WOBURN LAW DEPARTMENT PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION
The City of Woburn Law Department advises and represents all of the various elements of the city government, including the general government, the Police Department, the Fire Department and all of the various boards, commissions and agencies and employees in their official capacities. Certain services are provided by outside private law firms under both continuing contracts and on an as needed basis.
The scope of these legal services includes both matters of an advisory as well as a representational nature. It includes the rendering of legal opinions, the drafting of legal documents and both the prosecution and defense of litigation involving the city government and its officials.
The City Solicitor administers the Law Department. There is an Assistant City Solicitor as well as an administrative assistant/paralegal. It is our mission to constantly improve on the quality, efficiency and cost effectiveness of the legal services provided to the City of Woburn. It is the goal of this office to reduce gross expenditures on outside legal services while maintaining the necessary professional legal expertise required to meet the municipality’s challenges and desires. We recognize that the municipality operates in an increasingly complex legal milieu and that it is the primary objective of the Law Department to assist municipal employees and officials in responding to the challenges created in their environment.
City Solicitor
Thomas W. Lawton
Assistant City Solicitor
James E. Feld
Administrative Assistant/Paralegal
Bonnie Michalowski
All communications should be directed to:
Woburn City Hall
10 Common Street
Woburn, MA 01801
ATTN: Law Department
Telephone No. (781) 932-4425
Fax Number: (781) 932-4428
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