February 2, 2010

Burns & Levinson LLP, a Boston-based leading law firm with offices in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, announces that Associates Douglas E. Chin, Megan K. Maciasz and Michael V. Samarel have joined the Firm. The addition of these attorneys continues our growth plan and strengthens our Business Litigation and Intellectual Property/SciTech Practices.

Douglas E. Chin (Boston Office) is a member of the Firm’s Intellectual Property/SciTech Group. He joined Burns & Levinson LLP in November 2009. Prior to joining the firm, he was an Associate at the law firm Ropes & Gray. Mr. Chin focuses on patent and trade secret litigation. Mr. Chin received a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2004. He also received a B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University in 1992.

Megan K. Maciasz (Providence Office) is a member of the Firm’s Business Litigation Group. She joined Burns & Levinson LLP in October 2009, after participating in the Firm’s Summer Associate Program in 2007. Before joining Burns & Levinson, Ms. Maciasz enjoyed a clerkship with Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. She received a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law in 2008 and a B.A., with High Distinction, in Political Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2005.

Michael V. Samarel (Boston Office) is a member of the Firm’s Business Litigation Group. He joined the Firm in September 2009, after participating in the Firm’s Summer Associate Program in 2008. While attending law school, he was a judicial intern for the Honorable Judith Dein in the U.S. Federal District Court in Boston and worked for the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board. Mr. Samarel received a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 2009 and a B.A. from Washington University in 2006.

We are excited to welcome all three new attorneys to the Firm.

About Burns & Levinson LLP
Burns & Levinson, with over 125 attorneys in four offices in New England, is a full-service Boston-based law firm. The firm has grown steadily and strategically throughout the years and has become a premier law firm with regional, national and international clientele. The firm has expertise in corporate law, finance, venture capital, private equity, tax, bankruptcy, lending and leasing, real estate, business litigation, government investigations and white collar crime defense, intellectual property - including patent law, and a large private client group - including estate planning, probate and trust litigation, divorce and other family law issues. In addition, the firm has a wholly-owned subsidiary office in Montreal, Quebec, to service its Canadian clients. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.

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