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Jim Glaser, Esq.

Founder of Jim Glaser Law and the responsible attorney named on every entry, sub-entry, and AI response published on this site.

Free first call (617) JIM-WINS

Bar admission and practice

Jim Glaser was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1995 and has practiced continuously in the Commonwealth since that year. Admission is in Massachusetts only. Jim Glaser Law was established in 1995 to represent injured Massachusetts residents and has continued in that work for the past three decades. The firm operates out of its principal office at 77 Pond Street, Sharon, Massachusetts 02067, and accepts cases statewide.

Of counsel relationship

Jim Glaser is of counsel to Keches Law. Most cases are referred to other jurisdictionally licensed lawyers for principal liability. The of-counsel relationship and the referral framework are disclosed on every page of this site as a matter of Mass. R. Prof. C. 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, and 1.5(e) compliance.

Areas of practice

Jim Glaser Law handles the following matters directly. Each category corresponds to an entry of this site, under Jim's editorial review.

For categories where the matter calls for specialist handling outside the firm's direct work, Jim Glaser evaluates the matter on the intake call and connects the client with a Massachusetts partner attorney (in many cases through Keches Law, where Jim is of counsel) at no extra cost to the client.

Editorial role on this site

Jim Glaser Law sets the editorial framework that governs the entire site: the practice-area scope, the canonical Massachusetts statutes and case law the AI extension is permitted to cite, the courthouse references it may use, and the response disciplines every entry must follow. The static entries are drafted against that framework; the AI extension composes responses to reader questions in real time within the same constraints.

Individual AI responses are not reviewed by Jim Glaser before delivery. The reader-facing disclaimer on every page says so plainly. The trade-off is honesty about the limit, paired with the canonical-authority constraint and a server-side validator that rejects responses violating the editorial discipline.

How the firm is reached

Direct telephone is the firm's preferred channel for substantive matters. The line at (617) JIM-WINS is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The first telephone consultation is offered without charge. Matters Jim Glaser Law accepts on contingency carry no attorney's fee unless and until the matter resolves with a recovery; case-related costs and expenses are addressed in the written fee agreement.

Practice philosophy

Three decades of Massachusetts practice produces a particular kind of intuition: which case patterns are worth pursuing on contingency, which require the protection of a fixed-fee engagement letter, and which are better routed to a partner attorney with deeper specialization. Jim Glaser's approach is built around honest evaluation at intake. If a matter is strong, the firm says so and proceeds. If a matter has structural problems (limitations period elapsed, comparative-fault exceeding 50 percent, no available insurance to pay a recovery), the firm says that too. Massachusetts attorney-advertising rules are specific about what an attorney may and may not promise; the practice operates on the side of the rules where straight talk is the operating principle.

The firm's clients are Massachusetts residents who have been injured by someone else's carelessness or who face a Massachusetts legal problem that has a financial consequence. They are not insurance companies. They are not corporate defendants. The firm represents real people against the carriers and corporate counterparties who routinely face injured Massachusetts plaintiffs, and that orientation has not changed in thirty years.

The of-counsel relationship in practice

"Of counsel" is a defined relationship under Massachusetts practice. Jim Glaser is of counsel to Keches Law, a well-established Massachusetts personal-injury firm. The relationship is disclosed on every page of this site and in every engagement letter that flows from it. In substance: matters that fall within Jim Glaser Law's direct practice are handled by Jim Glaser Law. Matters that call for specialist resources beyond what a smaller firm carries (large mass torts, complex commercial coverage disputes, high-value multi-defendant suits) are routed through the of-counsel relationship to ensure the client gets the firepower the matter requires. The financial terms of the of-counsel referral are governed by Mass. R. Prof. C. 1.5(e), which permits fee sharing between Massachusetts attorneys with the client's informed consent and where the total fee is reasonable.

What three decades of Massachusetts practice has produced

Some observations that shape the firm's intake and case evaluation. Massachusetts is a no-fault auto insurance state and the PIP-then-tort structure produces a specific case rhythm that out-of-state plaintiff lawyers often misjudge. Massachusetts juries are generally moderate on pain-and-suffering values relative to neighboring states, which makes liability evidence and treatment documentation disproportionately important. Massachusetts has a 50-percent comparative-fault bar (not the 51-percent bar that some neighboring states use), which means the line between "recoverable" and "not recoverable" can run right through the middle of a fact pattern, and counsel has to evaluate where that line falls before agreeing to take a case. Massachusetts c. 93A creates plaintiff-side leverage that does not exist in most other states; a properly framed demand letter under 93A can be the difference between a low pre-suit offer and a serious one. Each of these is a Massachusetts-specific feature that the firm uses to evaluate which matters to accept and how to position them.

The editorial discipline this site enforces

Jim Glaser Law publishes Jimmy Knows A! under a tight set of editorial constraints. Every entry is reviewed against the controlling Massachusetts authority before publication. Every AI extension response is screened by a server-side validator before delivery. Every page on the site carries Jim Glaser as the responsible attorney and the Mass. R. Prof. C. 7.1 through 7.5 disclaimers required of attorney advertising. The site does not promise outcomes. It does not claim specialization the firm cannot back. It does not compare Jim Glaser favorably to other attorneys by name. It does not contain em dashes. None of those constraints would be necessary in a general-purpose chatbot; all of them are required of attorney advertising in Massachusetts. The firm believes that disclosing the constraints and operating within them is the right way to use AI in legal information work.

