Fitchburg, MA

Edwin H. Howard

Edwin H. Howard, Sr. has been practicing law since 1978. He has handled all types of personal injury matters, Probate and Family Court matters, Bankruptcy, business litigation, real estate, and debt collections. He published Collection Law In Massachusetts (2001 Lorman Educational Services) and is known for his tenacious and aggressive litigation style.

Kris Patria

Attorney Kris Patria represents clients in Massachusetts, specializing in personal injury and criminal defense cases. Established in 1995, he has 30 years of experience, recovering millions for injured clients and successfully managing thousands of criminal defense outcomes. He provides personal attention, offers free initial consultations for personal injury and criminal defense, and works on a contingency fee basis for personal injury cases. A former U.S. Army Ranger, he is known for aggressive advocacy and compassion.

David A. Niose

DAVID NIOSE founded the Law Offices of David Niose in 1993, after spending seven years working for insurance companies and a major Boston-based insurance defense law firm. That insurance experience is a valuable asset in handling cases for injury clients, allowing him to protect his clients from insurance companies that seek to minimize payments and settlements. Knowing how the insurance companies work, Attorney Niose can move cases through the system effectively and in a timely manner. He handles all types of injury cases, including auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, construction site accidents, dog bites, wrongful death cases, work-related injuries, slip-and-fall cases, aviation and airplane crashes, products liability, medical malpractice, and others. David’s experience has allowed him to successfully resolve many cases that other attorneys have refused to take. In fact, many of his cases are referred to him by other attorneys. His practice emphasizes quality, friendly client service as well as tough legal representation.

Paul D. Groark

Paul D. Groark has been Of Counsel with the Law Offices of David Niose since 1998. Prior to that time, Attorney Groark handled insurance defense matters in superior and district courts in Massachusetts while a lawyer with a major insurance defense firm in Boston, and later, in various federal and state courts while a lawyer with a major national insurance defense law firm in Washington, DC. This legal background has provided Attorney Groark an expansive exposure to a variety of tort cases throughout all levels of litigation in our judicial system. Attorney Groark’s legal experience notably includes litigation in federal courts of wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases arising from the air disasters of USAir flights 405, 1016 and 427, as well as the Northwest Airlines air disaster of 1990. Attorney Groark has handled an array of tort claims for airport authorities as well as interstate motor carrier cases throughout the United States, through pro hac vice admission in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. As part of his Of Counsel position, Attorney Groark provides the unique service of direct representation for Spanish speaking clients, having complimented his initial classroom study of Spanish with further studies abroad in Spain and later legal work in Spain and Chile. His fluency in spoken and written Spanish provides the means to extend this firm’s high quality of legal services to a segment of society that would otherwise be precluded from such direct access due to a language barrier.

Mark R. Meehan

Attorney Meehan has been practicing law since 1994. Prior to joining Bonville & Howard, he acted as a Managing and Senior Attorney in law firms focusing on criminal, divorce and domestic relations, personal injury and civil litigation matters.

Edwin H. Howard II

Attorney Howard is President and a partner at Bonville and Howard. He has extensive experience in multiple areas of law including, Unemployment Appeals, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Worker’s Compensation. He has a unique philosophy, consisting of aggressive advocacy, empathy and caring to achieve the best possible result for his clients.

Jake A. Sambito

Attorney Jake A. Sambito is a passionate and results-driven legal advocate with a strong commitment to justice and client service. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Fitchburg State University in 2015 and attended the Massachusetts School of Law, graduating in May 2019. He was admitted to practice law in Massachusetts in November 2019. His practice areas include divorce and family law, workplace discrimination, and estate matters.