MacLean Holloway Doherty & Sheehan, P.C.

Attorney Daniel W. Doherty

Daniel Doherty is a shareholder in MacLean Holloway Doherty & Sheehan, P.C.. He concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate law, tax law, elder law, estate planning and administration. Prior to joining MacLean Holloway Doherty & Sheehan, P.C., Mr. Doherty was a partner in a Boston law firm where he headed the tax department. He previously had been a member of a “Big Eight” accounting firm tax department (International Mergers and Acquisitions Group).

He is a co-author of “Limited Liability Companies: The Entity of Choice in Massachusetts,” National Business Institute, Inc. (1996, 1997, 1998) as well as an instructor for the Foundation for Continuing Education, presenting programs such as “IRS Practice and Procedure” (1996-1999), “Corporate Tax Strategies” (1996), “Asset Protection Strategies” (1996-2009), “Choice of Entity” (1999-2009) and “Purchase and Sale of Businesses” (2003-2009). He is a frequent lecturer in the areas of tax and estate planning.

Attorney William H. Sheehan III

William Sheehan is a shareholder in the firm of MacLean Holloway Doherty & Sheehan, P.C.  Mr. Sheehan maintains a general practice of law representing both individual and business clients, with an emphasis on civil litigation. He has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of matters including employment law, school law, contracts, real estate, construction law, zoning and land use, business disputes, discrimination claims, personal injury, product liability, and claims involving will contests and the administration of trusts and estates. His trial experience includes trials in the Superior Court, Land Court, Probate and Family Court and District Court Departments of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as well as the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Mr. Sheehan has successfully argued appeals in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, Supreme Judicial Court and United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Mr. Sheehan practiced with the firm of Pearl, McNiff, Crean, Cook, Sheehan & Smerczynski from 1977 to 2003 where he was a partner from 1982 to 2003. Mr. Sheehan left the firm to serve as in-house corporate counsel to SPS New England, Inc of Salisbury, Massachusetts for one year in 2004. Mr. Sheehan continues to count SPS New England, Inc. among his many corporate and individual clients.

Attorney Robert L. Holloway, Jr.

Robert’s practice focuses on the resolution of complex litigation matters for business and individual clients, in a wide range of substantive areas. He has successfully litigated shareholder derivative actions, securities fraud, lender liability, partnership and close-corporation dissolution matters, trade regulation and consumer protection matters, land use, construction, commercial and banking transaction matters, products liability, employment and discrimination claims, as well as creditor and debtor disputes in the Bankruptcy Court and elsewhere. His representation has included both plaintiffs and defendants in these and many other civil litigation matters. Mr. Holloway’s trial and appellate experience has included federal and state courts in Massachusetts, as well as courts in other jurisdictions.

Attorney Jeffrey Doherty

Jeffrey Doherty concentrates in general corporate and securities law including private placements of securities, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, as well as secured and unsecured debt financing.  Mr. Doherty represents publicly and privately held corporations and business entities in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, e-commerce, software licensing, and commercial lending.

Representative transactions in which Mr. Doherty has served as counsel include:

• $1.15 billion sale of Simplex Time Recorder Co., Inc. to Tyco
• Acquisition of Lumina Power by HEICO Corporation
• Private placements of preferred stock for corporations in a variety of industries
• Leveraged recapitalization of a custom chemical manufacturer
• $75 million unsecured revolving credit facility provided by the agent bank and syndicate lenders for an international construction company
• $12.5 million acquisition line of credit and the related sale of $5.75 million senior subordinated notes for a national lubricant distributor
• Intellectual property licensing transactions
• C&I lending transactions in amounts ranging from $1,000,000 to $20,000,000
• Commercial real estate and construction lending transactions

Attorney Peter C. Nechtem

Peter C. Nechtem, an associate with MacLean Holloway Doherty & Sheehan, P.C., practices primarily in the area of civil litigation. Mr. Nechtem represents individual and business clients in a wide range of matters.  He has successfully represented clients in matters involving contract, construction, corporate shareholder, real estate, zoning and land use, general business, employment, and trust and estate disputes.  Mr. Nechtem also has experience representing clients in various administrative and criminal proceedings. Prior to graduating from Law School, Mr. Nechtem served as an intern in the Trial Division of the Office of the Attorney General and was a member of the Suffolk Prosecutors clinical program, assigned to the Salem District Court.

Attorney Thomas J. Flannagan

Thomas J. Flannagan’s practice is concentrated in the area of civil litigation. He has successfully represented both business and individual clients in a wide array of matters including disputes concerning minority shareholder rights, complex contractual disputes, employment discrimination claims, claims arising from breaches of non-competition agreements, trust disputes, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, all manner of personal injury claims, land use and other real property disputes, construction disputes, and claims concerning construction bonds.

Mr. Flannagan has trial experience in the state and federal courts in Massachusetts. He regularly appears in the Massachusetts Superior, Land, and Probate and Family Courts, as well as the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts. Mr. Flannagan has argued appeals before the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the United States District Court, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Additionally, he has successfully arbitrated many cases before private arbitrators in Massachusetts.

Attorney Michael A. Tucker

Michael Tucker is a trial and appellate attorney of 27 years experience in the state and federal courts. His career has been spent exclusively in the private representation of clients, both entities and individuals, in both civil and criminal courts. Litigating matters including contract and real estate disputes, corporate and partnership disputes, criminal complaints and corporate collection actions has made up a substantial portion of his caseload. While it is not always necessary to press a matter to trial, a reputation as an attorney who is experienced and willing to go to trial has been helpful to the clients he represents.

Mr. Tucker is admitted in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as well as the federal courts in both states. He has also practiced at the appellate level in both the state and federal venues.