I want to win. My career in law can be summarized as working for a law firm, serving as General Counsel for two public companies and, today, working in a law firm as a Founding Partner at Wilchins Cosentino & Novins. My prior experience as General Counsel has been...
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A Duty to Give Back and to Mentor Others
For more than 40 years, Trust and Estate Attorney Brian Bixby has written the MCLE (Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education) Probate Manual chapter on Will Contests. For attorneys in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this publication is an essential reference for...
Principles of Mediation: An Effective Resolution Approach
Mediation is a popular alternative to court for resolving disputes across various areas. It focuses on voluntary participation, informed consent, neutrality, and self-determination, allowing parties to reach mutually agreed solutions with the help of a skilled mediator.
Meet Eric Finamore
Eric Finamore grew up in Armonk, New York where his father made his career at IBM. To the dismay of his parents, he took up the drums at a young age and is still playing today, practicing weekly in a band that covers songs from the 1960s right up to the present....
Meet Michael Cosentino
Michael Cosentino was going to be a doctor, at least until he realized he couldn’t stand the sight of blood. And he didn’t like exams either, which he’d need to go to med school. There was no arguing, no quibbling, no creativity with multiple choice and he was never...
Liquidated Damages Clause in a Commercial Lease is Enforceable
Upon further review by the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the court found that a liquidated damages clause in a commercial lease that entitled a landlord to nearly five years of rent payments after a tenant’s breach of the lease was enforceable as liquidated damages...
Massachusetts Fiduciary Duty Rule Applies to Both Investment Advisors and Broker-Dealers
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has extended the state’s fiduciary duty rule that applies to investment advisors to also cover broker-dealers that operate within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Robinhood Financial LLC vs. Secretary of the...
Multiple Litigation Honors for Founding Partner Susan Donaldson Novins
Wilchins Cosentino & Novins is proud to announce that Susan Donaldson Novins, a Founding Partner, has received multiple awards for her work in civil law litigation and business litigation. Novins, a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Rated Attorney, has been...
Is It Time to Arbitrate Your Dispute?
Due to COVID-19, most courts across the country (both state and federal) are closed. In Massachusetts, the courts have remained open only for emergency matters. Unfortunately litigation does not just stop. Business owners and individuals still have disputes that need...
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