Laredo & Smith Partners Named to 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America

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Laredo & Smith’s partners Marc Laredo, Mark Smith, and Payal Salsburg are again selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.

Marc Laredo is selected again this year for his work in both Commercial Litigation and Employment Law/Management. Marc represents clients in disputes among owners of closely held businesses and a wide array of other business litigation matters including commercial contract cases, business torts, employment and non-competition litigation, government investigations and construction cases. Additionally, Marc serves as counsel to closely held businesses, advising them on issues such as the initial formation and maintenance of the business entity, contract and employment matters, crisis situations and exit strategies.

Payal Salsburg is selected this year for her work in Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White Collar. She focuses her practice in the areas of business litigation, corporate advice and counsel, and white collar criminal defense. She represents corporations, small businesses and individuals in connection with an array of matters including contract and business disputes, False Claims Act litigation, and government and internal investigations.

Mark Smith is selected again this year for his work in Criminal Defense: White Collar. He is also recognized for work in Commercial Litigation, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law. Mark is retained by businesses and individuals during all stages of criminal and other government enforcement actions. National law firms also choose Mark to handle a wide range of Massachusetts-specific litigation and regulation matters as outside counsel on behalf of their clients.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 109,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and they received millions of evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

Payal Salsburg Speaks At Boston University Law School Orientation

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Payal Salsburg is a guest speaker at Boston University’s law school orientation in August 2023.  The program covers the importance of mental health, well being, and being centered through law school and the legal profession. Delivering her personal account to first year law students at BU, she will talk about taking care of personal mental health and wellbeing while attending law school and during their careers.

Payal Salsburg Is Featured Speaker at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Annual Dinner

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Our Partner Payal Salsburg is a featured speaker at the upcoming Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers’   James A. Brink Annual Dinner. Payal will share personal reflections in recovering from depression and anxiety after taking time away from practicing law. Her inspirational story is aimed at helping anyone struggling from stigma and encouraging attorneys of color to embrace self-care.

A non-profit organization, LCL is the sole lawyer assistance program in Massachusetts exclusively dedicated to helping with the many personal and professional challenges of life in the legal profession. The 2023 dinner takes place at the Harvard Club of Boston on Thursday, September 21st from 6-9pm.

Please consider reaching out for more information, making a donation, or attending this wonderful event.

Payal Salsburg Co-Authors Boston Bar Journal Article on Standards for Duty to Preserve

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Payal Salsburg co-authored a recent Boston Bar Journal article entitled, “JFF Cecilia LLC v. Weiner Ventures LLC: Is There Finally Clarity on the Legal Standard for When the Duty to Preserve Evidence Begins and When Spoliation Sanctions May Be Imposed?” In this article, Payal and her co-author discuss the JFF Cecilia case and the resulting clarification for lawyers about a party’s duty to preserve relevant evidence early, even if there is just a possibility of a lawsuit.

Payal Salsburg Elected to Boston Bar Association’s Governing Council

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Payal Salsburg is named to the Boston Bar Association’s 2023-2024 Governing Council. In this important role, Payal works to advance the BBA’s mission. She will be active in promoting the highest standards of excellence for the legal profession, facilitating access to justice, fostering a diverse and inclusive professional community and serving the community at large.

Payal’s service on the council continues her deep support of the BBA. Over the course of her career, she served the organization in roles on the Business and Commercial Litigation Section, the Women’s Leadership and Advancement Forum Advisory Committee, the BBA/BBF Joint Planning Committee and as a member of the Ethics Committee.

Payal Salsburg Quoted in Mass Lawyers Weekly article on Establishing Jurisdiction in Federal Court

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Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly turned to Payal Salsburg for comment in a recent article: “Jurisdictional Issue Jeopardized Eight-Figure Verdict” which was published in the June 8th edition of the paper. The article talks about a jurisdictional issue related to BRT Management LLC v. Malden Storage, LLC, et al. and Payal points out that “legal technicalities are super important.”  Read the full article: Jurisdictional issue jeopardizes eight-figure verdict.

Payal Salsburg is Panelist for Mass Bar Program on Anti-SLAPP Statute

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Payal Salsburg is a panelist for a program entitled, “Is the Massachusetts Anti-SLAPP Statute Working as Intended.” The program is run by the Massachusetts Bar Association, sponsored by the civil litigation and real estate law sections, and will take place on Tuesday, May 23rd from 4-6pm.

In this program, the panelists will address how to identify and analyze viable special motions to dismiss in the context of the current burden-shifting anti-SLAPP framework as well as whether, and under what circumstances, abuse of process claims may still be brought in light of the statute. The program is important for litigators so that they will be able to identify whether the anti-SLAPP statute applies to a given set of facts.

For more information, please visit massbar.org.

Payal Salsburg Honored at Pioneering Woman of Color Celebration by Women’s Bar Association

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The Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts and its Women of Color Committee selected partner Payal Salsburg as an honoree for the annual Pioneering Women of Color Celebration which takes place on June 7th.

The WBA recognizes Payal for her long record of service to the community, her deep commitment to empowering women of color in the legal community, and her dynamic mentorship of future attorneys of color. In honoring Payal, the WBA President remarks that Payal is “a leader in the field and amplify the mission of the WBA through her work.”

Payal is joined by fellow honoree, Aziz Ahmed, a professor of law at Boston University School of Law.

 

Payal Salsburg Quoted in Bloomberg Law Article Covering Anti-SLAPP Laws

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Payal Salsburg was quoted in an article entitled, “Broken State Speech Shield Unites Courts, Lawmakers Seeking Fix” which was published by Bloomberg Law in April. The article covers a recent request by Massachusetts lawyers, judges and law makers for clarity on the application of a law that protects First Amendment rights. The article explains that Anti-SLAPP laws create a pathway for courts to quickly remove meritless lawsuits seeking to intimidate people exercising their First Amendment rights. Payal, a business litigator, comments on how people are using the law as opposed to how it was intended: “the law was meant to be used as a shield, but people are using it as a sword.”

Read the full article: Bloomberg Law: Broken State Speech Shield Unites Courts, Lawmakers Seeking Fix

Payal Salsburg Quoted in Mass Lawyers Weekly Article

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Partner, Payal Salsburg, was recently quoted in an article entitled, “In family business dispute, appraisal right deemed waived” which was published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s April 7th issue.  According to the article, the case provides warns attorneys to be familiar with documents controlling the purchase of equity, especially when there are multiple integrated agreements.

Payal is quoted in connection with Judge Salinger’s decision, saying it is “a lesson on the best way to draft amendments to an agreement, said Payal Salsburg of Boston. If a contract provision has seven “sub-provisions” and only one is being changed, it still may be best to strike the provision in its entirety and then incorporate any language being retained into the new provision, she said. Failure to do so just creates unnecessary complications when it comes time to interpret the language.”

To read the full article: Mass Lawyers Weekly, April 2023