Boston Office
132 Boylston St
Boston, MA 02116
(617)
262-1060
Carlisle
Office
483 River Rd
Carlisle, MA 01741
(978)
369-8301
A
Boston native, Frederic
N. Halström is one of
the finest personal injury attorneys in
America. He
is cited in an independent study by Harvard University law professors
as one of
the "Best Lawyers in America" in
Personal Injury Litigation and as a
"Super Lawyer" of Massachusetts and
New England. Mr. Halström's law
firm represents personal injury clients throughout the United States
who have
been victims of automobile
accidents, medical malpractice, medical birth
trauma, sexual abuse,
product design or defects, and other forms of
negligence. Mr. Halström
also represents clients in insurance, aviation,
and admiralty law. Halström Law works for the people, not for
corporations, and
our clients are families - working men and women who have been wronged
by
others. With an excellent record of large settlements and judgments,
Mr.
Halström is ready
to litigate your case aggressively and successfully.
Mr.
Halström has successfully argued
cases before
the United States Court of Appeals in the First Circuit
(Boston,
Massachusetts) and in the Eleventh Circuit (Atlanta, Georgia). Mr.
Halström
has argued before the United States District Courts
in
Massachusetts,
Michigan, New Hampshire,
and Rhode Island. Furthermore, he has personally
argued cases in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Appeals
Court of
Massachusetts and the Supreme Court of Georgia. He has tried
cases
in the
Massachusetts Superior Court, the New Hampshire Superior
Court,
the United
States District Courts in Massachusetts, Georgia and Rhode Island. He has also
appeared internationally
by deposition in
the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Greece. He is
frequently
interviewed by
press and electronic media. He
represents
clients from intake, discovery, trial preparation, the
actual trials, and
personally argues the appeals if needed. Mr. Halström
is
admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the Federal
District
Courts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the US Court of Appeals 1st
and 11th
Circuits, and the US tax Court.
Mr.
Halström was educated at some of the most prestigious
educational institutions in America.
Raised in South Boston and West Roxbury,
he attended Boston College High School and graduated from Mt.
St.
Charles
academy of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He did his undergraduate work at
Northeastern University, the United States Air Force Academy, and
Georgetown University,
where
he earned his A.B. degree. Attorney Halström then attended
Boston
College's
prestigious law school, where he earned his Juris Doctorate (J.D.). He
is 25+
years AV rated
by
Martindale-Hubbell.
Because
he is
committed to higher education, Mr. Halström provides financial
and
professional
support to students at the United States Air Force Academy, Georgetown
University,
and Boston College Law. He has
established the
Halstrom Family Scholarship at Georgetown. He yearly
sponsors the Frederic N.
Halström National Moot Court Team at Boston College Law
School.
The Frederic N.
Halström Oral
Advocacy Award is awarded annually at the Boston
College Law School Graduation to the top oral advocate in the
graduating class.
The award includes financial stipend
from the scholars at the law school funded
by Mr. Halström. He is a
member of
the Sabre Society for the Association of Graduates of the US
Air
Force
Academy. He has written many articles in
national
legal publications and has
presented many
papers and lectures both nationally and internationally. He
has appeared
Pro Hac Vice in Federal District courts in Georgia and New
Hampshire, the
Georgia Supreme Court, and New Hampshire Superior Court. He
also
appeared
by
deposition internationally in the United
Kingdom,
Germany, Italy, and Greece. He is frequently interviewed by press
and electronic media.
Mr. Halström is also a member of many
professional
organizations. He is currently a member of
the American Association for Justice
(Leaders Forum), the Massachusetts Bar Association, the
United Kingdom
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, the Consumer Attorneys
of
California,
the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers
Association, the Texas Trial
Lawyers Association, the Washington State Trial
Lawyers Association, the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, the
Massachusetts
Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Halström is also a diplomat to
the
Pan-European
Organization of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) and is an
associate
member of
both the American College of Legal Medicine and of the Sabre Society
for the Association of
Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy. Mr.
Halström is the past president of the Massachusetts Academy of
Trial Attorneys
(1996-1997), and he serves on the National board of
the American Association
for Justice where the firm is a Leader Forum member. He is listed in
Who’s Who in America,
Who's
Who in American and
International Law, and Best
Lawyers in
America, Massachusetts and Boston. He
has
authored numerous articles, served as a radio talk
show host on "The Legal
Scale," and presented papers and spoken at legal meetings in
Louisiana, Texas, North Dakota, Canada, St. Kitts, Aruba, St.
Lucia,
Bermuda, the Dominican Republic,
Mexico, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom,
etc. He was Captain of the Carlisle
Minutemen
(1997) and is a frequent donor of fine wines, cash and sports tickets
to
schools and charities. Residing in Carlisle, Massachusetts,
he is
married
to Dr. Elena Strelnikova, DPT and has three children, Ingrid, Reggie
and his
step-son Mikhail
Krzysztof G. Sobczak
Krzysztof
(Kris) Sobczak is the newest
litigation associate to join Halström
Law Offices, P.C., previously having worked at the firm as a law clerk
since February 2010. After finishing first in his class at Haverhill
High School, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he
earned B.S. in Political Science & Science,
Technology, and
Society. Subsequently, he
learned a M.S. in Computer Information
Systems from Boston University, and in 2010 graduated, cum
laude,
with
a J.D. from Boston College Law School.
Mr. Sobczak started his legal
education at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was the
Managing Editor for the International Law Review. Mr. Sobczak served in
the United States Marine Corps from 1998-2008, first as enlisted, then
as commissioned officer, obtaining the rank of Captain. He is President
and CEO of the Marine Corps Mustang Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable
organization which provides college scholarships for Marines. While in
law school, he acted as a Judicial Intern for the
Honorable Raymond J.
Brassard of the Massachusetts Superior Court and Judicial Extern to
Honorable Judge Edward Washington II of the Circuit Court of Cook
County, Illinois. He volunteered countless hours as a Clinical
Associate at the Veterans Legal Services Center & Clinic in
Chicago, Illinois, assisting our nation's veterans to obtain
various
benefits. As a Clinical Associate he was a contributing
editor to
the
Military Service and the Law book, published in 2009 by Illinois
Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE). Admitted to the
Massachusetts Bar and the Illinois Bar, he is a member of the American
Association for Justice, the Boston Bar Association, the Illinois State
Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and the
Massachusetts Bar Association.
Of Counsel
Geoffrey G. Nathan
Geoffrey G. Nathan is a nationally recognized, major crimes criminal defense lawyer with over 20 years of experience in representing people accused of crimes in Massachusetts. A licensed attorney in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1988, Attorney Nathan is respected for his zealous advocacy and his level-headed approach to defense, and he is a virtual fixture in the Trial Court. Attorney Nathan has defended against the most difficult prosecutors in the United States - military prosecutors - and he and his criminal defense strategies are featured in a new book on war crimes defense, entitled "The Good Soldier on Trial." He is available now to respond to your situation.
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