C. Peter R. Gossels, Wayland’s Town Moderator, was recently awarded a “Superb” (10 out of 10) rating as a lawyer by AVVO, a national agency that rates lawyers based on their educational and professional achievements as well as endorsements from their clients and other lawyers.
 

Attorney Gossels, a member of the Boston law firm of Weston Patrick, is a Master of the Superior Court, a guardian ad litem and conservator for the Probate and Family Court as well as a litigator, who has tried complex cases in virtually every court in Massachusetts. His practice is wide ranging, including matters involving personal injury, disputes involving estates and trusts, real estate, family law, school law, zoning and planning, corporate and employment law. Mr. Gossels is also an experienced estate planner, who has many years of experience drafting wills and trusts, as well as an expert in special education, municipal law, consumer law, the laws governing financial institutions, immigration and international business law.
 

Mr. Gossels worked for many years trying to make the judicial system more accessible, less costly and time-consuming as co-author of the Report of the Boston Bar Association Work Group on Cost and Time Efficiencies in the Massachusetts Courts published in 2005. He has also contributed numerous articles to a variety of legal publications, some of which may be viewed at his website, www.gosselslaw.com.

Mr. Gossels serves as Chair of the Fee Disputes Committee of the Boston Bar Association and has earned the highest “A.V.” rating from the publishers of the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory. His name is included in Who’s Who in American Law.