Barbra Ilene Black
Barbra I. Black has been practicing law for over 30 years and is a founding member and the managing partner of Black, LaFrance & Bollinger, LLC. Attorney Black was a former partner at the Boston, MA law firm of Burns & Levinson, LLP, where she practiced for over eight years in the firm's Divorce and Family Law group. Prior to that, she was a solo practitioner for several years, focusing her practice in the area of domestic relations litigation.
Attorney Black concentrates her practice in the areas of divorce & family law in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Attorney Black has extensive litigation and trial experience and handles a variety of family law cases involving complex and diverse issues. Attorney Black's divorce & family law practice includes, but is not limited to, prenuptial & postnuptial agreements, joint petitions for divorce, contested divorce actions, same sex divorce actions, custody and or child support cases and modification and contempt cases. Ms. Black is a member of the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Bar Associations and the Massachusetts Family and Probate Inns of Court. She is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Brandeis University. Attorney Black has been selected as a "Super Lawyer" as published in Boston Magazine for the past two years.
Areas of Practice
Divorce and Family Law
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts, 1992
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1995
New Hampshire, 2010
Education
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1992
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
B.A. (Cum Laude) - 1988
Published Works
Division of Inherited and Gifted Assets in the Context of Divorce, Focus (A Burns & Levinson LLP newsletter), 2002
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- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights
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- Burns & Levinson LLP
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- Burns & Levinson LLP
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- Suffolk University
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- Honors: Cum Laude
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- Brandeis University
- B.A. (1988)
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- 2017 – Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2016 – Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2015 – Super Lawyers
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- 2014 – Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Massachusetts Family and Probate Inns of Court
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- National Association of Legal Administrators
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- Associate of Legal Administrators Boston
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- New Hampshire Bar Association
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- Massachusetts State Bar
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- The Massachusetts Divorce Law Manual, co-author of Chapter 8
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE)
- The Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual, co-author of Chapter 8
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE)
- Division of Inherited and Gifted Assets in the Context of Divorce, Focus
- A Burns & Levinson LLP newsletter
- Divorce, How to Try a Divorce Case
- Pre trial conferences in divorce, Judge Edward Ginsburg-family law class
- Divorce and family law, MCLE seminars (various)
- Effective use of 3rd party witnesses & modifications of support, Child Custody and Support
- Website
- Woburn Divorce Lawyer | Massachusetts Family Law Attorney
