

Helen G. Litsas Attorney Litsas brings a broad range of experience that spans a diversity of practice areas from both the private and public sectors. Attorney Litsas' general practice includes litigation before both the trial and appellate courts as well as before state and federal administrative agencies. Prior to opening her own practice, Attorney Litsas served as a Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston. In that capacity, she litigated in both Massachusetts state and federal courts in a myriad of cases, including civil rights, discrimination, defamation, contracts, negligence, and land use. Prior to her work for the City of Boston, Attorney Litsas worked in private practice for a Boston litigation firm representing businesses and municipalities in employment discrimination matters, product liability actions, contract disputes and negligence suits. Attorney Litsas served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Janis M. Berry of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and as a Law Clerk for the Justices of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. Additionally, Attorney Litsas' experience includes work during law school for the General Counsel of the Executive Office of Public Safety, the Suffolk District Attorney's Office, and the Civil and Criminal Divisions of the United States Attorney's Office in Boston, MA. Attorney Litsas is also the author of the CD-ROM, The Investigator's Assistant, and has lectured at seminars for federal and local law enforcement agencies throughout the country on investigative techniques available through the Internet. Attorney Litsas graduated cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross where she received a Bachelors degree in English and was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, and Phi Sigma Tau, the International Philosophy Honor Society. Attorney Litsas also graduated cum laude from Suffolk University Law School, where she was the recipient of the Law Faculty's Leo J. Wyman Award, the Silver Key Award, the Sydney J. Covich Scholarship, the Distinguished Oral Advocate Award and the Honorable Mention Brief Award. Attorney Litsas is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Attorney Litsas currently serves on the Executive Committee for the Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and as Secretary and Executive Committee Member for the Boston Inn of Court. She also served as the Co-Editor of the Federal Bar Association, Massachusetts Chapter, Newsletter. Attorney Litsas is also a member of the Town and City Solicitors Association, the Boston Bar Association, Alpha Sigma Nu, and the Holy Cross College Club of Boston. Jennifer L. Manning-Zoll Attorney Jennifer L. Manning-Zoll is Of Counsel to the Law Office of Helen G. Litsas where her areas of practice include domestic relations, probate, estate planning, real estate, and civil litigation. Attorney Manning-Zoll is a cum laude graduate of Boston University and a graduate of Suffolk University Law School. While at Suffolk, she worked for the Honorable Edward M. Ginsburg (ret.) of the Middlesex Probate and Family Court. Attorney Manning-Zoll also clerked for Attorney Mary Anne Sahagian, currently First Justice of the Essex Probate and Family Probate Court. Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar since 1998, Attorney Manning-Zoll is a member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, the Massachusetts Collaborative Council, Senior Partners for Justice, the Boston Bar Association, and the Essex County Bar Association. |