Brighton Medical Malpractice Lawyers

For over 20 years, Sheila has dedicated a significant part of her legal practice to birth injuries arising from both obstetrical error as well as product defect resulting in multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. Sheila is a highly accomplished and experienced trial attorney who has obtained significant awards on behalf of clients in Massachusetts, and in several states across the country. Throughout her career, Sheila has continued to demonstrate a drive and determination that is so necessary for trial work. From the beginning of her legal career, Sheila’s practice included complex medical and legal issues....

PETERSON | Law
580 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02458
66 North Street, P.O. Box 358, Medfield, MA 02052.

Law practice emphasizing (1) litigation, (2) real estate/land use, and (3) estate planning/administration. Litigation experience across a broad spectrum - personal injury, consumer, business, employment, will and probate contests, landlord tenant, collections, construction, and contract disputes. Formerly a partner in Freeto, Peterson & Scoll 1984 - 2006.

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• AV rated since 1988 (“Very High to Preeminent” attorney) by fellow lawyers, per Martindale-Hubbell (http://martindale.com). (“An AV rating is a significant accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers...

Kenneth M. Levine is a retired attorney and an experienced legal consultant who advises trial attorneys nationwide in complex obstetrical brachial plexus birth injury cases. . He has represented clients in many types of birth injury cases but is well known for his legal representation for the families of newborns with injuries often suffered at birth. While at Kenneth Levine & Associates, Ken developed a specialty and national reputation in the litigation of birth injury cases, in particular cases concerning infants who suffered brain damage at birth and erbs palsy/brachial plexus injuries. Ken Levine was the most recognized and successful...

Kevin Mahoney is recognized nationwide for his high-profile courtroom victories, bestselling book on cross-examination, Relentless Criminal Cross-Examination, novel insights into trial strategy, and numerous television appearances. He is, perhaps, best known overturning of the 1st-degree murder conviction of Christina Martin, dubbed the JELL-O Murderer by the national press and chronicled on television on Forensic Files (A Dessert Served Cold). He has won 44 of his last 47 trials. The American Trial Lawyers Association recently named him one of The Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Avvo, the national lawyer rating service, rates Attorney Mahoney a 10.0/10.0 for superb.

I focus my practice on complex professional liability claims, including legal and medical malpractice.

A graduate of Hobart & William Smith Colleges and Suffolk University Law School, Attorney Wendy Beth Kahn has focused her legal career over the past 20 years representing victims of medical negligence.
Attorney Kahn’s passion for advocacy and commitment to excellence has garnered her distinction as a zealous advocate for her clients. A well-respected member of the bar, Attorney Kahn has been instrumental in obtaining record setting verdicts, settlements and legal precedent in the fields of medical malpractice, nursing home negligence and other personal injury cases over the course of her career.

For 20 years, Boston Personal Injury Attorney Jeffrey S. Glassman has dedicated his professional career to fighting for the rights of accident victims. Justice for those injured on the job. Justice for car accident victims throughout Massachusetts. Justice for families. Today, he is an experienced advocate and an accomplished injury attorney, devoted to taking on the insurance companies, which too often fail to do the right thing or refuse to pay fair compensation to injury victims. Having built a thriving law firm, Jeff is still personally involved in almost every case that comes into the office and personally negotiates most cases...

Personal injury attorney Robert Stephen delivers successful results for clients in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine by fighting tirelessly on their behalf until they receive the compensation and justice they deserve! In 1993, Attorney Stephen began his career clerking for the Hon. Martin J. Loughlin of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. From there, Attorney Stephen practiced insurance litigation for Bouchard and Mallory, PA in Manchester, NH. In 2004, Attorney Stephen opened Stephen Law Group, PLLC providing services to injured clients throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts and now to those aggrieved in...

Attorney Christopher (“Chris”) Murphy began working for our office in 1997 as an intern. Shortly thereafter, Chris was hired as a paralegal while he attended law school. Upon obtaining a law license in 1999, Chris was immediately hired as an associate attorney. Since that time, Chris has climbed every possible rung on our law office corporate ladder and is now the managing partner of our law firm.

That long climb allowed Chris to work with clients at every level and on every type of legal matter handled by the firm. From day one, Chris embraced our “client first” approach. He is...

Victoria Santoro Mair is a skilled trial attorney, handling a variety of different types of cases including pharmaceutical litigation, wrongful death, medical malpractice & sexual assault. Attorney Santoro Mair also regularly handles arbitration, mediation, complex brief-writing & legal arguments & more. Notable results include an eight-figure settlement for a brain-injured young man, a multi-million-dollar verdict against an international hotel chain for the wrongful death drowning of a father of four and recently prevailing in the state’s first entirely remote civil jury trial. Extremely active in the Massachusetts Bar Association, Attorney Santoro Mair currently serves as the MBA Treasurer. She is...

Nurse/Attorney Ridge began her career as a labor and delivery nurse at a local community hospital in Massachusetts where she worked for approximately 8 years. She cared for patients in all phases of pregnancy, labor and delivery and postpartum. Attorney Ridge went on to obtain her law degree from New England Law| Boston and began her legal career at a medical malpractice firm in Boston. At this firm she specialized in pursing claims involving mothers and babies whose injuries occurred during pregnancy, labor and delivery or after birth. Attorney Ridge worked as a risk manager at a tertiary medical center...

In addition to being a partner at Sweeney Merrigan Law LLP in Boston, I have over 12 years of experience from the bench as a retired First Justice in the Orange District Court.

