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Every business needs an attorney
Our corporate attorneys act as outside general counsel for many of our business clients, including clients with in-house legal capability.  We advise our clients on the diverse issues that arise as a result of doing business in today’s competitive, litigious and highly regulated business environment.  Most of our corporate clients treat their Posternak attorney as a trusted member of the senior management team, seeking advice on the broad range of contract, conflict resolution, employment, intellectual property and other matters that arise on a daily basis.  In order to provide the best service to our clients, we learn as much as we can about the people and operations that make their business unique –then apply this knowledge to our ongoing representation.  We view our clients’ questions as business questions, and apply our judgment and business acumen, as well as our years of legal expertise, to each matter.

When you need your attorney– now!
Senior managers constantly juggle customers, staff, opportunities, setbacks, proposals and the myriad other matters that make up their business, and when they want the input of their attorney – they want it now.  Executives expect and deserve the attention of a senior attorney who not only knows them and their business, but also has the legal knowledge and experience to provide timely and meaningful advice.  Our clients rely on having access to a senior corporate attorney who works on their schedule.  Our corporate attorneys field the questions, and draw upon the resources of the firm’s employment, litigation, tax, real estate, environmental and other practices as needed to serve a client’s needs.

We have spent decades counseling companies – each with its unique issues
Our corporate attorneys represent decades of experience advising businesses in a broad range of industries and in various stages of growth.  Our clients include manufacturing, service, technology, medical device, advertising, health care, retailing and other industry players.  While middle market companies comprise a substantial portion of the firm’s business clients, we represent a broad range of private and publicly held business entities, from venture capital funded start-up companies seeking rapid growth, to family-held businesses, to large public companies, to venture capitalists, banks and other lenders.  Large or small, each client is important to us.

Our scope is local, national and international
Our businesses clients operate in local, national and international markets, and so do we.  We regularly represent our clients in matters involving customers, business partners and opportunities crossing state and national borders and regularly work across the table from some of the biggest firms in the country. Further, through our membership in Mackrell International, a national and international association of law firms, we are able to quickly obtain legal advice and representation for our clients in most major cities and countries around the world.

