(Main Office)

Lyon & Fitzpatrick, LLP offers a full range of legal representation. We are ready to support you in any way necessary, and are especially effective in issues requiring local knowledge and experience. Western Massachusetts has been this firm's focus for over 100 years.

Each of the attorneys practices in both overlapping and complementary areas of the law in order to strengthen us as a team to serve all of your business and personal legal needs.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice. Business, Taxation, Probate, Trust and Estate Planning, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Family, Commercial Law, Environmental, Landlord and Tenant, and Employment. Trials in all Courts.

Representative Clients:

Mount Holyoke College
Hazen Paper Co.
Whiting Oil Corp.
The Charles C. Lewis Company
Loomis Communities
Pride Convenience, Inc.
Dinn Bros., Inc.
Hampden Papers, Inc.
Holyoke Housing Authority.

Clients

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: First American Title Insurance Co.
Commonwealth Title Insurance Co.
Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
Catic Title Insurance Company.

Address

Whitney Place
14 Bobala Road
Holyoke, MA 01040, (Hampden Co.)

Phone

Phone: 413-536-4000
Fax: 413-536-3773

Website

http://www.lyonfitzpatrick.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Archer B. Battista (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, May 23, 1946; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1968); Western New England College (J.D., 1977). Member: Hampden County (President 2005, Director 2001-2005; Chair: Bench Bar Committee on District Court Practice, 1988-1995; Chair, Bench Bar Committee on Housing Court Practice, 1999-2004; Member, Executive Committee, 1992-1993), Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. and Life Member, Massachusetts Bar Foundation. [U.S. Air Force, 1968-1972 Active Duty; Colonel, USAFR, 1972-2001.]. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Personal Injury; Discrimination; Civil Litigation.Email: Archer B. Battista

James F. Donnelly (Member) born Rockville Centre, New York, July 10, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: St. Michael's College (B.A., 1973); State University of New York at Stonybrook (M.A., 1974); Western New England College (J.D., 1977). Instructor: Western New England College, 1986-1989; Western New England College, School of Law, 1988—. Member: Hampden County and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Civil Litigation; Environmental; Landlord and Tenant.Email: James F. Donnelly

Peter C. Connor (Member) born Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1974); Western New England College (J.D., 1977). Member: Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business; Real Estate; Taxation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration.Email: Peter C. Connor

Priscilla Fifield Chesky (Member) admitted to bar, 1987, Massachusetts; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1980); Western New England College (J.D., 1987). Member: Holyoke, Hampden County (Member, Bench Bar Committee, Probate Court), Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate Law; Family Law; Real Estate; Landlord and Tenant Law; General Civil Litigation.Email: Priscilla Fifield Chesky

Robert C. Sacco (Member) born Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1984); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 1988). Assistant District Attorney, Berkshire County, Mass., 1990-1991. Assistant Attorney General, Territory of Guam, 1992-1994. Member: Hampden, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Family Law; Business Law; Employment Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Personal Injury; Condominium Law.Email: Robert C. Sacco

ASSOCIATES

Katharine Higgins-Shea (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Massachusetts. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 2000); Suffolk University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Family Law.Email: Katharine Higgins-Shea

Michael S. Gove (Associate) born Holyoke, Massachusetts, November 29, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.A., 2001); Boston College School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Hampden County, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Practice; Real Estate; Housing Law; Estate Planning; Employment Law.Email: Michael S. Gove

OF COUNSEL

William D. Fitzpatrick (Of Counsel) born Albany, New York, August 15, 1929; admitted to bar, 1955, Massachusetts; 1961, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1952); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1955). Member, Holyoke School Committee, 1970-1975. Member: Holyoke, Hampden County and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; Business Law; Real Estate; Taxation.Email: William D. Fitzpatrick

Christine A. Cahillane (Of Counsel) born Northampton, Massachusetts, July 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts; 2002, Connecticut; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: St. Anselm College (B.A., 1998); Suffolk University (J.D., 2000). Member: Hampden County, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Probate; Family Law.Email: Christine A. Cahillane