S., Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1982); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1986). Member: Boston, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Custody; Probate Litigation. Email: Regina M. Hurley
Elizabeth B. Valerio (Principal) born New Britain, Connecticut, July 27, 1958; admitted to bar, 1995, Massachusetts; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Boston University (B.A.M.A., 1980); Suffolk University (J.D., 1995). Member: Massachusetts Association of School Committees Council of School Attorneys, 1991-1996; Wrentham School Committee, 1991-1997; Wrentham Personnel Board. Member: Massachusetts Bar Association (Co-chair, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Committee, 2000-2001). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; School Law. Email: Elizabeth B. Valerio
Peter J. Berry (Principal) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 16, 1947; admitted to bar, 1978, Massachusetts; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston College; University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1974); New England School of Law (J.D., 1978). Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Member: Boston and Massachusetts (Labor and Employment Law Section Council, 1995-2000; Chair, 1999-2000) Bar Associations; Acton Conservation Commission; Acton Community Housing Corp. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Municipal Labor Law; Employment Discrimination; Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Public Sector Labor Relations; Labor Arbitration; Public School Law; School District Liability; School Law; Americans with Disabilities Act. Email: Peter J. Berry
Daniel R. Deutsch (Principal) born Gary, Indiana, May 2, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1988, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1982); Boston University (J.D., 1986). Member: Boston, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Environmental Liability; Insurance Coverage; Real Estate Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Administrative Agency Practice; Construction Liability; Employment Litigation; Psychiatric Malpractice. Email: Daniel R. Deutsch
Rodney G. Hoffman (Principal) born Johnstown, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania; 1983, Massachusetts. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1975); Harvard University (J.D., 1978). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Municipal Law. Email: Rodney G. Hoffman
Robert D. Hillman (Principal) born Trenton, New Jersey, December 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston College (A.B., 1985); Cornell University (J.D., 1988). Member: Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Securities Litigation; Land Use Litigation. Email: Robert D. Hillman
Kimberly M. Saillant (Principal) born Bangor, Maine, February 24, 1956; admitted to bar, 1987, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1982); Northeastern University (J.D., 1986). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Massachusetts Association of City Solicitors and Town Counsel. Practice Areas: Governmental Defense; Environmental Litigation; Civil Litigation; Negligence Defense; Tort Defense; Alcoholic Beverage Control; Liquor Licensing; Hospital Collections; Property Damage Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Real Estate Litigation; Civil Liability; Intentional Torts; Mass Torts; Tort Liability. Email: Kimberly M. Saillant
John Richard Hucksam (Principal) born Boston, Massachusetts, May 6, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts. Education: Framingham State College (B.A., 1980); Suffolk University (J.D., 1985). Member, 1988 and Chairman, 1989, Town of Norwood Conservation Commission. Practice Areas: Environmental Land Use; Litigation; Municipal. Email: John Richard Hucksam
Brian Magner (Principal) born Weymouth, Massachusetts, November 4, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Massachusetts. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1995); Boston College (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Brian Magner
Timothy M. Mauser (Principal) born Allentown, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, Massachusetts; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1976); Boston University (J.D., 1983). Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1979. Member: Boston Bar Association; National Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys; American Bankruptcy Institute. [U.S. Army, 1971-1974]. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Collections; Taxation; Real Estate Foreclosure. Email: Timothy M. Mauser
Thomas J. Barbar (Principal) born Boston, Massachusetts, August 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Massachusetts; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1986); New England School of Law (J.D., 1993). Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law. Email: Thomas J. Barbar
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Robert M. Spiegel (Associate) born Youngstown, Ohio, December 14, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio (inactive); 2001, Massachusetts. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1990); The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1993). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Robert M. Spiegel
Louis M. Ross (Associate) born Woburn, Massachusetts, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1994); Boston University (J.D., 1998). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Commercial Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Commercial Leasing; Government. Email: Louis M. Ross
Sandy A. Curko (Associate) born Jersey City, New Jersey, March 20, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1992); Suffolk University (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Personal Injury. Email: Sandy A. Curko
Jan Marie Gould (Associate) born Skowhegan, Maine, May 7, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Massachusetts. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1998); Boston University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Jan Marie Gould
Tracy W. Klay (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.S., 1979; M.R.P., 1982); Boston University (J.D., 1991). Member: Boston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Litigation. Email: Tracy W. Klay
Elizabeth Martin Connelly (Associate) born New York, N.Y., April 25, 1967; admitted to bar, 2008, Massachusetts. Education: Miami University of Ohio (B.A., 1989); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Estate Planning. Email: Elizabeth Martin Connelly
Stefan L. Jouret (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Iowa; 1999, District of Columbia; 2000, Maine; 2003, Massachusetts. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with high honors, 1993); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Financial Services Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation.
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A. Theodore Welburn (Of Counsel) born Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 16, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Massachusetts. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1968). Adjunct Professor of Law, Boston College School of Management, 1985-1990. Member: American Bar Association; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Vice President Massachusetts Chapter, 1991-1992 and 1992-1993; President-Elect, 1993-1994; President, 1994-1995 ).
Frank J. Weiner (Of Counsel) born Boston, Massachusetts, March 9, 1929; admitted to bar, 1965, Massachusetts; 1968, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Boston University (B.S., 1950); Northeastern University (M.B.A., 1963); New England School of Law (J.D., 1965). Instructor: Northeastern University, 1956-1975; Transportation Law Institute; Member: Massachusetts and American Bar Associations; Transportation Lawyers Association; American Society of Transportation and Logistics; Canadian Highway Lawyers Association; Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy; Conference of Freight Counsel. Practice Areas: Transportation; Commercial Law; Litigation; Corporate Law; Bankruptcy; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Workers' Compensation Defense; Administrative Agency Practice; Marine Cargo; Commercial Contracts. Email: Frank J. Weiner
Janet L. Maloof (Of Counsel) born Springfield, Massachusetts, July 16, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Jackson College, Tufts University (B.A., 1974); Suffolk University (J.D., 1979). Chairman, National Moot Court Competition, Region I, 1985-1997. Member: Boston, Massachusetts (Young Lawyers Division, 1984-1990; Chairman, 1989-1990) and American Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association; Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Asbestos Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA); Jones Act; Longshore and Harborworkers Compensation Act; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Mass Torts. Email: Janet L. Maloof
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Nantucket, Massachusetts Office: 5 Gladlands Avenue. Telephone: 508-228-8725. Fax: 508-325-5860.

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