Law Firm Overview

Paster, Rice & Castleman, LLC was established in 1978 by Richard D. Paster, Ronald W. Rice and James A. Castleman, as a general practice law firm with concentrations in the areas of business law including incorporations and litigation; estate planning and administration; criminal law; real property law including residential and commercial acquisitions, land use litigation and zoning; as well as individual, estate and corporate taxation.

Areas of Practice

• Affirmative Action -- Employer
• Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Business Successions
• Closely Held Businesses
• Collections & Repossessions
• Commercial Leasing
• Commercial Real Estate
• Condominiums & Cooperatives
• Construction Contracts
• Construction Law
• Construction Liens
• Consumer Protection
• Contracts, Debtor/Creditor
• Conveyancing
• Corporate Taxation
• Criminal Fraud
• Criminal Law
• Defects
• Dissolution
• Domestic Violence & Neglect
• Drug Violations
• DUI/DWI
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
• Employment Contracts -- Employee
• Employment Contracts -- Employer
• Employment Discrimination -- Employer
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Estate & Gift Taxation
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer
• Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employer
• Felonies
• Formation & Business Planning
• Grand Jury Proceedings
• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Income Taxation
• Insurance Law
• Juvenile Crimes
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Limited Liability Companies
• Litigation & Appeals
• Living Wills
• Misdemeanor
• Mortgages & Foreclosures
• Motor Vehicle
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
• Parole & Probation
• Partnerships
• Paternity
• Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Powers of Attorney and Appointment
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Residential Real Estate
• Secured Transactions
• Sex Offenses
• Sexual Harassment -- Employer
• Slip and Fall -- Defense
• Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
• State Trial Practice
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Tax Litigation
• Taxation Law
• Title Insurance
• Trade Associations
• Traffic Violations
• Transactions
• Trusts
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Victims' Rights
• Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer
• Warranties
• Whistleblower -- Employer
• White Collar Crimes
• Wills
• Wrongful Death -- Defense
• Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
• Wrongful Termination -- Employer

Representative Cases

• Commonwealth v. Anderson, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 707 (Mass. App. Ct. 1995)

West Practice Categories

Real Estate Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Litigation & Appeals, Probate & Estate Administration, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance, State, Local & Municipal Law, Taxation Law, Corporate Taxation, Estate & Gift Taxation, Income Taxation, Business & Commercial Law, Collections, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Warranties, Closely Held Businesses, Business Organizations, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Business Successions, Trade Associations, Insurance Law, Employment Law -- Employer, Employment Law -- Employee, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, Construction Liens, Housing & Construction Defects, Criminal Law, Drug Violations, DUI/DWI, Felonies, Criminal Fraud, Grand Jury Proceedings, Juvenile Crimes, Misdemeanor, Parole & Probation, Sex Offenses, Traffic Violations, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Family Law, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Paternity, Motor Vehicle