Spotlight
KCS attorneys Daniel Heffernan, Joseph Koltun, and Eliza Presson secured a $1 million settlement on behalf of a young woman with intellectual and developmental disabilities who was sexually abused while residing in a 24/7 residential program. The settlement resolved claims arising from the program’s failure to protect a highly vulnerable resident and to enforce policies designed to ensure resident safety.
February 26, 2026
Eileen Hagerty and Eliza Presson will be presenting at the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) 28th Annual Conference, to be held March 5-8, 2026 in Crystal City, VA. Their presentation is entitled “More Than a Feeling: Emotional Disabilities and FAPE in the Federal Courts.”
January 16, 2026
Eileen Hagerty will be co-chairing and presenting at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s 26th Annual School Law Conference on March 18, 2026.
January 16, 2026
Kotin, Crabtree & Strong Attorneys Honored by Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers List Kotin, Crabtree & Strong is pleased to announce that attorneys Eileen M. Hagerty and Daniel T.S. Heffernan have been named Top Lawyers of 2025 by Boston Magazine in the area of Education Law (please see News item).
December 09, 2025
Dan Heffernan is chairing Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminar Key Issues in Special Education Law on December 2, 2025.
December 02, 2025
Anne L. Josephson has been ranked in 2026 as a Chambers USA Band 1 Attorney and Sharen Litwin has been ranked in 2026 as a Chambers USA Band 2 Attorney, both in Labor and Employment-Mainly Plaintiffs Representation – Massachusetts. Congratulations, Anne and Sharen!
October 24, 2025
Kotin, Crabtree & Strong is very pleased to announce (please see News item) that attorneys Josephson, Litwin, Hagerty, Heffernan, Strong, Jodoin, Stevens, and Warren have been named Super Lawyers® or Rising Stars for 2025 by New England Super Lawyers Magazine. Congratulations!
October 24, 2025
Kotin, Crabtree & Strong is very pleased to announce (please see News item) that attorneys Hagerty, Josephson, Litwin, and Jodoin have been included in the 32ⁿᵈ edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Congratulations!
September 08, 2025
Anne L. Josephson has been ranked in 2025 as a Chambers USA Band 1 Attorney and Sharen Litwin has been ranked in 2025 as a Chambers USA Band 2 Attorney, both in Labor and Employment-Mainly Plaintiffs Representation – Massachusetts. Congratulations, Anne and Sharen!
May 28, 2025
Kotin, Crabtree & Strong is very pleased to announce (please see News item) that Attorneys Hagerty, Heffernan, Jodoin, Josephson, Litwin, Strong, Vanderpol, and Warren have been named Super Lawyers® or Rising Stars for 2024 by New England Super Lawyers Magazine. Congratulations!
September 27, 2024