Business Counseling: Professionals

Michael L. Andresino

Partner 617.973.6113 ext.   fax 617.722.4901 mandresino@pbl.com

Frank D. Aronson

Partner 617.973.6132 ext.   fax 617.722.4953 faronson@pbl.com

David M. Barbash

Managing Partner 617.973.6298 ext.   fax 617.722.4968 dbarbash@pbl.com

Richard D. Bickelman

Partner 617.973.6178 ext.   fax 617.722.4988 rbickelman@pbl.com

Gerald J. Billow

Partner 617.973.6112 ext.   fax 617.367.2315 gbillow@pbl.com

Richard K. Blankstein

Senior Counsel 617.973.6114 ext.   fax 617.722.4906 rblankstein@pbl.com

Donald M. Bloch

Of Counsel 617.973.6169 ext.   fax 617.722.4940 dbloch@pbl.com

Thomas S. Brennan

Partner 617.973.6197 ext.   fax 617.722.4970 tbrennan@pbl.com

Deborah DiVerdi Carlson

Partner 617.973.6201 ext.   fax 617.722.4910 dcarlson@pbl.com

Ira J. Deitsch

Partner 617.973.6224 ext.   fax 617.722.4917 ideitsch@pbl.com

Kathryn G. Graber

Partner 617.973.6196 ext.   fax 617.722.4916 kgraber@pbl.com

Eugene H. Ho

Associate 617.973.6198 ext.   fax 617.722.4992 eho@pbl.com

Lauren Jennings

Of Counsel 617.973.6139 ext.   fax 617.722.4931 ljennings@pbl.com

Emily Ladd-Kravitz

Associate 617.973.6125 ext.   fax 617.722.4955 eladd-kravitz@pbl.com

Steven A. Meyer

Partner 617.973.6203 ext.   fax 617.367.2315 smeyer@pbl.com

Barry L. Mintzer

Partner 617.973.6199 ext.   fax 617.722.4987 bmintzer@pbl.com

Rebecca J. Mutch

Associate 617.973.6162 ext.   fax 617.722.4982 rmutch@pbl.com

Kevin J. O'Connell

Partner 617.973.6121 ext.   fax 617.722.4922 koconnell@pbl.com

Noel G. Posternak

Senior Counsel 617.973.6100 ext.   fax 617.722.4942 nposternak@pbl.com

David J. Reier

Partner 617.973.6145 ext.   fax 617.722.4937 dreier@pbl.com

Ruselle W. Robinson

Of Counsel 617.973.6286 ext.   fax 617.367.2315 rrobinson@pbl.com

Michael E. Rubin

Partner 617.973.6110 ext.   fax 617.722.4911 mrubin@pbl.com

David M. Saltiel

Senior Counsel 617.973.6246 ext.   fax 617.722.4948 dsaltiel@pbl.com

Donald H. Siegel, PC

Partner 617.973.6147 ext.   fax 617.367.2315 dsiegel@pbl.com

Gary W. Smith

Partner 617.973.6277 ext.   fax 617.367.2315 gsmith@pbl.com

Christopher C. Tsouros

Partner 617.973.6141 ext.   fax 617.722.4928 ctsouros@pbl.com

Jenna Ventorino

Associate 617.973.6149 ext.   fax 617.722.4971 jventorino@pbl.com

David L. Woronov

Partner 617.973.6115 ext.   fax 617.722.4993 dworonov@pbl.com

Business Counseling: Publications

Why Facebook is an Unfriendly Reminder of IPO Risk

MarketWatch, Kevin J. O'Connell, May 17, 2013

iParty Corp. Enters Into Merger Agreement With Party City Holdings Inc.

Donald H. Siegel, Thomas S. Brennan, Emily Ladd-Kravitz, March 6, 2013

Mass. Companies Get Strategic on Foreign Soil

Boston Business Journal, March 1, 2013

What's The Boston Globe Worth?

NECN, Michael L. Andresino, February 22, 2013

Five Questions With: David Woronov

Providence Business News, David L. Woronov, February 12, 2013

Rocks, Paper, CEO: Finding The Best Leader For Your Startup

Forbes, David M. Barbash, January 16, 2013

Lessons from Facebook's IPO, and other exit advice for 2013

Boston Business Journal, Startups & Venture Capital Blog, David M. Barbash, January 16, 2013

The Law of Natural Selection

Boston Business Journal, Lawrence L. Athan, January 11, 2013

Avis Buying Zipcar for $490m

NECN, Kevin J. O'Connell, January 2, 2013

US Economy 2013: If Fiscal Cliff Is Avoided, What About The Debt Ceiling?

International Business Times, Deborah DiVerdi Carlson, December 21, 2012

Firms Jump to Lock in Tax Rates

Providence Business Journal, Deborah DiVerdi Carlson, December 17, 2012

Corporate Law Brings Attorney View From Around the World

Boston Business Journal, Kevin J. O'Connell, December 7, 2012

David Barbash on the Key Factors for a Successful Start-Up

Technorati, David M. Barbash, November 13, 2012

Drafting Confidentiality Agreements in Business Contracts

National Business Institute, David M. Barbash, Rosanna Sattler, October 19, 2012

Five Questions With: Kevin O’Connell

Providence Business News, Kevin J. O'Connell, October 2, 2012

Lawyer Discusses Bank of America Settlement

Fox 25, Kevin J. O'Connell, September 28, 2012

Advertising Your Private Placement

Thomas S. Brennan, September 19, 2012

Apple Pushing To Ban Some Samsung Products In U.S.

NECN, David L. Woronov, August 28, 2012

Kayak.com IPO Takes Off

NECN, Kevin J. O'Connell, July 20, 2012

Massachusetts Secretary of State probes Facebook

NECN, David M. Barbash, May 24, 2012

Investors Suing Facebook

WRKO, David M. Barbash, May 24, 2012

Five Questions With: David M. Barbash

Providence Business News, David M. Barbash, May 1, 2012

How to avoid making an adversary out of your VC

Boston Business Journal, Startups & Venture Capital Blog, David M. Barbash, April 25, 2012

VC Deals in NY Beating Out MA

WRKO, David L. Woronov, April 20, 2012

Start-ups in Boston

WRKO, David M. Barbash, March 26, 2012

New Massachusetts Identity Theft Rules Go Into Effect

Ruselle W. Robinson, February 19, 2010

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Of 2009

Kevin J. O'Connell, March 19, 2009

Section 409A Compliance is December 31, 2008

Deborah DiVerdi Carlson, November 5, 2008

Roundtable: Inbound US M&A

Financier Worldwide, September 2008

Giving her a hand

Boston Business Journal, July 2007

Inventive incentives: Moving beyond wages and bonuses

Deborah DiVerdi Carlson, May 2007

Opinion Letter Can Be Risky Exercise

Kevin J. O'Connell, January 2007