Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP

United States 2025

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Overview

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Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP specializes in criminal defense, employment law, students' rights, and other civil litigation. We are one of the most experienced trial firms in Massachusetts. We are known for providing outstanding legal representation, and have won numerous cases, both at trial and on appeal, including high profile, complex, and controversial matters. Our fifty-year history of success enhances our ability to resolve cases by agreement with excellent results. Clients retain our firm because we provide zealous representation, sound judgment, thorough preparation, and superior knowledge in specific areas, which translates into winning difficult cases.

Rankings

Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP is nationally ranked in 2 practice areas and metro ranked in 7 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 2

Tier 2 for Appellate Practice

Tier 3

Tier 3 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Metro Rankings

Boston

Tier 1 for Appellate Practice

Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: General Practice

Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 1 for Education Law

Tier 1 for Employment Law - Individuals

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 2

Tier 2 for Appellate Practice

Tier 3

Tier 3 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Regional Rankings

Boston

Tier 1 for Appellate Practice

Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: General Practice

Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tier 1 for Education Law

Tier 1 for Employment Law - Individuals

Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment

Tier 2 for Family Law

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.

Criminal Defense: General Practice
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Education Law
Employment Law - Individuals
Rights of Students and Faculty

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^®

Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP has 9 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.

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Client Comments

All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.

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Awards

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All partners and of-counsel have received Martindale-Hubbell Preeminent AV Rating
All partners and of counsel attorneys listed in Massachusetts Super Lawyers