Prince Lobel’s Worcester office provides clients in Central Massachusetts access to a team of talented and experienced lawyers. The Worcester team embodies Prince Lobel’s client-centric vision of providing excellent outcomes, service and value. As Managing Partner Craig Tateronis noted in the firm’s August 22nd press release, “By attracting the most talented lawyers in the city, lawyers who have demonstrated a history of connection with their communities, and offering them the resources, support and encouragement to provide the highest quality work and level of client service, we believe that our Worcester team will continue to cultivate lasting client relationships and achieve great client successes”.
Mike Angelini, Louis Ciavarra, Douglas Radigan, and George Tetler have more than 150 years of combined legal experience. They have been fixtures and forces in Worcester’s growth story over the past 20 years. Other lawyers practicing out of Worcester include Karina Abeddy, Brian Beaton, Mark Borenstein, Brian Edmonds, Jared Fiore, Tim Monahan, AiVi Nguyen, and Mark Powers. Prince Lobel’s Worcester attorneys are business lawyers, representing clients in a range of matters including litigation, dispute resolution and risk mitigation, business transactions, real estate, internal investigations, intellectual property, bankruptcy and employment counseling and litigation.
AiVi Nguyen:
AiVi Nguyen is a partner in Prince Lobel’s Business Litigation Practice Group. Learn more about AiVi here:
1. Why Prince Lobel?
My career is and has been focused on legal excellence and service to the Worcester community, where I have lived my entire life. What Prince Lobel is creating in Worcester speaks directly to the things that drive me and the fact that I can help build this new Worcester-centric wing of Prince Lobel with colleagues who share my priorities – Worcester-based ones with whom I have worked my entire career and Boston-based new ones who have entrusted me with the firm’s goodwill – it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity that I could never pass up.
2. What is something interesting or unique about your business law practice?
People hire people they like. This is true about lawyers and oftentimes, clients like the lawyers to whom they can relate. Turns out, women, people of color, and local Worcester business owners can relate to me, like me, and hire me, and ultimately trust me as a friend and confidante. Most of my clients hired me to handle a litigation matter and once that matter was resolved the relationship transitioned to day-to-day business advice.
3. What is a fun fact about you?
I am an only child, but I have 54 first cousins (my mom had 13 siblings and my dad had 7).
Brian Edmonds:
Brian Edmonds is an associate in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group. Learn more about Brian here:
1. Why Prince Lobel?
I chose Prince Lobel because it is an incredible law firm with an incredible reputation, and I am thrilled to bring my practice to Prince Lobel. What I find most exciting about the firm’s new Worcester office is that I get to join Prince Lobel at the same time as a number of incredibly talented lawyers with whom I have already been practicing. The opportunity to not only continue working with these wonderful lawyers, but also to be involved in the opening of a dynamic new law office within Worcester was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I could not pass on and an opportunity for which I could not be more grateful.
2. What is something interesting or unique about your business litigation practice?
One of the unique aspects of my litigation practice is that I have become a go-to lawyer among my colleagues for appellate work even when I have not been involved in the pre-appeal litigation. Before entering private practice, I clerked for two years at the Massachusetts Appeals Court and for a year at the Supreme Judicial Court. Because of those experiences, I developed a strong interest in appellate litigation, and I have been able to use those experiences and skills to bring a dynamic perspective to every appeal that comes across my desk.
3. What is a fun fact about you?
A unique fact about me is that I have been doing martial arts since I was 4 years old. Now in my twenty-sixth year of training, I am testing for my Rokudan or Sixth Degree Black Belt on September 13th.
Karina Abeddy:
Meet Karina Abeddy, an associate in Prince Lobel’s Business Transactions Group practicing out of the firm’s Worcester Office. Read more about Karina here:
1. Why Prince Lobel?
I chose Prince Lobel because it is a law firm with an excellent reputation for providing clients with the highest level of service. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue working with and learning from a team of incredible attorneys while being a part of Prince Lobel’s new beginnings in Worcester. It is a privilege to be able to continue my legal career in my hometown while taking part in an exciting moment in time for the Worcester legal community.
2. What is something interesting or unique about your business law practice?
I grew up in a family of small business owners who have been a part of the Worcester community for decades. I believe this experience and my connection to Worcester greatly enhances my law practice.
3. What is a fun fact about you?
I am the first attorney in my family! It’s claimed that one of the first and most widely recognized law schools in the Eastern world was the law school of Berytus established by the Roman Empire for the study of Roman law around 200 A.D. – which is now modern-day Beirut – pretty fun fact for a first-generation Lebanese lawyer!
Mark W. Powers:
Mark is a Partner in the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group. Learn more about Mark here:
1. Why Prince Lobel?
My decision to join Prince Lobel was an easy one. I have long admired the firm and its lawyers from afar, and the move to Prince Lobel permits me to continue to practice with colleagues and friends with whom I have worked for many years. Prince Lobel’s platform offers significant depth, breadth, and expertise in a range of specialized practices that will benefit our clients and grow our practices.
2. What is something interesting or unique about your business law practice?
While my office is in Worcester, my business bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice has permitted me to represent clients in bankruptcy courts throughout the United States.
3. What is a fun fact about you?
When I asked my lovely wife for her honest feedback to this question, she kiddingly responded that I should say that I am lucky to have a fun wife. I immediately agreed.
Mark A. Borenstein
Mark is a Partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Read more about Mark here:
1. Why Prince Lobel?
After meeting with Craig Tateronis, Rick Sousa and many other attorneys at PLT, I realized that we all approached the practice of law with the same focus towards client service and professionalism.
2. What is something interesting or unique about your real estate law practice?
I have represented clients with the acquisition/disposition, leasing and development of property for residential, commercial, and industrial projects in Central Massachusetts for over 10 years. My practice has provided me with a front row seat to Worcester’s renaissance, and I’m honored to be a part of it.
3. What is a fun fact about you?
I’ve been incredibly fortunate to travel extensively throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. I’ve visited about 70 countries to date.
Brian Beaton
Brian is a partner in Prince Lobel’s Real Estate and Business Transactions Practice Groups. Read more about Brian here:
1. Why did you choose Prince Lobel?
The Firm encourages collaboration and has breadth and scope across a large cross section of practice areas. On a personal note, joining Prince Lobel has reunited me with friends and former coworkers. At the same time, I am excited to work alongside so many new and accomplished colleagues.
2. What is something interesting or unique about your real estate law and business law practice?
I’ve had many years of private practice focusing on real estate, environmental, and business law with a diverse group of clients that include developers, manufacturers, energy companies, utilities, and colleges and universities. I’ve also had the opportunity to serve as in-house counsel for two companies working across a variety of business units.
3. What is a fun fact about you?
I have a background in civil engineering and one of my first jobs after college was working on the Central Artery Tunnel Project.
Jared A. Fiore
Jared is a partner in the firm’s Business Litigation Group. Learn more about Jared here:
1. Why Prince Lobel?
I chose Prince Lobel because of its people, reputation, and variety of services available. With Prince Lobel, I know that I can draw on the knowledge and experience of my colleagues in different practice areas and our clients will be well-served because of it.
2. What is something interesting or unique about your business litigation practice?
Although I am a litigator and in court frequently, a lot of my work is analysis, strategy, and negotiation in solving problems. I’ve been involved in the negotiation and drafting of some very unique settlement agreements that go beyond a simple exchange of money and release.
3. What is a fun fact about you?
I have fun painting the lines of a mini football field in my backyard each fall with my boys. They vote for the midfield logo – usually HC or ND wins.
