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YOUR LEGAL TEAM CAN ROOT OUT WHAT’S HIDING BEHIND A PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION

By Barry Gordon,
Attorney at Law
bgordon@gmo-law.com

When dissolving any kind of partnership, division of assets may seem to be the major issue;  and while the net proceeds are the measurable outcome of a divorce or business break-up, and often define “who won,” there are no winners in a lengthy and contentious battle.

What gets lost in the process are emotional energy, relationships, self-esteem, sleep, and very often one’s health.  We are available, as your lawyers, to work through these issues — with the assistance of other professionals on an as-needed basis.  While you may be thinking only of the short term legal costs, you are really using our experience and expertise to leverage your future!

The irony of most partnership dissolutions is that while everyone trains their focus on financial issues, this rarely serves as the root of the argument.  More often it is about betrayal and the feeling of being let down by someone once trusted.  Sometimes it is about jealousies -– some of which date back decades, even as far as childhood and sibling rivalries!  Other times it’s an emotional attachment to an object of little financial value, but which represents something significant in the life of one of the parties.  Even if someone gets the amount of money they feel they are owed, the other issues don’t go away, and in fact, they may get worse.

In difficult times, you need more than straight legal representation.  You need someone to help you hold it all together.  You need someone with a seasoned team of experts at the ready.  As one of our clients said, “You were the firm anchor who held us on the mooring wave, after wave, after tsunami!”

If you are going through a difficult legal situation and would like help moving on with your life, please call me.  I am good at helping you hold it together.

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Barry Gordon is an attorney in Quincy, MA who is President of Gordon, Mond & Ott, P.C.  A graduate of Northeastern University and Boston University School of Law, he represents families, businesses and financial institutions. His concentrations include real estate and business.  Barry is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, the Florida Bar, SSWBN,  the South Shore Chamber of Commerce and the Art and Business Council of Boston.

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