Konowitz & Greenberg :: Attorneys At Law

Steven S. Konowitz

Steven Konowitz Responsive, Proactive General Counsel
Steven’s years of experience serving as general counsel for a major, multinational firm has provided him with the unique ability to immediately analyze a situation, and arrive at the heart of any corporate or legal matter. Steven’s responsive, take-charge approach means that he provides his clients with a prompt, realistic and thorough assessment of their options, takes appropriate action, and marshals and orchestrates the necessary resources to resolve the matter. Steven is best known for his proactive development of preventative legal practices that help his clients achieve their business goals—without undue disruption to their business or personal lives.

Steven serves as general or special corporate counsel to companies in a broad range of industries, with annual revenues ranging from $100,000 to $500,000,000. Steven advises his clients in connection with business formation, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, international business transactions, financing, venture capital transactions, franchising, licensing and distributorship matters, stock option plans and general business planning.

Realistic, Tenacious Litigator
Steven’s reputation as a tenacious litigator, and aggressive practitioner has been earned from years of experience winning cases involving locally and nationally recognized firms. Steven’s strategic approach and thorough preparation of his clients before, during and after a case ensures that they are well prepared for their “day in court.” As a result, they are better able to make realistic and timely decisions involving their case—every step of the way.

Steven has extensive civil litigation experience in the District, Superior and Federal District and Appeals Courts. Steven has litigated actions in many areas including breach of contract, intellectual property rights, unfair competition, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, as well as real estate, residential and commercial construction.

Seasoned General Practitioner
Steven also has more than thirty years experience as a seasoned general practitioner who advises his individual clients in planning their estates, drafting business succession plans, and organizing and managing various types of family trusts. Steven has handled a variety of estate planning and estate administration matters, planning for the distribution of the client’s property in accordance with their wishes while gaining the maximum benefit of all applicable laws. He also has extensive experience in the planning, structuring and closing of purchases and sales of real property transactions.

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Steven graduated from Boston University and George Washington University Law School. Practicing since 1972, he formed the partnership of Konowitz & Greenberg, P.C. in 1988.

Representative Financing and Acquisition Transactions by Steven S. Konowitz [ pdf ]

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Karen K. Greenberg

Karen Greenberg Karen is an experienced and accomplished attorney, having concentrated in family law matters for more than twenty years. She regularly represents adoption agencies, adopters and birth parents in all aspects of adoption law. Karen also represents many individuals in disputed family law matters. She helps her clients make their way through difficult and heavily-contested matters, such as divorce, child-related issues of custody, visitation and support, property division, alimony, retirement benefits and paternity.

Family law disputes may involve restraining orders, domestic violence, divorce, alimony, custody, child support and paternity, adoption, termination of parental rights, visitation issues and guardianships. Being faced with a family law dispute is an unsettling experience. Even more troubling is the fact that many people embroiled in such disputes do not have the benefit of experienced legal advice. When confronting any of these critical proceedings, retaining the right Massachusetts family law practitioner can often be your most critical decision.

Family law is an area of the legal profession that is intensely personal. Clients confronting family law disputes need both personal and professional support through times that are highly emotional, but require calm and reasoned decision-making. Karen has the ability and experience to handle all of your family law needs, from the detailed management of a complex marital property dispute to the sensitive advocacy needed in an emotionally charged child custody proceeding. Karen employs both litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods, such as mediation practice.

A frequent lecturer and author on adoption related issues, she recently collaborated in the redrafting of the Massachusetts adoption statutes. As a founding member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, she was elected to its Board of Directors in 2004 and became President of the Academy in May 2007. The Academy works to promote the reform of adoption laws and disseminates information on ethical adoption practices.

Karen is a graduate of Boston University and holds a master’s degree from Wheelock College. She graduated cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in 1983 and formed Konowitz & Greenberg, P.C. in 1988.

Karen Greenberg quoted in CNN.com article, "Adoption seekers using YouTube, Facebook to find birth moms"

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Arlene L. Kasarjian

arlene Arlene graduated cum laude from Colby College and received her law degree in 1991 from Boston College Law School. She began her legal career at the Department of Social Services in Boston, litigating contested child custody and termination of parental rights cases in the juvenile and probate courts, and has successfully argued before the single justice session of the Supreme Judicial Court.

