Southbridge Lawyers

Maegan L. Hurley, Esquire, is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Attorney Hurley is a graduate of Simmons College and Suffolk University Law School, where she received Pro Bono Honors. Attorney Hurley has experience helping lower income individuals through her work as a student attorney at Suffolk Law's Housing Clinic and as a coordinator for "No One Leaves", which is a grassroots resource that offers legal information and resources to families facing post-foreclosure eviction. She is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, American Bankruptcy Institute...

Jillian N. Celozzi

Attorney Celozzi graduated cum laude from Providence College in 2003 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. She earned her Juris Doctorate from New England Law Boston in 2006. A former prosecutor with the Worcester District Attorney's Office, she has extensive trial experience. She prosecuted misdemeanors and felonies in both the district and superior courts. After working as a prosecutor for almost five years, Attorney Celozzi joined an area law firm where she gained experience in the areas of civil litigation, probate, and family law. Today she focuses her practice on criminal defense, divorce, and probate...

Attorney Adam D. Schmaelzle received his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. In pursuit of that degree, he set out to expand his knowledge of Juvenile Law and Children and Families Law at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, MA, and the Department of Children and Families Law Department in Arlington, MA. He also developed a greater understanding of Adult Criminal Law during his time clerking for a well respected criminal defense attorney in Boston, MA.

Armed with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management, Attorney Schmaelzle set up several corporations and...

James P. Vander Salm is a Massachusetts environmental protection attorney who is a passionate advocate for your right to a clean and safe environment. He represents individuals and groups whose rights to clean water, air, and soil are being damaged or jeopardized by others. He prides himself on his creative approach to the law, and regularly sees potential in cases where other attorneys do not. If you have any question about any environmental damage of any kind, and would like to know what rights you have to stop it, he welcomes your call. Learn more:...

Jay E. Macklow is the managing Partner of Landman, Akashian & Macklow, LLP's Worcester (255 Park Avenue, Suite 1102, Worcester, MA 01609) , Westborough and Milford (291 Main Street, Milford, MA 01757) offices. Mr. Macklow is a graduate of Boston College and a graduate of New England Law Boston, formerly known as New England School of Law. He was the Managing Business Editor of The New England Journal of Civil and Criminal Confinement. Mr. Macklow is admitted and licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Rhode Island.

Sam is a litigator handling cases before the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He primarily concentrates on handling complex labor and employment matters on behalf of employees as well as workers’ compensation claims for injured workers. His experience spans many areas of practice including labor and employment, workers’ compensation, insurance coverage and personal injury. Sam previously was a partner at an AmLaw 100 firm where his practice areas also included commercial litigation, admiralty/maritime, construction litigation, municipal law, premises liability, products liability, automotive liability, insurance coverage analysis and litigation, subrogation, employment, housing and general...

Reeves Lavallee, P.C. is a Worcester area law firm offering services as a general practitioner to the public, focusing mainly on family law, probate, and buying & selling of real estate. One of the top three areas of law in the industry is currently family law, specifically pertaining to divorces, custody, and modifications. Our attorney’s have years of experience in these specific fields to assist the needs of the community. Probate law and estate planning is on the rise, because the baby boomers are now either: (1) seeking to draft wills and do estate planning, or (2) passing away, thus...

An attorney that sits and listens first. Then explains legal options in plain English, answers questions and creates easy to understand examples. Our goal is for clients to feel comfortable and cared for and to fully understand their options. We offer a complete family estate plan that includes a Will or Living Trust (to avoid court) and other related or desired documents all pre-organized in a three ring portfolio for under $2,500.

I graduated with a degree in political science from Northeastern University in 1992 and attended law school at Suffolk University graduating in 1995. After law school I served as an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting cases throughout Worcester County. In 2003 I was appointed as an Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Worcester, where I focused on issues related to real estate, permitting and zoning. I was in private practice from 2001 to 2006 as a transactional attorney handling both residential and commercial real estate matters. From 2006 to 2014 I worked for a regional title insurance company,...

Retired police officer after 23 years of service. Trained in many areas of concentration such as drug, crime scene, sexual assault and domestic violence investigations. I was trained by the FBI, Massachusetts State Police, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the NHTSA. One of my primary focuses was and continues to be drunk driving cases. As a police officer I attended advanced training in field sobriety testing. I apply all of my police training to my client's case.