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| | Address | | 1500 Main Street | | Springfield, Massachusetts 01115-5507 | | (Hampden Co.) | | | |
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| Bulkley Richardson and Gelinas, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice, Corporation, Labor Relations, Bankruptcy, Banking, Health Law, Real Estate, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Taxation, Tax Exempt Bond Finance, Family Law, Employment Law, Construction Law, College and Universities Law, Business Law, Intellectual Property, Government Strategies, Regulatory Law, Professional Malpractice, Antitrust, Environmental, Insurance. Trials and Appeals in all Courts. | Firm Profile:
Commitment to Clients. Commitment to Quality. Commitment to Community. Since the firm's founding in the 1920's, we have become the largest law firm based in Western Massachusetts, with over 40 lawyers in our offices in Springfield, Boston and Amherst. We emphasize personal contact with clients and efficient, cost-effective service and understand that our clients' objectives determine legal strategies, not vice versa. While the quality of our services equals that of large national firms, we emulate the qualities you would expect from small local law firms. We have an interest in long-term client relationships and appreciate each client's desire for cost-effective representation. We seek to maintain a reputation for specializing in client service and satisfaction. We commit ourselves to those objectives, and utilize our talent, experience, energy, common sense and integrity to meet them effectively and efficiently. We have a team of exceptionally talented attorneys and staff with a reputation for high quality legal work. We understand that we need to earn this reputation every day, on every matter, for every client. Our departments and practice groups are made up of lawyers with excellent academic credentials, substantial experience, the respect of colleagues and courts and a pragmatic approach to problem solving. We combine our abilities with our commitment to client service to ensure the quality our clients deserve. We cherish and work hard to maintain our reputation as a firm committed to the communities in which our clients and we live and work. As a firm and individually, we actively participate in professional, civic, political, educational, social service and cultural organizations and causes. As legal counselors, board members, volunteers and supporters, we are proud to help many organizations and institutions in their efforts to improve the quality of life in our communities. | | Firm Size: 42 |
Other Office Locations of Bulkley Richardson and Gelinas, LLP
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS | | Robert B. Atkinson (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, 1921; admitted to bar, 1948, Massachusetts. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1943); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1948). Practice Areas: Business Law. Email: Robert B. Atkinson | | Robert A. Gelinas (Partner) born Springfield, Massachusetts, 1930; admitted to bar, 1953, Massachusetts. Education: St. Michael's College (B.S., 1951); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1953). Special Assistant Massachusetts Attorney General, 1964-1970. Member, 1971-1976, Chairman, 1976, Federal Wage and Hour Industry Committees - Puerto Rico. Practice Areas: Labor Relations; Litigation; College and University Law; Government Strategies. Email: Robert A. Gelinas | | Ronald P. Weiss (Partner) born Springfield, Massachusetts, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Massachusetts; 1979, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1968); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1972). Co-Author: "Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts," MCLE, 1990. Co-Editor, "Massachusetts Corporate Tax Manual," 1986. Instructor, Estate Planning, Western New England College School of Law, 1975-1976. Author: "Family Limited Partnership" (1995); Co-Author: "Family Limited Partnerships" (1996); "Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnership in Massachusetts" (1996); Author: "Buy-Sell Agreements" (1996). Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Estate Planning. Email: Ronald P. Weiss | | Francis D. Dibble, Jr. (Partner) born Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Massachusetts. Education: Amherst College (A.B., 1971); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1974). Note Editor, Suffolk University Law Review, 1973-1974. Associate Editor, Massachusetts Law Review, 1980-1984. Law Clerk to Hon. Francis J. Quirico, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1974-1975. Adjunct Professor of Evidence, Western New England College School of Law, 1979. Chapter Contributor, ABA Criminal Antitrust Litigation Manual, 1983; Massachusetts Deposition Practice Manual, 1992 and Supp. 1996; Federal Court Litigation in the First Circuit, 1995; Top 10 Mistakes Employment Lawyers Make, 1996. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Health Law; Employment Law. Email: Francis D. Dibble, Jr. | | Michael H. Burke (Partner) born Washington, D.C., 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts. Education: Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1977). Editor, The Tax Lawyer, 1976-1977. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Malpractice. Email: Michael H. Burke | | Peter H. Barry (Partner) born Salem, Massachusetts, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Massachusetts. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., with honors, 1972); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1975). City Solicitor, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1975-1982. Practice Areas: Business Law; Health Law; Construction Law; College and University Law. Email: Peter H. Barry | | David A. Parke (Partner) born Marlboro, Massachusetts, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, District of Columbia; 1980, Massachusetts. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1979). Author: "Forming a Business Corporation Under Chapter 156D," Massachusetts Continuing Education, Inc. Co-Author: "The Massachusetts Corporation: Legal Aspects of Organization and Operation," Bureau of National Affairs. Contributing Author: "A Practical Guide to Massachusetts Limited Liability Companies," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.; "Doing Business in States Other Than State of Incorporation," Bureau of National Affairs. Member: Massachusetts Bar Association (Former Chair, Business Law Section Council; Member, Tax Law Council). Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: David A. Parke | | Felicity Hardee (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Massachusetts. Education: Hampshire College (B.A., 1978); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Style Editor, Emory Law Journal, 1979-1980. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Regulatory Law. Email: Felicity Hardee | | Christopher B. Myhrum (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Massachusetts. Education: New York University, Washington Square College (B.A., with honors, 1975); Boston College Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Order of the Coif. Member, Justinian Honor Society. Executive Editor, Boston College Law School Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1979-1980. Author: "Hazardous Materials Law," Chapter in Massachusetts Environmental Law, MCLE, 1991. Law Clerk to Hon. Frank H. Freedman, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1980-1983. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Christopher B. Myhrum | | George W. Marion (Partner) born New Britain, Connecticut, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Massachusetts; 1991, Connecticut. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Cornell Law School (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance. Email: George W. Marion | | Ellen M. Randle (Partner) born Randolph, Vermont, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Massachusetts. Education: Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Executive Editor, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1982-1983. Co-Author: "The Tax Reform Act of 1986 and Divorce Practice," 5 Mass. Fam. L.J. 65 (1987). Law Clerk to Hon. Andrew A. Caffrey, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1983-1984. Practice Areas: Family Law; Litigation. Email: Ellen M. Randle | | Kevin C. Maynard (Partner) born Nashua, New Hampshire, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Massachusetts. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Note Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Journal, 1983-1984. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kevin C. Maynard | | Mark D. Cress (Partner) born Danville, Pennsylvania, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts. Education: Bucknell University (A.B., cum laude, 1980); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Business Law; Banking Law; Real Estate; Bankruptcy. Email: Mark D. Cress | | Mary J. Kennedy (Partner) born Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1981); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Professional Malpractice. Email: Mary J. Kennedy | | J. Michael Scully (Partner) born Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Massachusetts. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1984); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member, Western New England Law Review, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1989-1990. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Law. Email: J. Michael Scully | | James C. Duda (Partner) born Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, Massachusetts; 1990, District of Columbia. Education: Bennington College (B.A., 1976); University of California at Los Angeles (M.S., 1980); Boston College (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Boston College Law Review, 1986-1987. Registered Professional Civil Engineer, California. Law Clerk to Hon. Juan R. Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1987-1988. Co-Author: "Environmental Issues Affecting Mergers and Acquisitions," Euromoney-Environment Risk 34, March 1993. Author: "Fixing Superfund," 11 Wash. Bus. J. 34, 1993. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation; Environmental Law. Email: James C. Duda | | Kelly A. McCarthy (Partner) born Springfield, Massachusetts, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Massachusetts. Education: Boston University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1986); Stanford University (J.D., 1989). Law Clerk to Hon. A. David Mazzone, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1989-1990. Practice Areas: Health Law; Business Law; Regulatory Law. Email: Kelly A. McCarthy | | Daniel J. Finnegan (Partner) born New Rochelle, New York, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Massachusetts; 1993, Connecticut. Education: Providence College (B.A., 1986); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Note Editor, Western New England Law Review, 1990-1992. Practice Areas: Litigation; Regulatory Law; Construction Law. Email: Daniel J. Finnegan | | Melinda M. Phelps (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Massachusetts. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1978); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 1983). City Prosecutor, City of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1984-1985. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Government Strategies. Email: Melinda M. Phelps | | Jeffrey E. Poindexter (Partner) born Springfield, Massachusetts, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Maryland; 1996, Massachusetts. Education: Western New England College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); Georgetown University (J.D., 1994). Law Clerk to Hon. John C. Morrison, Jr., Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia, 1994-1995; Hon. Michael A. Ponsor, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1999. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Business Litigation. Email: Jeffrey E. Poindexter | | Katherine A. Robertson (Partner) born Princeton, New Jersey, 1953; admitted to bar, 1990, Massachusetts. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1975); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1990). Articles and Senior Note Editor, Western New England Law Review, 1989-1990. Law Clerk to Hon. Frank H. Freedman, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1990-1992; Hon. John M. Greaney, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1992-1996. Co-Author: Massachusetts Jury Instructions: Civil (Michie, 1997). Member, Editorial Board, Massachusetts Bar Association Publication, Massachusetts Law Review. Appointed: Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; Planning Committee for a Statewide Federal Judicial Conference for Members of the Bench and Bar by the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Katherine A. Robertson | | Kathleen Leitao Bernardo (Partner) born Ludlow, Massachusetts, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Massachusetts. