Associate Michael A. Fenton recently wrote an article on solar farms popping up on previously unutilized or underutilized land in Massachusetts, that was featured in Business West. Click here to read the full article.
Stephen A. Shatz, Steven J. Schwartz, Gary S. Fentin, Michele J. Feinstein, Carol C. Klyman, Timothy P. Mulhern, Ann I. Weber and Steven Weiss were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014. Additionally, Attorney Shatz was named the Best Lawyers®2014 Springfield, Massachusetts Real Estate Law “Lawyer of the Year.” The Best Lawyers in America is a peer-reviewed listing that has been published since 1983. Selection is based on a rigorous national survey involving more than 3.9 million detailed, confidential evaluations by lawyers of other lawyers in their respective practice areas.
Attorney Michael A. Fenton, was elected as Springfield City Council President on Monday, January 6, 2014. The Republican reporter, Peter Goonan, reports that Fenton pledges for a ‘better tomorrow’. Read more here.
Attorney Steve Weiss, was recently involved in an appeal of a case that made headlines in the REBA news. Click here to read the article.
Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C. participates in pink day event hosted by Market Mentors, LLC that raised $3,500 for the Rays of Hope Foundation.
So, who has a trust and why do we care if it’s ill? Attorney Carol Cioe Klyman, talks about how there are more people than you think who have set up or are beneficiaries of irrevocable trusts that, for one reason or another, are no longer desirable. Click here to learn more.
Ellen Freyman has recently been appointed chairwoman of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield (ACCGS) board of directors. Freyman previously served as the vice chairwoman, before being appointed to her new role.
Eight of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in 2013 Super Lawyers. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Now in its tenth year of publication, the Super Lawyers list recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice determined through a rigorous selection process and third-party validation of their professional accomplishments.
Business West published an article Alexandra Hogan entitled “The Electronic Data-management Policy: It’s a Good Business Practice and a Sound Legal Safeguard“. In it she discusses the importance and benefits of businesses following a resonable electronic data-management policy.