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Mr. Kassler is the senior member of our Family and Probate Law Group. In 1976, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Since then he has served in various positions including President of the Massachusetts Chapter of that organization. From the time it was first published over 25 years ago, he has each year been named in Maifen and Smith’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the Family Law section. In 1994, he was the Recipient of the Judge Haskell C. Freedman Award of AAML, Massachusetts Chapter for service to the Bench & Bar and the advancement of the Practice of Family Law. When it was founded in 1998, Mr. Kassler was invited to be a member of the Massachusetts Family & Probate American Inn of Court. He has remained a member ever since. In November 2004 and each year since, Boston Magazine has identified him as a Super Lawyer® in the Family Law area. In the November 2005 publication, he was also named as one of the top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts which includes attorneys from every field of practice. Mr. Kassler has handled numerous disputed election law matters including recounts and the litigation that has followed them. Several of the cases he has handled have established and clarified the existing law of Massachusetts. Mr. Kassler has also authored several articles on various Family Law issues and was the co-editor of the 1994 and 1996 Editions of the Massachusetts Family Law Manual (MCLE publication). He has written and lectured on election law matters. Active in community affairs, Mr. Kassler received appointments as Chairman, Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Committee; Trustee, University of Massachusetts; and Chairman, Massachusetts Local Redistricting Commission. In his home town, Mr. Kassler was an elected Town Meeting Member for over twenty-five years and was also elected to the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Kassler received his BA from Tufts University and his JD in from Boston University School of Law. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1st and 5th Circuits; U.S. District Courts of Massachusetts, Northern Mississippi and Southern Louisiana; and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. | 