Maureen McBrien Author

Maureen McBrien is a founding partner at Brick, Jones, McBrien & Hickey, LLP, a family law firm in Needham, Massachusetts. She focuses her practice on all aspects of family law, and prides herself in being a strong and reasonable advocate who can move a case forward in whatever fashion is appropriate depending on the facts and circumstances of the case.  Maureen enjoys writing and speaking engagements.  She also handles family law related appeals.  Maureen is the co-author of the ABA's Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Lawyer’s Guide to Emerging Law and Science and is the co-author of Thomson Reuters 4th Edition of Massachusetts Practice – Family Law and Practice. Maureen acts as a consultant on family law related issues that arise from the use of assisted reproductive technology.  She is on the ABA's family law section's publications board and is also a member of council. Bruce Hale is a solo practitioner in Newton, Massachusetts. His practice, Modern Family Law, is focused exclusively on matters related to assisted reproduction. Bruce has also served as an adjunct professor of law at Suffolk University Law School and Northeastern University School of Law, teaching the law of assisted reproduction technology at both institutions. Before focusing on this area of law, Bruce became a parent through assisted reproduction (specifically, gestational surrogacy with egg donation). Bruce is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law, which he attended after spending over a decade as a business management consultant. He has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers every year since 2014.