Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Wrongful Death
• Sex Crimes
  Recognized as one of the most important opinions of 2015, this case established that a health care provider had a duty to exercise reasonable care to protect patients from foreseeable harm, including sexual assault, caused by its employees. In this case, Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle represented the Plaintiff who was sexually assaulted by an interpreter at the Boston Medical Center while she was admitted to the hospital for the delivery of her child. Following the Appeals Court’s reversal of the Superior Court’s decision entering summary judgment in the defendant hospital’s behalf, Lecomte Emanuelson & Doyle was able to successfully resolve the case.
• Assault
• Restraining Order

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Disputes
  Whether you’re setting up a business, buying or selling one or anything in between, we can provide the legal advice and services your business needs.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Born in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles 1953; admitted to bar 1979; Catholic University of America (B.A. 1975 summa cum laude) Suffolk Law School (J.D. 1979 cum laude) Associate Editor Suffolk Law Review 1978; UNITED STATES District Court-Massachusetts. Member Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Probate & Domestic Relations; Insurance Defense.
• Employment Discrimination
  Lecomte, Emanuelson and Doyle has substantial experience in all types of litigation, from restraining orders at the local district court level to complex wrongful death cases in the superior and federal courts. We handle substantial wrongful death and personal injury claims, catastrophic property damage claims, employment discrimination, and criminal matters. Our practice area encompasses all courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State and Federal courts in Rhode Island.
• Employment Litigation
  We provide a full range of business law services, including incorporation, shareholder agreements, corporate litigation, and agreements to purchase/sell a business. Additionally, we litigate business disputes arising from breach fiduciary duty, enforcement of buy-sell agreements, employment disputes, licensing matters, and claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  We represent buyers and sellers for both residential and commercial properties.  We also assist property owners with all aspects of real estate litigation.
• Premises Liability
  Conveniently located in Quincy, Massachusetts, Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle, serves clients in the State and Federal Courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Rhode Island.  Our practice focuses on insurance law (defense, coverage and subrogation), real estate, probate law and estate planning, and general civil litigation.  Our firm handles all aspects all litigation from the initial investigation and retention of experts through trial, including any necessary appeals.  We are small enough to respond quickly and efficiently to our clients’ needs and have the experience to vigorously prosecute or defend substantial cases, including catastrophic fire and water losses, wrongful death, and premises liability matters.
• Construction Litigation
  Finally, Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle provides insurers with liability defense services for the general liability claims, including, personal injury, product liability, fire claims and construction claims.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle represents individual and institutional buyers and sellers in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate transactions. Whether it is your first time buying or selling a home, or you are purchasing commercial real estate, Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle can assist to make the process easy and efficient. We also provide a full range of real estate litigation services, including summary process actions, real estate disputes, condominium disputes and resolution of of title issues.
• Property Damage
  Massachusetts’ Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court. Concentration in all areas of civil trial practice including but not limited to personal injury, property damage claims, construction disputes, insurance and contract disputes. Juvenile Court: represent parents and/or children in Care and Custody matters brought by the Department of Children and Families.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  In this insurance coverage dispute, Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle represented Atain Specialty Insurance Company, the liability carrier for Davester LLC, a Hyannis bar. This case involved a unique set of facts: the bar determined that a patron was too intoxicated to safely walk home and called a cab to take him home. The cab driver dropped off the patron on the side of the road when subsequently, he was struck by another vehicle and suffered significant personal injury. Atain determined that coverage was excluded due to the automobile exclusion which precluded coverage for any injury arising out of or in connection with any auto. Atain, while defending the underlying state claim under a reservation of rights, filed action for Declaratory Judgment in the United States Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeking a declaration that it was not obligated to defend or indemnify its insured.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Conveniently located in Quincy, Massachusetts, Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle, provides estate planning services for clients in eastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod.  We provide free consultation and can travel to you to discuss your estate planning options.
• Wills
  Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle represents individuals, trusts and estates in all aspects of probate practice, procedure and litigation. We can assist in filing a simple estate and routinely handle complex probate matters, including will contests and trust litigation. In conjunction with this probate practice, Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle offers estate planning services, including the preparation of wills and trusts. Generally, the probate practice intersects with our real estate practice, as most estates involve the sale of real property, and we are well suited to handle all aspects of the probate filings and real estate transactions. Recently, we represented an estate that was subject to two will contests. We were able to resolve the first challenge and obtain a dismissal, without the payment of any funds. With respect to the second challenge, we successfully moved to strike the objection, as it was not timely filed and lacked the requisite specificity to properly challenge a will. Once the challenges were dismissed, we were able to assist the personal representative to sell the property and close the estate.
• Trusts
• Probate
  From simple wills and trusts to complex estates, we are well versed in all aspects of probate law and litigation.  Call today for a free consultation.