What an initial telephone consultation looks like

The first call is taken by the firm's intake line at (617) JIM-WINS. It runs about fifteen to twenty-five minutes for most matters. The caller describes what happened in plain English. Jim Glaser or an associate identifies the controlling Massachusetts authority, the available routes for recovery, the relevant limitations periods, and the practical case rhythm. If the matter is one the firm accepts directly, an engagement letter follows. If the matter is better routed to a partner attorney, that routing happens on the same call without an additional fee. If the matter does not have a viable Massachusetts recovery, the caller is told so plainly, and any next steps that might help (medical care, agency complaints, alternate forums) are identified. The call is information, not advice; representation forms only upon the signing of a written fee agreement.

The Massachusetts trial-court bench Jim Glaser practices before

Massachusetts has a tiered trial-court structure that shapes how every case proceeds. Civil claims with at least $50,000 in controversy go to the Superior Court of the relevant county (Suffolk, Middlesex, Norfolk, Essex, Worcester, Hampden, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, Dukes, or Nantucket). Civil claims under $50,000 go to the District Court for the local jurisdiction. Probate and Family Court handles divorce, custody, and most family-law matters. Land Court handles registered-land disputes and certain real-estate filings. Housing Court handles landlord-tenant matters in the counties where it sits. Each of these forums has its own pace, procedures, and bench characteristics, and effective Massachusetts representation requires familiarity with the specific forum where a matter will be heard. Three decades of statewide practice produces that familiarity.

Appellate review in Massachusetts goes either to the Appeals Court (for most intermediate appeals) or directly to the Supreme Judicial Court (where direct appellate review is granted on petition). Most of the controlling Massachusetts authority cited on this site (Mounsey v. Ellard, Papadopoulos v. Target, the various interpretive decisions on c. 93A, c. 152, and c. 260) is SJC authority. The firm tracks Massachusetts appellate developments continuously and updates the AI extension's authority cluster when new controlling decisions issue.

Review cadence and continuing legal education

Massachusetts statutes and case law evolve continuously, and the editorial framework that governs this site is maintained on a rolling review schedule rather than an annual cycle. New Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court decisions are cross-referenced against the existing entry framework as they issue. Statutory amendments (the 2024 Tort Claims Act cap adjustment, the 2020 Papadopoulos clarifications on snow and ice, periodic workers compensation rate adjustments at the Department of Industrial Accidents) trigger immediate review of the affected entries. The Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education calendar feeds into that schedule directly: the most efficient way to keep current on Massachusetts practice developments is the CLE program calendar, and Jim Glaser participates in MCLE programming as both attendee and, on occasion, presenter. Membership in the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys provides additional channels for tracking how the practicing bar is interpreting new authority on the ground, separate from how the appellate opinions read on paper. The combined effect is that the authority cluster the AI extension draws on stays current with Massachusetts practice rather than drifting toward a frozen snapshot of the law as it stood at site launch.

Frequently asked questions about Jim Glaser

  • When was Jim Glaser admitted to the Massachusetts Bar?

    Jim Glaser was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1995. Admission is in Massachusetts only. The firm has practiced continuously in the Commonwealth since that year.

  • Is Jim Glaser of counsel to another firm?

    Yes. Jim Glaser is of counsel to Keches Law, a well-established Massachusetts personal-injury firm. Most cases are referred to other jurisdictionally licensed lawyers for principal liability where the matter calls for it. The of-counsel relationship is disclosed on every page of this site.

  • What is Jim Glaser the responsible attorney for?

    Jim Glaser is the responsible attorney named on every entry of Jimmy Knows A! under Mass. R. Prof. C. 7.2 attorney-advertising requirements. He is also the founder and lead attorney of Jim Glaser Law.

  • Where is the firm located?

    Principal office: 77 Pond Street, Sharon, Massachusetts 02067. The firm represents clients across the Commonwealth and most consultations are handled by telephone or video.

  • How do I reach Jim Glaser?

    Telephone Jim Glaser Law at (617) JIM-WINS. The intake line is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The first telephone consultation is offered without charge.

  • What practice areas does Jim Glaser Law cover?

    Nineteen Massachusetts practice areas across personal injury (contingency basis), DUI, criminal defense, divorce, family law, real estate, bankruptcy, and immigration (fixed-fee or hourly). Massachusetts home buyers receive purchase-and-sale representation at no charge when the firm closes the loan and writes the title insurance. The full list is at the practice areas page.

  • Does Jim Glaser Law handle out-of-state matters?

    No. Jim Glaser is admitted in Massachusetts only. Out-of-state matters are referred back to counsel admitted in the relevant jurisdiction. Massachusetts residents whose matter touches another state can still call the firm; Jim will identify the Massachusetts portion and route the rest.

This page constitutes attorney advertising under Mass. R. Prof. C. 7.1 to 7.5. The information here is general in nature; transmission of information through this page does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship. Responsible attorney: Jim Glaser, admitted in Massachusetts only, and is of counsel to Keches Law. Principal office: 77 Pond Street, Sharon, Massachusetts. Most cases referred to other jurisdictionally licensed lawyers for principal liability.