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Case Evaluation

BLC attorney David Hoffman is a trained, experienced case evaluator. He has served on the case evaluation panels of the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution (MODR) and the Middlesex Multi-Door Courthouse, and has served as a trainer for the MODR case evaluation program.

In case evaluation, the parties have an opportunity to present their case to the case evaluator in writing and also in an in-person presentation. The form of evaluation that David generally provides is a brief written opinion with a risk analysis chart illustrating the reasoning of the opinion. (For a sample of the risk analysis software that BLC uses for such illustrations, click on www.treeage.com.) In some disputes, case evaluation is provided less formally – e.g., in connection with a mediation case if the parties have reached an impasse.

David has handled the following types of case evaluation issues:

  • Business and business torts
  • Commercial
  • Computer and high technology
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Consumer Protection (93A)
  • Defamation
  • Discrimination (disabilities, race, gender, age)
  • Divorce and post-divorce
  • Employment
  • Family
  • Family Business
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Land Use, Zoning
  • Legal malpractice
  • Medical malpractice
  • Parenting and co-parenting issues
  • Partnership Issues
  • Personal injury
  • Probate
  • Product liability
  • Professional liability
  • Real estate
  • Securities
  • Sexual harassment
  • Tort
  • Trusts & Estates
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  2. FIRM OVERVIEW
    1. Mission and Values
    2. Firm Policies
      1. Fees
    3. What Clients Are Saying
  3. PEOPLE
    1. Attorneys
      1. Israela Brill-Cass
      2. David A. Hoffman
        1. Publications List
      3. Mary R. Jurgensen LaCivita
      4. Olive E. Larson
      5. Vicki L. Shemin
      6. Craig M. Silverman
    2. Affiliates
      1. Dina Beach Lynch
      2. Susan M. Miller
      3. Richard N. Wolman
    3. Administrative Staff
      1. Nicole L. DiPentima
      2. Sarah Kenney
      3. Lenore Pellani
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  4. WHAT WE DO
    1. Dispute Resolution
      1. Mediation
      2. Arbitration
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    2. Legal Advice and Representation
      1. Family Law
      2. Employment Law
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  5. CASE STUDIES
    1. Financial Planning in Divorce
    2. Teen's Family Crisis
    3. Collaborative Divorce in the Fast Lane
    4. Restoring Trust to the Beneficiaries
    5. A Truly Collaborative Divorce
    6. Air-Shuttle Family Diplomacy
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    6. How to Choose the Best Process to Resolve a Dispute
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