News & Media

Our legal team is proud of the recognition we have received by the various news outlets as evidenced below. Our results and achievements have been quoted in the Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Metro Paper, The Lawrence Eagle Tribune, the Metropolitan Brazilian News, and numerous local TV channels. Our successes have been reported in Lawyers Weekly as amongst the highest in Massachusetts.

Seminars Settlements/Verdicts

News

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

for Joel Schwartz

2020, 2021

for Steven Schwartz

Boston’s Top Rated Lawyers

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

for Steven Schwartz

Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney

Superlawyers.com

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

John M. Vlassakis

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association 2016 – present

Joel H. Schwartz

Boston’s Top Rated Lawyers

AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell 2016

Steven A. Schwartz

Top 40 Under 40

National Trial Lawyers
2016

Angela L. Miles

Top 40 Under 40

National Trial Lawyers
2016

Timothy L. Pope

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association 2015 – present

Joel H. Schwartz

Top 100 Litigation Lawyer – Massachusetts

American Society of Legal Advocates
2015

Steven A. Schwartz

Boston’s Top Rated Lawyers

AV Preeminent by Martindale-
Hubbell
2015

Timothy L. Pope

Top 100 Litigation Lawyer – Massachusetts

American Society of Legal Advocates
2014

Steven A. Schwartz

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association 2014 – present

Joel H. Schwartz

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association 2013 – present

Joel H. Schwartz

Boston’s Top Rated Lawyers

AV Preeminent by Martindale-
Hubbell
2014

Joel H. Schwartz

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association 2012 – present

Joel H. Schwartz

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association 2009 – present

Joel H. Schwartz

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association 2010 – present

Joel H. Schwartz

Named Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

2010

Joel H. Schwartz

Rising Star Super Lawyers

Top Rated Social Security Disability Attorney
2016

Timothy L. Pope

Super Lawyers

Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney
2016

John M. Vlassakis

Man of The Year in Law 2009

Recognized by the American Biographical Institute

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association 2008 – present

Joel H. Schwartz

Strathmore’s Who’s Who Leadership and Achievement Award

2006-2007

Steven A. Schwartz

2006 Verdicts and Settlements – Lawyers Weekly – Firm Listed Among Highest of the Year

1/15/2007

– Joel H. Schwartz

Jornal Noticia

2/15/2005

– John M. Vlassakis, Constance M. Toomey

Top Jury Verdicts 2004 – 1.23 Million – Motorcyclist Hurt in Collision With Automobile

1/17/2005

– Joel H. Schwartz, Jerome P. Fox (Senior Claims Adjuster)

Front Page Story – Settlement Spotlight – Dog Bite

11/22/2004

– Joel H. Schwartz, John M. Vlassakis

Metropolitan Brazilian News

11/5/2004

– John M. Vlassakis, Constance M. Toomey

Jornal Noticia

11/2/2004

John M. Vlassakis, Constance M. Toomey

“Manhole Menace Burns Tot“ – Toddler Suffers 2nd Degree Burns from Scalding Manhole Cover

8/20/2004

2003 Largest Settlements of the Year – Lawyers Weekly – Firm Listed Among the Highest

1/19/2004

– Joel H. Schwartz, Russell A. Rosenthal, John M. Vlassakis

Top Resources From the Fields of Medicine, Law, Finance, and Business

9/19/2003

Metropolitan Brazilian News

5/23/2003

John M. Vlassakis

Agency Sued In Drowning of 7 Year-Old“

12/20/2002

Alan Klevan

Feature Story – Joel Schwartz Profile

5/14/2001

Joel H. Schwartz

2000 Verdicts and Settlements – Lawyers Weekly – Firm Listed Among Highest of the Year

1/29/2001

Joel H. Schwartz, Russell A. Rosenthal

“Family Sues Over Child’s Drowning“

8/1/2000

Joel H. Schwartz, Alan Klevan

1998 Verdicts and Settlements – Lawyers Weekly – Firm Listed Among Highest of the Year

1/18/1999

Joel H. Schwartz

1997 Verdicts and Settlements – Lawyers Weekly – Firm Listed Among Highest of the Year

2/16/1998

Joel H. Schwartz

“Billerica Parents Sue School-Bus Firm, Lowell Driver, For 1 Million“

11/12/1997

Joel H. Schwartz

Newsmakers – The Massachusetts Lawyer – Virginia M. Ward Joins The Firm

2/15/1993

Virginia Ward

Commercial Breakdown – Hearsay

2/1/1993

Joel H. Schwartz

“Local Lawyer Wins Big Suit“

7/2/1992

Joel H. Schwartz, John M. Vlassakis

“Settlement For 23 Year-old Man Who Fell 20 Feet Could Hit 16 Million“

6/19/1992

Joel H. Schwartz, John M. Vlassakis

“Brain Injury Settlement Prompts Valuation Dispute“

6/29/1992

Joel H. Schwartz, John M. Vlassakis

Lawrence Eagle Tribune

Joel H. Schwartz

Radio Interviews

WSRO AM 650 Brazilian Talk Radio – Voice Of Americas – Legal Questions Answered

6/18/2006

Bella Birmarcker, Constance M. Toomey

WSRO AM 650 Brazilian Talk Radio – Voice Of Americas – Legal Questions Answered

4/23/2006

– Bella Birmarcker

Medical Malpractice Controversy Interview

Joel H. Schwartz

News & Media

News

TV Interviews

Radio Interviews

Reports

Editorials