This page contains contact information for all the members of Brister & Zandrow L.L.P. From here you can send e-mail to the attorneys.
Alphabetical listing, by first name:
John W.Brister, Esq.
Attorney at Law
268 Summer Street, Boston MA 02210-1108
(617) 292-4901
JBrister@BZ-Law.com
College: B.A., Dartmouth College, 1967 Law School: J.D., Boston College Law School, 1970 Bar Admissions: Massachusetts (1970); U.S. District Court, Mass. (1971) Memberships: Massachusetts Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute; Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Legal Employment: BRISTER & ZANDROW, L.L.P. – Senior and Founding Partner, 1995-present. PARKER, COULTER, DALEY & WHITE, 1974–1995
(associate, junior partner, senior partner).BOSTON LEGAL AID SOCIETY, 1970–1973.
Practice Areas: General civil litigation. Plaintiff and defense cases, primarily personal injury cases involving premises liability, construction, product liability, medical malpractice, maritime law, and motor vehicle tort cases. Trial counsel in many of the leading cases in Massachusetts tort law, including:
- Dilaveris v. W. T. Rich Co., 39 Mass. App. Ct. 115, 653 N.E.2d 1134, review granted, 421 Mass. 1105 (1995);
Marques v. Bellofram Corp., 28 Mass. App. Ct. 277, 550 N.E.2d 145 (1990);
Barbosa v. Hopper Feeds, Inc., 404 Mass. 610, 537 N.E.2d 99 (1989);
Colter v. Barber-Greene Co., 403 Mass. 50, 525 N.E.2d 1305 (1988);
Richard v. American Manufacturing Co., Inc., 21 Mass. App. Ct. 967, 489 N.E.2d 214 (1986);
Dayton v. Peck, Tow & Wilcox Co. (Pexto), 739 F.2d 690 (1st Cir. 1984).General/Misc.: AV-rated (highest available) in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory; Fluent in Spanish, having lived in Guatemala for 5 years.
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Leonard F. Zandrow, JR. Esq.
Attorney at Law
268 Summer Street, Boston MA 02210-1108
(617) 292-4902
Zandrow@BZ-Law.com
College: Northwestern University/ Medill School of Journalism
Master of Science in Journalism, 1977.
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 1976.
*Sigma Delta Chi and Kappa Tau Alpha honorary societies.Law School: J.D., Boston College Law School, 1981 Bar Admissions: Massachusetts (1982); U. S. District Court, Mass. (1982); U. S. Court of Appeals (First Circuit) (1983) United States Supreme Court, (1989). Honors: Member, Marquis Who's Who in American Law, 7th-12th (current) editions.
Member, Marquis Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America.
Member, International Who's Who of Professionals, 1995
AV-rated (highest available) in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.Memberships: International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Editors, Defense Counsel Journal); American Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association; Boston Bar Association (Member, Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal, 1994-); Defense Research Institute; Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity Legal Employment: BRISTER & ZANDROW, L.L.P. – Senior and Founding Partner, 1995-present.
*Specialize in civil litigation with an emphasis on appellate-level litigation.
*Represent injured individuals in wide range of cases including: personal injury, railroad litigation, motor vehicle torts, construction law, wrongful death, tort claims act, premises liability, product liability, and toxic torts.PARKER, COULTER, DALEY & WHITE – Senior Partner, 1993-1995. Junior Partner, 1988-1992. Associate, 1983-1987.
*Member of firm's Management Committee, 1994-1995.
*Member of firm's Appellate Department, 1983-1995.
*Chair of firm's Library Committee, 1992-1995.JUSTICES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPERIOR COURT – Chief Law Clerk, 1982-1983. Law Clerk, 1981-1982.
