Welcome To Our Firm

THE KAPLAN/BOND GROUP is a Boston law firm with a satellite office in New Bedford, Massachusetts. We represent injured working women and men. Period. We do not represent insurance companies or big corporations.

With a century of combined legal experience, we are one of the premier admiralty and maritime law firms in the nation. The small size of our firm allows us to work very closely with each client and give the personal attention required to resolve legal issues effectively, efficiently and in a language the rest of us can understand.

The injured working women and men that we represent include Jones Act seamen such as commercial fishermen and merchant mariners as well as longshoremen covered by the Longshore and Harborworker's Compensation Act, recreational boaters and cruise ship passengers. We also represent hard working women and men who are injured in construction site accidents, product liability incidents, defective premises incidents (slips, trips and falls) and automobile accidents. ALL injured workers, including visitors, U.S. citizens and "undocumented" workers or residents, may be eligible for accident benefits under both state and federal law.

Our adversaries often include large corporations and even larger insurance companies. We are aggressive and thorough in the representation of our clients, well-respected in the legal community, and have a solid reputation that precedes us in the state, federal and appellate courts. Most recently, our representation of an injured seaman led to another major victory in the United States Supreme Court (Stewart v. Dutra Const. Co., 543 U.S. 481 (2005)). The ruling we achieved changed the law and served to expand the rights of injured seamen nationwide. The Stewart decision is but one example of our ability to challenge the law and, when necessary — change it.

Please contact one of our lawyers as soon as possible for a complimentary consultation.

(617) 261-0080 or (800) 864-0051