Massachusetts Legal Practice Library Volumes 9 & 10: Massachusetts Domestic Relations

John G. DiPiano is a principal and founding partner of DiPiano Godson LLP. Attorney DiPiano concentrates his practice in civil litigation, with a focus on family law and probate litigation. He is an experienced trial attorney who has been practicing since 1995. Attorney DiPiano is a 1988 Graduate of the University of Massachusetts, magna cum laude, where he had a dual major in English and Philosophy. He is a 1995 graduate of the New England School of Law, cum laude. Prior to becoming a member of the Massachusetts and U.S. District Court bars, Attorney DiPiano worked for the United States Department of Labor and was hired through the Outstanding Scholar Program. He then worked for Esdaile, Barett and Esdaile as a law clerk while attending law school. After graduating from law school, Attorney DiPiano was employed as counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division and then went on to private practice with Rosenblum & Studen, P.C. His practice group merged with Lane Altman & Owens, LLP, and thereafter he established his own practice. Attorney DiPiano was named a “Rising Star,” one of Boston’s “Top Up and Coming Young Lawyers” by Boston Magazine in 2006. The designation is determined by other “Super Lawyers” who peer nominate for the honor. Attorney DiPiano is a member of the University of Massachusetts Club, Massachusetts Bar Association, Justinian Law Society, and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Lloyd D. Godson is a principal and founding partner of DiPiano Godson LLP. Attorney Godson’s practice includes extensive experience in custody, removal, international child custody, Hague Convention, divorce, military divorce, property division, complex property division and asset protection and maximization. Attorney Godson serves as a panel attorney for the United States State Department. Attorney Godson served as President of the Middlesex County Bar Association from January 2010 through January 2012, through which he served as a Delegate to the Massachusetts Bar Association House of Delegates. He was formerly President Elect, Secretary and Council Member to the Middlesex County Bar Association. Attorney Godson is also a conciliator through the Middlesex County conciliation program, a pro bono service funded through the Massachusetts Bar Foundation designed to bring resolution to family law matters through mediation. Attorney Godson is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Foundation, Middlesex County Bar Association, and serves on the Massachusetts Bar Association Family Law Section Council. Attorney Godson also travels to international conferences with the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Commission on Couple and Family Relations. Attorney Godson was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1992, in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts in 1993, and the United States Supreme Court in 2004. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1992.