Michele J. Feinstein, L. Alexandra Hogan (Alex), Carol Cioe Klyman and Ann I. Weber (Ami) have been selected to the Super Lawyers Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts list. Attorney Klyman and Attorney Weber have been selected to the 2014 Top 50 Women list.


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Full Circle – Steven Schwartz Looks Back at a Lifetime in Law
Steven Schwartz considers himself a lucky person, because he’s spent a career doing exactly what he always wanted.
“Some people, when they’re young, they have a dream of what kind of profession or job they would like to have when they grow up,” he told BusinessWest. If he had forgotten his childhood dreams, he was reminded when his parents were moving and uncovered a paper he had written in the sixth grade at Washington School in Springfield.
Attorneys James B. Sheils and Steven Weiss discuss intercreditor agreements with REBA members, March 10
Lenders and borrowers enter into agreements expecting profitable relationships, however “If things go south, as they can and do, an intercreditor agreement can be a critical component to the orderly liquidation of collateral to repay all lenders,” said Attorney Sheils. This is a complex area of the law and Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin attorneys are available for assistance.
Intercreditor Agreements: With These Documents, Understand All the Caps, Wraps, and Traps
Attorney James B. Sheils discusses some of the principal issues that arise when an intercreditor agreement is negotiated in his recent article, “Intercreditor Agreements: With These Documents, Understand All the Caps, Wraps, and Traps“ in BusinessWest.
Attorney L. Alexandra Hogan appointed as new vice-chair
Local law firm, Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C., serving Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, today announced Attorney L. Alexandra Hogan has been appointed as the new vice-chair of the New England division of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). In 2012, Hogan was voted in to join the organization’s board of directors. Read full article on Masslive.com here.
Bitter Pill – A Primer on the New England Compounding Bankruptcy Proceedings
9th Annual Stock Market Challenge
Attorneys Steve Weiss, Michael Fenton, Michele Feinstein, Carol Klyman and L. Alexandra Hogan attended the 9th Annual Stock Market Challenge at the Mass Mutual Center on November 13, 2014. Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C. was a sponsor to the event which educates students from Kindergarten to 12th grade about financial literacy, entrepreneurship and workplace readiness. The MassMutual Center is turned into the New York Stock Exchange with big screens and stock brokers standing by to trade. In the simulation, a trading day lasts 60 seconds. In 60 intense trading days, teams compete to achieve the highest rate of return on their $1,000,000 investment in fictitious stocks.
While Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C did not place first, they did receive a 60% return on investments which was considered a huge success. You can read more on the event here.
‘Pink Day’ raised $5,000 for Rays of Hope
We partnered with Market Mentors, LLC and 20 other local businesses in raising $5,000 for the Rays of Hope Foundation. Read the full article on Masslive.com.
Feinstein to present with WNE Dean of Law, Eric Gouvin and WNE Professor Robert Sachten Nov. 18
Local law firm, Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C., serving Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, today announced that Partner Michele J. Feinstein will be one of three presenters – including Eric Gouvin, dean of law, and Robert Statchen, assistant clinical professor of law from Western New England University – to speak on “Avoiding the Most Common Small Business Legal Mistakes” at the Business Growth Center, Tuesday, Nov. 18. Last month she was speaker for the Massachusetts Bar Association on estate planning at Western New England University and “A Woman’s Guide to Financial Fitness,” an Elms College event. Read full article on The Longmeadow News here.