PRACTICE AREAS



Mediations

For more than 40+ years, Attorney Astor has been a litigator, concentrating on personal injury and medical malpractice claims. In 1992 he began serving on the mediations panel of the American Mediations Association and presently serves on the panels of the Hampden County Bar Association and Case Closed. He has served as a moderator for a Massachusetts Bar Association panel on conducting mediation and mediations hearings. During the past 20 years he has successfully resolved hundreds of cases through mediation and mediations in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, construction disputes and employment discrimination.

References from claims adjusters and attorneys are available upon request, and the following is a list of some of the attorneys and insurance carriers who have utilized Attorney Astor to mediate and arbitrate:

Insurers

  • AIG
  • Amica
  • Arbella
  • Baystate Health Systems
  • Berkshire Health Systems, Inc.
  • Big V Foods
  • Catholic Health
  • Chubb
  • Commerce Insurance
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Coverys
  • Encompass
  • Fireman’s Fund
  • GEICO
  • General Casualty
  • Great American
  • Hanover
  • Liberty Mutual
  • Main Street America Group
  • Mapfre Insurance Company
  • MedPro Group
  • Mercy Medical Center
  • Metropolitan
  • National Grange
  • National Interstate Insurance Co.
  • Norfolk & Dedham
  • Old Republic Insurance Co.
  • Peerless
  • Pilgrim
  • Plymouth Rock
  • Preferred Mutual
  • Premier
  • Progressive
  • Quincy Mutual Insurance
  • Safeco
  • Safety
  • Travelers
  • Utica National
  • Vermont Mutual

Plaintiffs’ Attorneys

  • Alekman DiTusa (Springfield)
  • Bacon & Wilson (Springfield)
  • Connor & Morneau (Springfield)
  • Donovan, O’Connor & Dodig (North Adams)
  • Haymond Law Firm (Connecticut)
  • Heisler, Feldman & McCormick (Springfield)
  • Herlihy, Thursby & Herlihy (Boston)
  • Kazarosian Costello (Haverhill)
  • Keches Law Group. PC. (Taunton)
  • Kenneth Levine & Associates (Brookiine)
  • Law Office of Mark J. Albano (Springfield)
  • Law Office of Francis Bloom (Wilbraham)
  • Law Offices of Mark E. Itzkowftz (Boston)
  • Law Offices of John P. DiBartolo, Jr. (Easthampton)
  • Law Offices of Thomas Libbos (Springfield)
  • Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone (Springfield)
  • Lesser, Newman & Nasser (Northampton)
  • Pellegrini, Seeley, Ryan & Blakesley (Springfield)
  • RisCassi & Davis (Connecticut)
  • Ross & Ross (Springfield)
  • Sasson. Turnbull, Ryan & Hoose (Northampton)
  • Stobierski & Connor (Greenfield)

Defense Attorneys

  • Boyle Shaughnessy (Connecticut)
  • Burns, Gilson & Faria (Rhode Island)
  • Cain, Hibbard & Myers (Pittsfield)
  • Davis, Robinson & Molloy (Boston)
  • Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy(Springfield)
  • Egan, Flanagan & Cohen (Springfield)
  • Fuller, Rosenberg. Palmer & Beliveau (Worcester)
  • Keyes & Donnellan (Springfield)
  • Kraus & Humel (Plymouth)
  • Law Offices of James H. Breen, Jr. (Woburn)
  • Law Offices of Steven B. Stein (Springfield)
  • Mazzocca & Associates (Webster)
  • Merriam Law Offices (Boston)
  • Morrison Mahoney (Springfield/Boston)
  • Murphy, Hesse, Tooney & Lehane (Quincy)
  • Peabody & Arnold (Boston)
  • Robinson Donovan (Springfield)
  • Segalini, Neville & Maher (Waltham)
  • Sherry, Black, Geller, Cain & Vachereau (Springfield/Boston)
  • The Hanover Law Group (Plymouth)
  • Tucker, Dyer & O’Connell (Newton)
  • Wickstrom Morse (Worcester)