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Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP is proud to announce that the firm has been named in US News’ “Best Law Firms” for yet another year! This 2022 accolade ranks the firm as Metro Tier 1 in Criminal Defense – General Practice and Employment Law – Individuals; Metro Tier 2 in Education Law; and National Tier 3 in Criminal Defense – White Collar.

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Attorney Inga BernsteinAttorney Inga Bernstein will speak at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s Federal Court Civil Practice webcast on Wednesday, November 10th at 1:00 pm. The webcast will touch upon the basics of taking a case from its inception to trial in federal court. Click here to learn more about the webcast and to RSVP.

IngaThis year, Attorney Inga Bernstein is being recognized by Super Lawyers as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts. Inga has received recognitions from Super Lawyers since 2004. Click here to read more about her practice.

We are pleased to announce that seven of our attorneys have been selected to the 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. We would also like to congratulate four of our attorneys for being selected to the 2021 Massachusetts Rising Stars list.

Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Only up to 5 percent of the lawyers in a state are named to the Super Lawyers list, and no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.

Please join us in congratulating the following attorneys who have been selected as “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” this year.

Monica-e1615817488277Attorney Monica R. Shah will speak at the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Returning to the Office: Guidance from the Employment and Labor Law Perspectives webinar on Thursday, September 23rd at noon. The webinar will address returning to physical workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is shaped by employment and labor law. Click here to learn more about the webinar and to RSVP.

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Attorney Emma Quinn-Judge received the 2022 Lawyer of the Year Award from Best Lawyers for her work representing individuals in employment law in Boston. The award recognizes individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location. For more on Emma’s employment practice, including her trial and appellate advocacy for employees in sexual harassment, gender equity, and race discrimination cases, please read her bio here. Congratulations, Emma!
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Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP is proud to announce that Attorneys Inga Bernstein, David Duncan, Ruth O’Meara-Costello, Emma Quinn-Judge, Monica Shah, Naomi Shatz, Rachel Stroup, and Norman Zalkind are listed in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. They were recognized for their work in Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Employment Law – Individuals, Education Law, and Litigation – Labor and Employment. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession and rates attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Congratulations to all!

The Supreme Judicial Court yesterday decided Commonwealth v. Sharma, holding that our client, an individual sentenced while a juvenile for second-degree murder and other crimes, is entitled to a hearing to consider the constitutionality of his sentence, and if necessary, to re-sentencing. The Court also concluded that our client is immediately parole eligible based on an earlier SJC decision. Emma Quinn-Judge and David Russcol represented the defendant.
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