Family Law

As a trusted law firm with decades of experience, Doherty, Wallace’s Family Law practice offers compassionate and skilled representation for clients navigating challenging family matters. We understand the emotional and financial complexities involved in cases such as divorce, child custody, and spousal support, and we are committed to helping our clients achieve fair, sustainable solutions. Doherty, Wallace has a proven track record of guiding families through difficult transitions while safeguarding their best interests. With a client-centered approach, Doherty, Wallace focuses on mediation, negotiation, and litigation to ensure the most positive outcomes for those we serve.

Doherty, Wallace lawyers can assist clients with:

• Business organization, including incorporation, licensing technology, and obtaining equity and debt financing, as well as the interplay between not-for-profit entities and other forms of business entities in the cannabis arena;
• Successful negotiations of private placements and angel funding to seed cannabis projects and businesses;
• Cannabis-related mergers and acquisitions and the formation of cannabis specific strategic joint ventures;
• State and local licensing, permitting, and regulatory compliance for a wide variety of cannabis establishments and cannabis-related businesses;
• Intellectual property representation and counseling for individuals and businesses on the protection afforded by patents, trademarks, and copyrights, and providing counsel on the protection of business trade secrets from misappropriation, including prosecuting and enforcing trademarks, defending against infringement claims, and advising regarding management of branding and image;
• Appearing before local boards to obtain necessary permitting and approval, where required by local ordinances or by-laws and state processes;
• Representing residents and abutters concerned about specific cannabis projects that are not reasonable or responsibly prepared;
• Drafting and successfully implementing municipal cannabis regulations (both medical and recreational) for cities and towns in Massachusetts, including moratoria and bans of recreational cannabis subsequently approved by the Massachusetts Attorney General;
• Real estate and employment issues that may involve cannabis or cannabis-related businesses; and
• Business litigation, with significant experience throughout the Commonwealth dealing with a wide variety of issues, including trial experience in all levels of state and federal courts in Massachusetts.
• Family law, with extensive experience handling a wide range of matters, including divorce, child custody, and spousal support, and a proven track record in both negotiation and litigation in Massachusetts state courts.