TORTI FLANAGAN is a full service law firm with a home office in Boston, Massachusetts. To accommodate the needs of our clients outside the Route 128 belt in Greater Boston, we also maintain an office in Norfolk, Massachusetts. The firm is organized into seven principal areas of practice: Corporate, Employment, Litigation, High-Tech Law, International Law, Personal Law and Real Estate. TORTI FLANAGAN represents corporations, entrepreneurs and individuals throughout New England and the United States. In addition, we represent international corporations, entrepreneurs and individuals. Our clients range widely in size, from individuals and small to mid-size corporations, to multinational corporations. Each client receives the highest quality and personalized service. We serve a broad cross section of product and service industries. TORTI FLANAGAN takes an innovative approach to providing timely and cost-effective representation and counsel by efficient utilization of resources. We maintain an active affiliation with numerous attorneys and law firms in New England, the United States and internationally to assist us in providing a full complement of resources to our clients worldwide. We have a proactive philosophy. Our goal is to anticipate issues before they become problems by actively advising and counseling clients. We attempt to understand our clients' needs by listening, communicating in language that is easily understood. and learning about their businesses and industries. TORTI FLANAGAN is active in participating in technical, business, legal and community organizations. Each of the principals of the firm is a dual professional combining practical industry experience with a diverse education.   CORPORATE: TORTI FLANAGAN counsels and represents entrepreneurs, corporations, partnerships and sole proprietorships in all types of domestic and international, financial and commercial transactions. The firm advises clients concerning their rights, duties, and liabilities in all aspects of corporate matters. On behalf of our clients, the firm handles a wide range of matters including mergers and acquisitions, business organizations, and reorganizations; financing transactions, including equity and debt financing; securities offerings and compliance; executive and employee relations; contract negotiation and preparation; technology protection and exploitation; corporate joint ventures, strategic partnerships and contracts for joint marketing, distribution, and sales, The firm also provides advise on and handles immigration issues for corporate and international clients, easing them into the transition to a worldwide economy.   EMPLOYMENT: Our practice involves the representation of management and individuals in areas of employment law. We have represented clients through the entire employment process; from negotiating employment agreements to counseling and defending corporate clients in unjust dismissal cases. We have also represented individuals in employment litigation against various companies and educational institutions involving discrimination, wrongful termination, and breach of employment and stock option agreements.   LITIGATION: Through the use of aggressive pre-trial strategies and the development of trial and settlement tactics, we strive to achieve and maintain the adversarial advantage. We have used these strategies and tactics effectively for a broad range of clients in a variety of matters, including trial and appellate work before state and federal courts and other administrative proceedings. We also utilize our in-house legal experience in providing advice and counsel concerning litigation avoidance and control, dispute resolution, and cost/benefit analysis.   HIGH-TECH LAW: The principals of the firm have technological backgrounds and experience which allows us to be particularly sensitive to our clients and their needs in a high-tech environment. We have extensive experience in representing emerging growth and technology companies. Among our clients on the product side are developers, distributors and manufacturers of software, computer networking and communications systems, sensor monitoring systems, and other high-tech products. On the service side are manufacturers representatives and agents, distributors and resellers, executive recruiters- temp businesses, training companies and other service providers in the high-tech arena. We counsel clients in the protection of their technology, as well as exploiting it to their maximum strategic and financial advantage. Our experience includes all phases of the contracting process. We have also been involved in diverse litigation concerning the validity, ownership, and infringement of patents, copyrights, and trademarks; misappropriation of trade secrets, enforcement of non-competition agreements: and other intellectual property disputes.   INTERNATIONAL: Given the increased globalization of our clients businesses. we counsel our clients on issues concerning international law. We also represent foreign clients in the United States. The firm has developed an extensive network of foreign associates abroad.   PERSONAL LAW: The firn provides counsel to our clients in the planning of personal financial arrangements, including the ownership, protection, transfer, and disposition of assets. We represent the individual needs of our clients in matters concerning their personal assets, estate planning, and the structuring and restructuring of holdings to maximize tax and other benefits.   REAL ESTATE: The firm serves our clients needs in providing representation in commercial and residential real estate transactions. This firm profile may be considered advertising under the rules of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.