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How can Attorney Kallen help you?
- EXPERIENCE
After graduating from Yale University in 1986 and Northeastern University School of
Law in 1994, Attorney Kallen clerked for the Massachusetts Superior Court. She worked
for over two dozen judges in various Superior Courts around the state, drafting numerous
decisions on dispositive motions, motions in limine, and bench trials on behalf of the
justices. She listened to oral arguments, reviewed briefs, conducted legal research,
drafted decisions under the guidance of the judges for their signature, and, most importantly,
had many thoughtful conversations with judges about why motions should be won or lost.
The deep understanding Attorney Kallen gained of the decision-making process stood her
in good stead when she began working as an insurance defense litigator after completing
her clerkship. Over the next six years Attorney Kallen worked for two law firms (Neville
& Kelley and Boyle, Morrissey & Campo) where she was responsible for defending
a variety of civil cases from intake through trial and appeal. Attorney Kallen quickly
developed a particular expertise in drafting, arguing, and winning dispositive motions.
In fact, although most attorneys will tell you that winning a motion for summary judgment
is both difficult and unusual, Attorney Kallen won the vast majority of the many summary
judgment motions she wrote and argued. The subject matter of these cases included premises
liability, fraternity liability, insurance coverage disputes, subrogation matters, mechanic
liability, and others. In addition, Attorney Kallen successfully defended appeals in
federal and state court in the areas of insurance coverage and the Massachusetts anti-SLAPP
statute.
Ms. Kallen opened her own practice in 2002. She has assisted many attorneys since then,
including conducting national scope research on myriad insurance coverage issues, drafting
and arguing motions for summary judgment and oppositions to motions for summary judgment,
drafting and arguing appellate briefs, and conducting case reviews to advise attorneys
on chances of success and what steps they need to take to win.
- THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEED HER
Lawyers call on Attorney Kallen’s assistance for various reasons. Some are experienced
trial attorneys who feel they are “better on their feet” than in drafting
written work, and need help with dispositive motions or motions in limine. Others seek
help with cases that raise issues outside their areas of expertise. Others simply face
time constraints and hire Attorney Kallen in order to meet a deadline or move a motion
or project along competently and expeditiously.
Some lawyers hire Attorney Kallen sporadically for discrete projects, such as drafting
oppositions to motions for summary judgment. Others retain Attorney Kallen for ongoing
projects, such as complex cases that require outside resources.
All lawyers who hire Attorney Kallen have one thing in common: they want excellent legal
work from an experienced litigator who will give them an honest and accurate analysis
of a case, and their best chance of winning that case.
Writing Samples:
A straightforward motion for
summary judgment
A complex appellate brief
Links to articles written by Attorney Kallen:
Oral Argument: Tips And A Tale
Practice Tips
Solo Soars (Sort Of): A Diary
Solo Still Soaring, Sighing,
Soliciting, And (Sometimes) Savoring
The following is a handout Attorney Kallen uses during a presentation she gives to
law firms and groups of lawyers:
Winning Your First (Or Next) Summary
Judgment
The following are fact sheets Attorney Kallen uses in conjunction with a presentation
she gives on current issues in employment law:
The Massachusetts Unfair Wage
Payment Act
An Overview Of The 2004 Federal
Overtime Regulations
The following is a fact sheet Attorney Kallen drafted to assist people who will be
testifying at a deposition.
Preparing to Testify at a Deposition
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