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I opened my boutique law firm focusing on divorce and family law, wills and trusts, and estate planning in an effort to help Boston area residents navigate the challenges that life throws at them. I'm an advocate for civil divorces and for lifetime planning.

With my office located in Quincy, MA, I help clients in the Boston Metro area, primarily in Suffolk County, Middlesex County and Norfolk County Massachusetts which includes the following Cities and Towns:

Acton, MA
Allston, MA
Arlington, MA
Ashmont, MA
Auburndale, MA
Avon, MA
Ayer, MA
Bedford, MA
Bellingham, MA
Belmont, MA
Billerica, MA
Boston, MA
Braintree, MA
Brattle, MA
Brighton, MA
Brookline, MA
Burlington, MA
Cambridge, MA
Canton, MA
Charlestown, MA
Chelmsford, MA
Chelsea, MA
Chestnut Hill, MA
Cochituate, MA
Cohasset, MA
Concord, MA
Dedham, MA
Dorchester, MA
Dracut, MA
Dunstable, MA
Everett, MA
Forest Hills, MA
Foxboro, MA
Foxborough, MA
Framingham, MA
Holbrook, MA
Holliston, MA
Hopkinton, MA
Hyde Park, MA
Jamaica Plain, MA
Kingston, MA
Lexington, MA
Lincoln, MA
Linden, MA
Lowell, MA
Malden, MA
Marlborough, MA
Medford, MA
Melrose, MA
Milton, MA
Natick, MA
Needham, MA
Neponset, MA
Newton, MA
Norfolk, MA
Norwood, MA
Quincy, MA
Randolph, MA
Reading, MA
Revere, MA
Roslindale, MA
Roxbury, MA
Savin Hill, MA
Sharon, MA
Sherborn, MA
Shirley, MA
Somerville, MA
Stoneham, MA
Stoughton, MA
Stow, MA
Sudbury, MA
Wakefield, MA
Walpole, MA
Waltham, MA
Watertown, MA
Waverley, MA
Wellesley, MA
Westford, MA
Weston, MA
Weymouth, MA
Wilmington, MA
Winthrop, MA
Woburn, MA
Wrentham, MA


My practice areas include:

DIVORCE and FAMILY LAW
- Divorce
- Child custody
- Child Support
- Modification
- Contempt
- Paternity
- Visitation
- Prenuptial Agreement
- Cohabitation Agreement
- Retraining Order

ESTATE PLANNING
- Wills
- Trusts
- Power of Attorney
- Health Care Proxy
- Health Care Directive / Living Will
- Tax Planning

My practice is restricted exclusively to divorce and family law. I offer professional mediation, collaborative divorce, and traditional court -based representation when other options are not appropriate.

I am committed to superior client service, and use technology to help lower the stress of my clients while providing efficient and creative solutions to family law problems.

I am the owner of The Divorce Collaborative LLC in Medway, MA. Prior to forming this practice, I was the founder and Managing Parter at a Norfolk, MA law firm and was also an Associate Attorney at the Rosen Law Firm in North Carolina.

Please visit my website/blog at www.divorcecollaborative.com

Kevin W. Gaughen, Jr. joined the firm in August of 2009 from the Norfolk County District Attorneys office. Gaughen served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Wrentham, Quincy, Stoughton and Dedham District Courts and as the Assistant District Attorney in charge of the Brookline District and Juvenile Courts. Attorney Gaughen is known for his zealous trial advocacy. In a recent appeals court case, opposing counsel characterized him as to have "pummeled into the jury's consciousness"1 important portions of the case. The case was decided in his client's favor.

Attorney Gaughen is a graduate of American University where he was awarded a B.A. Gaughen received a Juris Doctorate degree from Suffolk University Law School. Gaughen was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 2007.

Attorney Gaughen concentrates his practice in the areas of Criminal Law, Litigation and Family Law.

Attorney Gaughen is a member of various professional associations including the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Norfolk County Bar Association and Plymouth County Bar Association.


1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court. 2009-P-0154. Commonwealth v. Francis Fisher. Brief for the Defendant.

Attorney Elena Tsizer graduated from New England School of Law cum laude, in the top 15% of her class. After graduation, she had the honor of serving as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Justices of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court in Suffolk, Middlesex, Bristol and Worcester Counties, where she conducted research on complex legal issues, wrote legal memoranda, drafted decisions, findings of fact, and conclusions of law while working under close supervision of the Justices. Currently, she is regularly serving as a pro bono attorney for the clients of the MetroWest Legal Services. In her continuous effort to provide her current and future clients with the best and most updated legal advice, Attorney Tsizer has applied and recently been accepted to the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University, which she anticipates to complete in May 2010.

Attorney Tsizer worked full-time while completing her law degree at night. While in law school, after a school-wide writing competition, she was awarded membership onto the New England Journal on Civil and Criminal Confinement, where she served as a Case Comment & Note Editor. Also, during that time, she was an intern at the New England Innocence Project, reviewing files of inmates in search of various physical evidence which would make inmates' acquittals through DNA testing possible.

Before earning her Juris Doctor Degree, Elena has been in a legal profession for nearly a decade. Native of Ukraine, she immigrated to the United States in 1993, first settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began her legal career in 1996 as a secretary in a solo practice that served Russian and Ukrainian immigrants. Always working full-time and studying, Elena earned her Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies from Community College of Philadelphia and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Temple University.

Attorney Tsizer is admitted to practice before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, as well as Middlesex and Worcester Counties Bar Associations.

Wellesley, MA lawyer, Attorney Jonathan Fields has more than 17 years experience representing clients with a high level of personal care and professionalism. His approach to the complex area of family law is innovative, compassionate and geared to the best interests of his clients. Mr. Fields serves on the executive board of the Massachusetts Council of Family Mediation. In addition, he co-chairs the Nominating Committee for the Massachusetts Council of Family Mediation.

Website: http://www.FieldsDennis.com