Joining Konowitz and Greenberg, P.C. in 2001, Arlene brings her compassion and problem-solving skills to her practice in the areas of adoption, estate planning, probate and trust administration and corporate work. She currently oversees the firm’s uncontested adoptions, working closely with private adoption agencies and prospective adoptive parents. In addition, Arlene advises clients on a wide range of family and business matters. In her estate and trust practice, she prepares estate plans, consistent with her clients’ goals, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney and medical directives, and homesteads, and also helps her clients navigate the administration of trusts and estates. In the corporate area, she counsels small and large corporate clients on a variety of issues including corporate structure, buying and selling businesses, and negotiating leases.

Arlene is actively involved in community activities, her church and her children’s schools.

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Brad Compston

Brad represents businesses and individuals in all types of business and general civil litigation. He represents clients in a broad range of matters, from defending businesses against personal injury and wrongful death claims and class action lawsuits, to handling breach of contract claims, trademark infringement claims and employee discrimination and compensation claims.

Brad graduated cum laude from the University of Arkansas in 1995 and graduated, magna cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 1998. He is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar (1998), the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1999), United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1999), Seventh Circuit (2000), First Circuit (2006) and the Tenth Circuit (2005).

During the past ten years, Brad has represented clients in courts throughout Massachusetts at every level and in numerous states throughout the country. His reported cases during this period include Global Travel Marketing, Inc. v. Shea, 908 So. 2d 392 (Fla. 2005); Kogan v. Musiker Discovery Programs, Inc., 2000 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 587 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Oct. 30, 2000); Patrick v. Massachusetts Port Authority, 141 F. Supp.2d 180 (D.N.H. 2001); Dow v. Abercrombie & Kent Int’l., Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7290 (N.D. Ill. 2000); Henderson v. Carnival Corp., 2001 AMC 264 (S.D. Fla. 2000); St. John v. Rein Teen Tours, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9793 (S.D.N.Y. 2000); and Gabrielle v. Allegro Resorts Hotels; 210 F. Supp.2d 62 (D.R.I. 2002).

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Anna "Mia" Rosenblatt Tinkjian

Anna 'Mia' Rosenblatt Tinkjian graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in English, and received her law degree from Boston College Law School in 2005. In addition to her legal education, Mia has a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where she studied photography and film-making.

Mia contributes to all areas of the practice, with a focus on family law, intellectual property issues in the arts, divorce, and business and corporate litigation. She also is the head of the firm's research department, and is adept at investigating issues that come up in all of our areas of practice.

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Rosalind "Roz" E.W. Kabrhel

New to Konowitz & Greenberg in 2008, Roz brings over nine years of litigation experience, as well as a pre-litigation savvy developed through her many years in the political and public sector. She has represented clients in state and federal courts, and has appeared before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Roz provides litigation support to all areas of our practice, with a focus on business and corporate litigation and civil rights matters.

Prior to joining K&G, Roz was an associate at a small firm handling wrongful death and other insurance defense matters, and represented federal employees in discrimination claims. As an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, Roz litigated cases involving employment and housing discrimination, and sought civil remedies on behalf of hate crimes victims. She was an investigator and contributing author of the Attorney General’s report on the Sexual Abuse of Children in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston (2003).

An important part of her work on behalf of the Attorney General included advising numerous entities—including employers, landlords, schools, and municipalities about “best practices” to ensure compliance with the law and avoidance of future legal difficulties. Her work in this area includes not only reviewing and drafting policies and legislation, but also negotiating disputes and policy reform prior to the inception of costly and time-consuming litigation.

Roz has been a guest speaker and educator in a variety of forums discussing best practices and anti-discrimination issues. In addition to her work at K&G, she is currently a Joshua A. Guberman Teaching Fellow in the Legal Studies Department at Brandeis University.

Roz received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994, and her J.D. from the Catholic University of America in 1999. She is an appointed member of the Belmont Human Rights Commission and is a member of the Women’s Bar Association.

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Michael Leary

Michael is a 2003 graduate of the University of Phoenix where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management as well as an Associate of Science in Criminal Justice from Quincy College and received his Paralegal Certification from Northeastern University in 2005.

Michael is a United States Army veteran and served in Grenada. He has the unique advantage of having experienced the ’law’ as a police officer in Massachusetts. He assists and supports the attorneys of Konowitz & Greenberg, P.C. in the real estate, civil litigation and family law areas.

Michael enjoys golfing, traveling, spending time with his wife and attending the sporting and musical activities of his three children.

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Ellen L. O'Hare

Ellen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeastern University where she majored in Business Administration. She has over twenty years experience in banking, human resources and office management.

After relocating back to Massachusetts from New Mexico, where she spent twelve years, Ellen joined Konowitz & Greenberg, P.C. in May of 2005. Her main focus is the managing of the day to day activities of the office with a primary focus on the financial aspect of the business.

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