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Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Attorney Receives Favorable Decision from Attorney General’s Office Bid Unit
On April 27, 2021, the Attorney General’s Office Bid Unit denied the Bid Protest filed by CTA Construction Managers, LLC protesting the decision of the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District (“District”) regarding the rescission of the District’s award of the...
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Welcomes New Associate Attorney
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP is pleased to announce the newest addition to the firm, Blair Wigney. Ms. Wigney graduated from Notre Dame Law School in May of 2020, and successfully passed the Massachusetts Bar Exam in October of the same year. She...
Partner with Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane Named President of the Massachusetts Council of School Attorneys (COSA) for a Second Term
Kevin Bresnahan, a partner with Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP, was named President of the Massachusetts Council of School Attorneys (COSA) for a second one-year term during their annual meeting, held virtually, in December 2020. Normally, the...
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Partner Presents on Manifestation Determination
The MCLE (Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education) sponsored an eLecture where Mary Ellen Sowyrda, a partner with Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP, presented. Alongside Ms. Sowyrda was Daniel Ahearn, Esq., and Marlies Spanjaard from the Committee for...
Murphy Hesse Toomey & Lehane Attorney Featured in Lawyers Weekly SJC Review
In Hovagimian et al. v. Concert Blue Hill, LLC, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is reviewing under further appellate review a decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court in favor of Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Attorney Paul King’s client,...
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane’s Call to Action for Women’s History Month
By: Bridget Rose March is Women’s History Month, yet senseless acts of violence against women have filled the news. In the wake of the horrific shootings in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16th, social media has erupted with posts of solidarity and calls to “Stop...
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Attorney Appointed to Serve as Member of the Real Estate Committee of the Diocese of Fall River
On December 10, 2018, Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, who was appointed Bishop by Pope Francis in 2014, sent out a letter of invitation to his parishioners of the Diocese of Fall River. The letter detailed the five new Diocesan planning commissions that would...
Partner at Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Presents at the MCLE Key Issues in Special Education Law Conference
On December 3, 2020 the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, or MCLE, held their “Key Issues in Special Education Law” conference. This conference provided crucial updates for school law practice. The subjects discussed included a BSEA (Bureau of...
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Attorney Triumphs in Appeals Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kevin S. Freytag, an attorney with Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP, represented the Town of Milton in front of the appeals court in February of this year. This case, Kali Family Limited Partnership v. Town of Milton & another, was brought to appeals...
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane Attorney Appointed for a Second Term and as Chair of Plymouth County Commission on the Status of Women
Karis L. North, an attorney with Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP, was recently appointed to a second three-year term on the Plymouth County Commission on the Status of Women by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. In addition, Ms....
United States Supreme Court Rejects Parent's Appeal to Video Tape Special Education Team Meetings
On June 10, 2024, the United States Supreme Court (USSC) denied Scott Pitta’s petition for writ of certiorari. This means that the lower First Circuit ruling, denying parents any claim of entitlement to video tape team meetings, or to treat team meetings as a “public forum”, stands as the law governing this area. Attorney Peter Mello of Murphy Hesse Toomey & Lehane successfully defended the Bridgewater/Raynham School District throughout the litigation in the federal courts.
United States Supreme Court Rejects Parent's Appeal to Video Tape Special Education Team Meetings
On June 10, 2024, the United States Supreme Court (USSC) denied Scott Pitta’s petition for writ of certiorari. This means that the lower First Circuit ruling, denying parents any claim of entitlement to video tape team meetings, or to treat team meetings as a “public forum”, stands as the law governing this area. Attorney Peter Mello of Murphy Hesse Toomey & Lehane successfully defended the Bridgewater/Raynham School District throughout the litigation in the federal courts.
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