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Professional Practices

The Professional Practices Group at Donovan Hatem consists of more than forty lawyers serving the legal needs of service professionals.  Our highly-experienced trial lawyers have represented clients in jury and non-jury cases, in both state and federal courts, in the northeast region and nationwide.  With our expertise in professional services, Donovan Hatem offers specialized advice and counsel that minimizes risk and exposure.  Before disputes arise, the Group’s attorneys provide contract review, transactional, and other business advice.  When disputes arise, the Group’s attorneys offer pre-claim assistance and legal defense in an effort to resolve matters and avoid a formal lawsuit.

The Group’s clients include prominent architects, engineers, and construction managers as well as accountants, lawyers, stock brokers, financial planners and investment advisors, and real estate agents and brokers, all of whom have long relied on the attorneys at Donovan Hatem for comprehensive legal services. 

Among Donovan Hatem’s broad scope of legal services and capabilities, the Professional Practices Group provides legal assistance with regulatory and professional liability claims, advice concerning professional liability insurance, and representation in fee and contractual disputes with clients.

  • The Professional Practices Group provides architects, engineers, surveyors, licensed site professionals, and their firms with risk management advice on contracts, advice on professional registration matters, and representation before Boards of Registration.

  • The Professional Practices Group assists accountants with risk management advice, with the drafting and review of contracts and engagement letters, and with expanding their scope of professional services.  The Group also represents accountants in Internal Revenue Service-related matters, including assisting them in producing documents and representing them at depositions.

  • The Professional Practices Group represents attorneys in litigation involving professional liability claims in state and federal courts, at mediations, arbitrations and other dispute resolution forums and before the Board of Bar Overseers.

Professional Practices Attorneys Include:

Marco T. Bon Tempo
Marc A. Cohen
John B. Connarton
David H. Corkum
John W. Dennehy
Michelle R. Epstein
Patricia B. Gary
William D. Gillis, Jr.
David J. Hatem, Chair
Eric A. Howard
Justin M. Jagher
Stephen E. Kesselman
Leslie P. King
Damian R. LaPlaca
Melissa S. Lee
Megan E. Lehman
Peter C. Lenart
Douglas M. Marrano
Sa'adiyah Masoud
Rita C. Mercado
Meredith L. Murphy
Andrea Nash
Brian C. Newberry
Samuel R. Pierce
Daniel C. Poteet
Kristina S. Raevska
Kristen R. Ragosta
Jordan S. Rattray
Gregory M. Sargent
Thomas J. Schlesinger

Amanda Y. Sirk
Carrie G. Strasser
Mark D. Szal
Matthew P. Tuller
Kenneth B. Walton
Cheryl A. Waterhouse
Ross C. Wecker
Dana L. Wefer
Gwen P. Weisberg
Joshua S. Wernig
Scott K. Winikow
Sue E. Yoakum