Frederic N. Halstrom

A Boston native, Frederic N. Halström is one of the finest personal injury attorneys in America. He is listed as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" and Personal Injury Litigation, and as a Super Lawyer of Massachusetts and New England. Mr. Halström's law firm represents personal injury clients throughout the USA who have been victims of automobile accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, sexual abuse, medical birth trauma, cystic fybrosis, products liability, automobiles, industrial machinery, consumer products, drugs, medical devices and other forms of negligence. Additionally, Mr. Halström represents clients in insurance law, aviation, and admiralty law cases. Halström Law works for the people - not for corporations. Our clients are families - working men and women who have been wronged by others. With an excellent record of large settlements and judgments, Mr. Halström is ready to litigate your case aggressively and successfully.

Mr. Halström was educated at some of the most prestigious higher educational institutions in America. Raised in South Boston and West Roxbury, he attended Boston College High School and graduated from Mt. St. Charles academy of Woonsocket, R. I. He did his undergraduate work at Northeastern University, the United States Air Force Academy, and Georgetown University, where he earned his A.B. degree. Attorney Halström then attended Boston College's prestigious law school and he earned his Juris Doctorate (J.D.). He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the Federal District Courts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the US Court of Appeals 1st and 11th Circuts, and the US tax Court. Because he is committed to higher education, Mr. Halstrom provides financial and professional support to students at The United States Air Force Academy, Georgetown University, and Boston College Law. He has established the Halstrom Family Scholarship at Georgetown and also sponsors the Frederic N. Halström National Moot Court Team at Boston College Law School. An award in his name is awarded at Law School Graduation to a law student for outstanding oral advocacy. He is a member of the Sabre Society for the Association of Graduates of the US Air Force Academy. He has written many articles in national legal publications and has presented many papers and lectures both nationally and internationally. He has appeared Pro Hac Vice in Federal District courts in Georgia and New Hampshire, the Georgia Supreme Court, and New Hampshire Superior Court. He also appeared by deposition internationally in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Greece. He is frequently interviewed by press and electronic media. 

Mr. Halström is also a member of many professional organizations. He is currently a member of the American Association for Justice (Leaders Forum), Pan-European Organization of Personal Injury Lawyers, Massachusetts Bar Association, United Kingdom Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association, and is an associate member of both the American College of Legal Medicine and of the Association of Graduates of the USAF Academy. Mr. Halström is the past president of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (1996-1997), and he serves on the National board of the American Association for Justice where the firm is a Leader Forum member. He is also listed in Who’s Who in America, Who's Who in American and International Law.He has authored numerous articles, served as a radio talk show host- "The Legal Scale"- and presented papers and spoken at legal meetings in Louisiana, Texas, North Dakota, Canada, St. Kitts, Aruba, St. Lucia, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom, etc. He recieves the award for outstanding work in Oral Advocacy every year from the Boston College Law School. He was Captain of the Carlisle Minutemen (1997) and is a frequent donor of fine wines and sports tickets to charities. Residing in Carlisle, Ma., he is married to Dr. Elena Halstrom, DPT and has three children, Ingrid, Reggie and Mikhail.                                                                                                                                                     

Michael J. Gace
                        
  Michael J. Grace has successfully handled a multitude of cases at the trial   and appellate levels in Massachusetts in a wide variety of areas,               including product liability, environmental exposure, media defamation,       construction, plaintiff medical and legal malpractice, commercial               litigation, insurance defense, insurance coverage, and bad faith litigation.   As examples, he obtained judgments, through trial and summary             judgment, in favor of corporations  that succeeded to the liabilities of         manufacturers of radioactive dyes used in the 1930s-60s, which, while       designed to diagnose brain and other lesions, eventually caused               malignant cancers. Mr. Grace has also successfully defended various         insurance companies against bad faith claims with multi-million dollar         exposures. He has extracted settlements and retractions from print and television media in libel claims. And he has obtained substantial settlements for patients injured by the negligence of doctors and other medical professionals.

Mr. Grace graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and from Dartmouth College, with honors and highest distinction and as a Rufus Choate Scholar. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Massachusetts and in the United States Claims Court. Mr. Grace was selected by his peers to be included in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation and was selected as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer, an honor that recognizes him as a leader in the legal community. He has long held the highest (AV) rating from The Martindale-Hubbell Directory of lawyers. Formerly Mr. Grace was a partner/shareholder at Burns & Levinson; O'Connor & Grace; and Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., all located in Boston.

Matthew J. Andrade

  After finishing at the top of his class at Methuen High School, he joined       the "IRISH" in South Bend recieving, in 2003, from University of Notre       Dame, a B.B.A. in Finance and Political Science. He is a Magna Cum         Laude, 2006 graduate of Suffolk University Law School where he was the   chief Manager Editor of The Suffolk Law School Transnational Law             Review. Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, in December 2006, he has     memberships in Massachusetts Bar Association, American Association for   Justice, and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. He is               selected as a"Rising Star for 2008" by Super Lawyers of Massachusetts     (Boston Magazine) In his first construction site personal injury trial, his     client was awarded by the court a judgment of over two million dollars.