Attorneys Finbury Sullivan & Benger Haverhill Massachusetts

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John C. Sullivan joined Herbert W. Finbury in 1976 to form the present firm. He has attained the highest ranking established by Martindale-Hubbell's Law Directory. This rating is given only to lawyers and law firms who are considered to have very high to pre-eminent legal ability and who are thought to embrace very high professional standards.

An experienced trial lawyer practicing law in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, John has tried over seventy jury trials, along with hundreds of bench trials and administrative hearings involving civil, criminal and domestic matters. In addition to his busy trial practice, John has been trained and qualified to sit as a mediator for Superior Court civil cases in Rockingham and Hillsborough Counties, New Hampshire. His years of trial and court experience are helpful in facilitating settlements in cases that are scheduled for trial in those counties. In Massachusetts, John also volunteers his mediation skills for Haverhill District Court.

John has lectured on aspects of Massachusetts insurance law as it pertains to automobile accidents and injuries. He has authored an article on the subject which has been helpful both to clients needing information regarding their rights, and out-of-state attorneys referring cases to the firm. He has successfully represented clients in the areas of serious personal injury, divorce, workers' compensation, criminal matters including DWI/OUI, and social security disability.

For further information, please contact John at jsullivan@finburylaw.com

Daniel C. Finbury is an attorney comfortable both with counseling clients in the office and trying cases in court. His work commonly involves representing clients in personal injury claims, workers’ compensation matter, social security disputes and marital and criminal matter, and generally anything that can or may lead to a courtroom. Prior to finding himself standing before a judge or jury or a Massachusetts or New Hampshire administrative tribunal generally requires many hours of office discussion, document review and investigation. Though attempting to avoid the risks and stresses of trial on his clients he is not afraid of taking the case to a final judgment or verdict.

Dan attended the Haverhill Massachusetts public school systems and finished high school at Middlesex School in Concord, MA. He graduated from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT after a short period of study in London and Paris. After working as a paralegal in New York City for several years he went on to graduate work at Boston University Law School where he graduated in 1981. He took and passed the Massachusetts Bar in that same year and worked as a pro bono criminal attorney in Essex County. In 1982 he went to Dallas, Texas where he again took and passed the Texas Bar and worked for several trial attorneys over the next two years. In 1984 he returned to his father’s law firm and has been practicing there ever since. In 1986 he took and passed the New Hampshire Bar and was admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He has argued several cases before the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

He is presently a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the New Hampshire Bar Association.

Please contact Dan at dfinbury@finburylaw.com.

John A. Finbury, is an experienced trial lawyer and corporate counsel. His litigation work routinely involves representing clients in personal injury claims. His corporate practice focuses on the representation of emerging growth companies as well as established businesses. Examples of his corporate work over the past year include business formations, negotiating and drafting commercial leases, transactional agreements, representing a real estate development before local licensing authorities, and negotiating, drafting and closing a patent licensing agreement.

John serves as general counsel to TherMatrx, Inc. http://www.thermatrx.com/, a medical device company, and advises the Board of Directors and management on corporate governance issues, FDA Advertising and Promotion guidelines and compliance, the management of legal disputes, as well as employment and licensing issues.

John is also a member of the Board of Directors of YourDay Video Technologies, Inc., http://www.yourdayvideo.com/, a video capture technology for theme parks. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Mental Health Resources Plus, Inc., a local non-profit, which runs clubhouses and other programs for the mentally ill in Haverhill and Lawrence.

John is a graduate of the Middlesex School, Boston University, and Northeastern University School of Law. He is a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and American Trial Lawyers Association. He is licensed to practicelaw in Massachusetts State and Federal courts. Prior to joining the firm in 1988, John was an associate in the litigation department at Bingham, Dana & Gould in Boston ( now Bingham McCutcheon). Please contact John at jfinbury@finburylaw.com.

Karen Alexanian Benger is a graduate of Merrimack College (1993) and Massachusetts School of Law (1997). Karen began working for Finbury, Sullivan & Benger in 1994 throughout law school and she began practicing law in 1997. She became a partner of this firm in 2003. Karen is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the American Trial Lawyers Association, and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Telephone: (978) 420-4982
Toll Free: (866) 693-7199
E-mail: office@finburylaw.com

The personal injury lawyers at Finbury, Sullivan & Benger P.C. serve clients in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including Essex County, Haverhill, Lawrence, Methuen, North Andover, Andover, Newburyport, Groveland, Georgetown, Merrimac, Lowell, West Boxford, Boxford, Amesbury, West Newbury,Rowley, Merrimac in Massachusetts and Rockingham County, Salem, Plaistow, Atkinson, Danville, Derry, Newton, Windham, Hampton, Kingston, Sandown and Hampstead in New Hampshire.