*As Chief Law Clerk, supervised clerkship program state-wide.Representative Cases: Appellate counsel in over 25 reported decisions and over 30 unreported decisions in Federal and Massachusetts law, including the following published decisions: Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990) (constitutional law, withdrawal of medical treatment);
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, __ U.S. __ (1988) (constitutional law, abortion);
Dilaveris v. W. T. Rich Co., 424 Mass. 9, __ N.E.2d __ (1996) (construction law, comparative negligence);
McGrath v. Consolidated Rail Corp., __ F. Supp. __ (D. Mass. 1996) (Boiler Inspection Act, railroad law);
Retirement Board of Somerville v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 673, 651 N.E.2d 1241 (1995) (administrative law, judicial review);
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Gourdeau Construction Co., 419 Mass. 658, 647 N.E.2d 42 (1995) (conflicts of law, contract);
Pandey v. Roulston, 419 Mass. 1010, 646 N.E.2d 407 (1995) (legal malpractice);
FMR Corp. v. Boston Edison Co., 415 Mass. 393, 613 N.E.2d 902 (1993) (personal injury, construction law);
Bengtson's Case, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 239, 609 N.E.2d 1229 (1993) (personal injury, workers' compensation);
Jones v. Consolidated Rail Corp., 33 Mass. App. Ct. 918, 597 N.E.2d 1375 (1992) (contract law);
Berniger v. Meadow Green-Wildcat Corp., 945 F.2d 4 (1st Cir. 1991) (personal injury, recreational injury);
Welch v. Keene Corp., 31 Mass. App. Ct. 157, 575 N.E.2d 766 (1991) (personal injury, product liability);
Advest, Inc. v. McCarthy, 914 F.2d 6, 59 USLW 2184 (1st Cir. 1990) (securities law);
Foley v. Boston Housing Authority, 407 Mass. 640, 555 N.E.2d 234 (1990) (personal injury, negligent security);
Carota v. Johns Manville Corp., 893 F.2d 448 (1st Cir. 1990) (wrongful death, toxic tort);
Trinity Church in City of Boston v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. (No. II), 405 Mass. 682, 544 N.E.2d 584 (1989) (construction law);
In re Case of Matthews, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 12, 534 N.E.2d 19 (1989) (personal injury, workers' compensation);
Caccavale v. Raymark Industries, Inc., 404 Mass. 93, 533 N.E.2d 1345 (1989) (wrongful death, product liability);
Gage v. City of Westfield, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 681, 532 N.E.2d 62 (1988) (wrongful death, premises liability);
Case of Hanson, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 988, 529 N.E.2d 1233 (1988) (personal injury, workers' compensation);
O'Connor v. Raymark Industries, Inc., 401 Mass. 586, 518 N.E.2d 510 (1988) (wrongful death, product liability);
Robert v. Consolidated Rail Corp., 832 F.2d 3 (1st Cir. 1987) (personal injury, FELA law);
Trinity Church in City of Boston v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. (No. I), 399 Mass. 43, 502 N.E.2d 532 (1987) (construction law);
Hallett v. Town of Wrentham, 398 Mass. 550, 499 N.E.2d 1189 (1986) (wrongful death, Tort Claims Act);
Doherty v. Town of Belmont, 396 Mass. 271, 485 N.E.2d 183 (1985) (personal injury, Tort Claims Act);
Delano Growers Co-op. Winery v. Supreme Wine Co., Inc., 393 Mass. 666, 473 N.E.2d 1066 (1985) (commercial law).Civic Organizations:
- National Spinal Cord Injury Association,
Member, Board of Directors, 1995-
Catholic Lawyers Guild for Archdiocese of Boston,
Author, three amicus curiae briefs to United States Supreme
Court.
Free lance columnist, The Pilot (Boston Archdiocese weekly
newspaper).
Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Sharon
Pre-School Religious Education Program,
Co-founder and Teacher.
Parish Pastoral Council,
Former Representative-at-large.Publications/
TeachingLecturer at seminars sponsored by professional organizations, including Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and National Business Institute, on: personal injury, tort claims act, wrongful death, toxic torts, workers' compensation, insurance and consortium law, premises liability, contribution and indemnity law.
Former Associate Editor, Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest.
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