Bradley M. Henry is a trial lawyer now at Sweeney Merrigan specializing in wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury and commercial property loss cases. In 2016, the US Supreme Court let stand a $63 million trial verdict and $148.5 million judgment that Henry won with a former law partner, against a global pharmaceutical giant for devastating, life-long adverse drug reactions suffered by a child. See Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-johnson-johnson-idUSKCN0UX1VW; Reckis v. Johnson & Johnson, 471 Mass. 272 (2015),(http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/471/471mass272.html; http://lawyersusaonline.com/reprints). From 2018 through 2022, he served as Co-Liaison and Class Counsel for the plaintiffs in a record-breaking $143 million dollar settlement of the Merrimack...

Attorney William Kickham has more than 20 years of legal practice from diverse positions in law and media, providing counsel on a wide range of legal and trial issues, in both the civil and criminal arenas. Mr. Kickham presently practices law in his own firm in Westwood, Massachusetts, and until recently was the Executive Producer and host of his own TV talk show, At The Bar, previously broadcast on the Comcast network in the suburban Boston market, discussing a variety of legal and litigation issues within Massachusetts and nationally. In his diverse legal roles, Mr. Kickham has...

Attorney Smith is a strong advocate for the rights of injured and disabled. He possesses over 20 years of legal experience. After graduating with honors from Boston University School of Business Management, he started his career as a workers compensation claims adjuster.

Attorney Smith soon realized he could accomplish more in his career if he earned a Law Degree. He decided to attend Suffolk University Law School on Beacon Hill, Boston, MA. Soon after graduation, he worked briefly at a prestigious Insurance Defense Firm in Boston, Massachusetts. He quickly realized he did not want to represent big insurance companies and...

Jason R. Markle joined Keches Law Group Personal Injury Department in 2007. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Markle worked for the Essex County Superior Court for five years, most notably as a courtroom session clerk. Following his employment with the Essex County Superior Court, Mr. Markle served as a judicial law clerk for the Justices of the Superior Court.

Mr. Markle was born in Boston, Massachusetts and earned his undergraduate degree from Salem State College. While earning his law degree cum laude from the New England School of Law, Mr. Markle served as the Technical Coordinating Editor for the New...

J. Tucker Merrigan is co-managing partner at Sweeney Merrigan Law, LLP. He started Sweeney Merrigan Law with his brother and fellow co-managing partner, Peter M. Merrigan, in 2010. Since, Sweeney Merrigan Law has become a Massachusetts and National powerhouse in the practice of plaintiff’s litigation. It has been many years since the firm began with its first settlement of $9,500.00 and has evolved to recovering over $30 Million in its most recent litigation. Much of the success attributable to Sweeney Merrigan is a direct product of Attorney Merrigan’s commitment the firm’s reputation as practicing with the highest...

As a founding partner of Sweeney Merrigan Law LLP in Boston, I have years of experience handling all different types of personal injury claims and will get you the compensation you deserve.

Benjamin R. Novotny is a partner at Sweeney Merrigan Law. He is a devoted Jury Trial Lawyer and has tried more than 95 complex tort cases, almost all being in the field of medical malpractice with the exception of a few catastrophic personal injury claims. To date, he has won well over $200 million in verdicts and settlements. Novotny has won several multi-million dollar verdicts on behalf of his clients including but not limited to: $40+ million verdict (with interest; 2015 largest verdict in MA & 20th in the U.S.)- Larkin v. Johnston – Jury found a physician’s negligence caused a 28-year-old...

Connor J. Gilbert is an experience Trial Lawyer with his practice focused on complex birth injury, medical malpractice, and personal injury law. As an attorney in America's Largest Injury Law Firm, he represent catastrophically injured clients throughout the United States and is licensed to practice in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Kentucky. As a former Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx, New York, he also has significant experience in the field of criminal law, having prosecuted a high volume of misdemeanor and violent felony cases.

James A. Swartz is a nationally known and respected trial attorney and consumer advocate. Mr. Swartz’ law practice is headquartered in the historic John and Ebenezer Hancock House on the Freedom Trail in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Swartz graduated cum laude from Tufts University and earned his J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Swartz is a member of Public Justice Foundation (Public Justice’s Massachusetts State Coordinator since 1995); American Association For Justice (Co-Chair of AAJ’s Toys and Recreational Equipment Litigation Group since 2002-2010); The American Trial Lawyers Association (Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Massachusetts since 2008); The...

Thomas Kiley is the senior partner and founder of Kiley Law Group, LLC. He dedicates his work to finding justice for those who have been seriously injured or have suffered through the wrongful death of a loved one.

Walter is a life-long Massachusetts native who lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He has extensive trial experience in a wide range of personal injury matters, having handled numerous cases involving very serious personal injuries, wrongful death and the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute (Chapter 93A). Walter is well known and respected both locally and nationally among the plaintiff’s bar and is highly regarded as one of the very best trial attorneys in the Country by his peers. WHO ARE WE? We are a boutique civil litigation law firm helping plaintiffs with personal injury and wrongful death claims. Our firm is comprised of...

Attorney Suzanne McDonough represents patients and families injured by medical malpractice in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. She has participated in some of the largest verdicts and settlements in both states for more than a decade. She won a $2.5 million verdict in Lowell, MA related to the death of a young mother and a $1.75 million verdict in Nashua, NH on behalf of a man blinded by surgical negligence. Attorney McDonough was involved in the negotiation of a $5 million settlement on behalf of a brain-injured man and a $5 million settlement on behalf of a brain injured baby –...

Michael D'Isola is a graduate of Boston College and Suffolk University Law School and his entire career has been involved in civil trial practice on behalf of injured persons. Michael concentrates his practice in cases involving automobile injuries, products liability, medical malpractice and premise liability. Michael has represented hundreds of clients in complex personal injury cases throughout Massachusetts in both state and Federal court. Michael's many years of experience in representing seriously injured clients has given him an understanding of his clients special needs and he is committed to making sure each client's needs are met.