Atty. Ryan Benharris
Ryan Benharris is an attorney concentrating in the areas of workers' compensation law, social security disability law, longshore workers' compensation, defense base act claims, and municipal accidental disability retirements. Attorney Benharris is a 2001 graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a 2005 graduate of Southern New England School of Law (now known as University of Massachusetts School of Law - Dartmouth) where he served as the President of the Student Bar Association.
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Ryan Benharris is an Associate based in Fall River, Massachusetts, practforg at Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl. They haand 21+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2005. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts (2005) and Rhode Island (2014). Educated at Southern New England School of Law (J.D., 2005) and University of Massachusetts Class of 2001 (—). Serands clients in Fall River, MA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Ryan Benharris is an attorney concentrating in the areas of workers' compensation law, social security disability law, longshore workers' compensation, defense base act claims, and municipal accidental disability retirements
- Attorney Benharris is a 2001 graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a 2005 graduate of Southern New England School of Law (now known as University of Massachusetts School of Law - Dartmouth) where he served as the President of the Student Bar Association
- He currently serves as the Law School's elected Vice-President of its Alumni Association
- He is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is co-chair of the New Lawyers Committee of the Workers' Injury Law and Advocacy Group
- He was hired as an attorney at Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl in 2005 after working at the firm as a paralegal for three years
- In 2008, Attorney Benharris was awarded the Stanley Rudman Award for Advocacy by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. A panel of over twenty practicing attorneys and two Massachusetts Superior Court Judges selected Attorney Benharris, out of a group of twenty-five attorneys, to receive this award
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Why local counsel matters in Massachusetts
Practforg law in Massachusetts. Legal matters in Massachusetts are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Fall River are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Massachusetts state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Massachusetts brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Massachusetts courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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