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1987); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration. Email: Kathleen Leitao Bernardo | | Scott W. Foster (Partner) born Miami, Florida, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts; 1998, Connecticut. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1993); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1997). Managing Editor, Connecticut Law Review, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Scott W. Foster | | Elizabeth H. Sillin (Partner) born Syracuse, New York, 1955; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Cornell University (M.A., 1980); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1998). Senior Note Editor, Western New England Law Review, 1997-1998. Law Clerk to Hon. John M. Greaney, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1998-1999. Practice Areas: Health Law; Real Estate; Estate Planning. Email: Elizabeth H. Sillin | | Vanessa L. Smith (Partner) born East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New York; 2000, Massachusetts. Education: Wells College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Law Clerk to the Honorable Rosemary S. Pooler, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York and United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Court Attorney, New York Court of Appeals. Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Syracuse, New York. Assistant Attorney General, State of New York. Adjunct Professor, Legal Studies Department, Bay Path College. Member: Massachusetts (Member: Health Law Section; Health Law Section Council; Co-Editor, Health Law Section Review) and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association Languages: French. Practice Areas: Health Law; Litigation. Email: Vanessa L. Smith | | Jenelle C. Dodds (Partner) born Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1995); University of Virginia (J.D., 1998). Member, Order of the Coif, University of Virginia. Practice Areas: Business Law. Email: Jenelle C. Dodds | | SENIOR ATTORNEY | | Hamilton Doherty, Jr. (Senior Attorney) born Buffalo, New York, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Massachusetts. Education: Amherst College (B.A., cum laude, 1967); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1973). Practice Areas: Regulatory Law; Labor Relations; Employment Law; Business Law; College and University Law; Charter School Law. Email: Hamilton Doherty, Jr. | | COUNSEL | | Stephen W. Schupack (Counsel) born Springfield, Massachusetts, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Massachusetts. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1958); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1961). Practice Areas: Health Law; Business Law. Email: Stephen W. Schupack | | Philip J. Tarpey, Jr. (Counsel) born Gardner, Massachusetts, 1933; admitted to bar, 1963, Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.B.A., 1955); Western New England College School of Law (LL.B., cum laude, 1962). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Philip J. Tarpey, Jr. | | William E. Hart (Counsel) born Rochester, New York, May 2, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1978, Massachusetts. Education: Amherst College (A.B., cum laude, 1969); University of Denver (J.D., 1972). Editor, Denver Law Journal, 1971-1972. Contributing Author, "Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts," MCLE, 1992-2005. Member, Order of St. Ives.; Past President, Pioneer Valley Estate Planning Council. Member: Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Member, Probate Section Council, 1995-1997) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Taxation. Email: William E. Hart | | Daniel M. Rothschild (Counsel) born Norwood, Massachusetts, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1980); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law. Email: Daniel M. Rothschild | | ASSOCIATES | | Debra A. Quinn (Associate) born Springfield, Massachusetts, 1958; admitted to bar, 2002, Massachusetts. Education: Westfield State College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Family Law; Litigation. Email: Debra A. Quinn | | Jennifer K. Cannon (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Virginia; 2001, District of Columbia; 2005, Massachusetts. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1993); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Adjunct Professor, Division of Business and Law, Elms College, 2005. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jennifer K. Cannon | | Seth M. Wilson (Associate) born Montague, Massachusetts, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts; 1999, Connecticut. Education: College of William and Mary (B.S., 1994); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: Seth M. Wilson | | Anna G. Levine (Associate) born Greencastle, Indiana, 1971; admitted to bar, 2007, Connecticut; 2008, Massachusetts and New York. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1993); Kyoto University (Masters Degree in Human and Environmental Studies, 2000); University of Washington (M.A. in Political Science); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 2007). Production Editor, Western New England Law Review. Languages: German and Japanese. Practice Areas: Business Law. Email: Anna G. Levine | | Eric D. Beal (Associate) born Lincoln, Nebraska, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Connecticut; 2007, Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., cum laude, 1993); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2000). Judicial Clerk to the Hon. Francis M. McDonald and Hon. Peter T. Zarella, Connecticut Supreme Court, 2000-2001. Author: "Posner and Moral Hazard," 7 Conn. Ins. L.J. 81, 2001; "It's Better To Have Twelve Monkeys Chasing You Than One Gorilla: Humana Inc. v. Forsyth, The McCarran-Ferguson Act, RICO and Deterrence," 5 Conn. Ins. L.J., 1999. Member: Connecticut (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust; Intellectual Property) and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust; Intellectual Property) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: Eric D. Beal | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Boston, Massachusetts Office: 98 North Washington Street, Suite 500, P.O. Box 6329, 02114-0016. Telephone: 617-368-2500. Fax: 617-368-2525.
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