Michael R. Goldberg has been practicing law in Massachusetts since 1977. He is admitted to the Massachusetts bar, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Goldberg has litigated cases in the District and Superior Courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States District Court, and has appeared before numerous State and Federal Agencies. He has also presented oral arguments before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Attorney Goldberg is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association and Essex County Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Goldberg is a member of the Boston Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project where he represents clients on a pro bono basis. In an effort to provide his clients with quality and cost effective representation, Attorney Goldberg's practice is limited to Special Education and School Law, Legal Malpractice, Employment Law, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Real Estate law. Mr. Goldberg is a member of the Labor & Employment Law Committees of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives and the Massachusetts Conveyancers Association. As a longstanding member of the bar, Mr. Goldberg has the knowledge and experience necessary to effectively evaluate your case, to determine the chances of success, and, if accepted, to vigorously pursue your claim to a resolution as quickly as possible. Many lawsuits are settled prior to trial, either by negotiations with the other party or through mediation or arbitration. Nevertheless, Attorney Goldberg prepares each matter that he handles as though it will go to trial. He always remains prepared to try any case. Many cases pursued by Mr. Goldberg are handled on a contingent fee basis, so that the litigation involves no up front cost to the client. The fee in each case, however, is determined by agreement between the prospective client and Attorney Goldberg. Other types of fee arrangements include hourly, contingent/hourly and flat fees. As a former Chairman of the Boston Bar Association's Fee Dispute Committee, where he was responsible for overseeing complaints filed with the association by individuals who were dissatisfied with the fees charged by their attorneys, Mr. Goldberg is sensitive to the expectations of his clients when he embarks upon representing them. Attorney Goldberg provides his clients with prompt and personalized service. Should you retain Mr.Goldberg to represent you, you can be confident that you will be able to reach and speak to Attorney Goldberg concerning your legal needs.

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