Sheara Friend
Law Offices of Sheara F. Friend
Sheara Friend’s family law practice is built upon her reputation as a fierce advocate for individuals and families. A seasoned courtroom champion, Sheara has devoted over thirty years to the practice of family law, including all aspects of divorce and separation, complaints for contempt and modification, and appeals. She is well-versed in high net-worth divorces, mediation, and collaborative law. Sheara has experience in all aspects of family law, including parenting plans, contested custody matters, out-of-state removal, estrangement, alienation, children’s rights, parental rights, child support, paternity, alimony/spousal support, domestic violence, restraining orders, neglect and abuse. Her practice also includes preparing or reviewing prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.
Sheara is a well-known trial lawyer who has successfully represented clients in numerous complex multi-day trials for divorce, custody and relocation in the Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts and has effectively argued appeals of Probate & Family Court judgments. Sheara also practices mediation and Collaborative Law and belongs to the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council.
Sheara frequently presents at conferences on a wide range of topics, including custody and parenting plans, parental alienation, legal custody standards and their interplay with child development, cultural issues in divorce and the courts, and domestic violence and abuse prevention. She also appeared on the television program Chronicle to discuss restraining orders in Massachusetts.
Domestic Relations Law
Divorce
High Asset Divorce
Child and Spousal Support
Child Custody and Removal
Alienation matters
Modifications, Contempts and Appeals
Mediation and Collaborative Law
Protective Orders and domestic violence matters
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Russian: Spoken
- Owner
- Law Offices of Sheara F. Friend
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- Managing Partner
- Wilchins Cosentino & Friend
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- Partner, Domestic Relations Department Head
- Seegel Lipshutz & Wilchins
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- Friend & Reinhardt
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- Managing Partner
- Kahalas Warshaw & Friend
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- Associate
- Kahalas & Warshaw
- Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem
- Executive Board and Education Committee
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- Middlesex County Bar Association
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- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
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- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
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- Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
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