{"id":85,"date":"2022-09-23T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josephcaulfield.com\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2022-10-11T15:51:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:51:08","slug":"about-joseph-caulfield-esq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/josephcaulfield.com\/about-joseph-caulfield-esq\/","title":{"rendered":"About Joseph Caulfield, Esq."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"85\" class=\"elementor elementor-85\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c7b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c2c7b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caulfield Law & Mediation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a72c085 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a72c085\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67bd8469\" data-id=\"67bd8469\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section 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Mediation<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51edb8b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51edb8b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When It's Important Enough to Hire an Expert.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-23b80ac5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23b80ac5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-18af515a\" data-id=\"18af515a\" 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.elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>After graduating from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Latin School<\/a>\u00a0in 1967, I attended\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston College<\/a>. There, I majored in English and Comparative Religion, graduating in 1971. I then attended\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.suffolk.edu\/law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suffolk Law School<\/a>\u00a0where I received the degree of Juris Doctor Cum Laude in 1974.<\/p><p>I began practicing law in downtown Boston, following a family tradition. I also accepted a teaching position in Suffolk Law School in 1975, where I became an Executive Director of Legal Assistance, lecturing in Family Law Practice and Trial Tactics. I taught a clinical course for 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0year law students, running a legal assistance bureau in Charlestown, representing battered women from the inner city.<\/p><p>When not practicing law, I teach martial arts. I am the Founder and Chief Instructor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Sword Aikido<\/a>. My approach and philosophy in mediating is heavily influenced by my aikido training. I have been practicing aikido for 43 years, and I hold a Godan, 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Degree, black belt from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aikikai.or.jp\/eng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aikikai<\/a>\u00a0Hombu, as well as black belts and instructor ranks in other martial arts. In other words, I tend to use the aikido techniques of entering, blending and moving off the line to diffuse resistance, resentment, and anger, and to allow for the possibility of reconciliation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a2f3abd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a2f3abd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am also a magician and mystery entertainer. I am a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.magician.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Brotherhood of Magicians<\/a>, Order of Merlin Excelsior, a Life Member and Chair of the Insurance Committee of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.magicsam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Society of American Magicians<\/a>, a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icbmmagick.com\/what-the-pros-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inner Circle of Bizarre Magick<\/a>, 6th Degree Magus, and President of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sam118nh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Granite State Magicians<\/a>.<\/p><p>I am admitted to practice law in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhbar.org\/publications\/display-news-issue.asp?id=7503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NH<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.massbbo.org\/AttorneyLookup?firstName=Joseph&amp;lastName=Caulfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MA<\/a>, and VT, although I currently am not active in VT. I have tried more than 1,000 cases in the last 43 years. I was a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhd.uscourts.gov\/membership-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CJA Panel<\/a>\u00a0for the US District Court, District of NH, 2004-2010, qualified to represent criminal defendants in general and complex crimes.<\/p><p>I am a certified Guardian ad Litem in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oplc.nh.gov\/guardian-ad-litem\/certified.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NH<\/a>\u00a0and the President of the NH Guardian ad Litem Association. I am a Certified Family Mediator.<\/p><p>I have published and lectured in the areas of law, stress, comparative religion, and the martial arts and currently\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratemyprofessors.com\/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=952316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teach<\/a>\u00a0online for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoenix.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Phoenix<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c899c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"15c899c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/free-consultation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Free 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/josephcaulfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/slide3a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-185\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josephcaulfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/slide3a.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/josephcaulfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/slide3a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/josephcaulfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/slide3a-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-72627254\" data-id=\"72627254\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615a0ae8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"615a0ae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practice<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30952f4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30952f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Attorney Caulfield maintains a general practice of law in NH &amp; MA and provides services from drafting will and trusts to creating partnership agreements and LLCs.<\/p><p>He is also a trial attorney and has obtained many large verdicts and settlements for his clients in everything from exploding propane tanks and wrongful death actions to multi-vehicle collisions and slip and falls. In his family law practice, Mr. Caulfield has fought for his clients\u2019 rights all the way to the State Supreme Court. His criminal success record ranges from obtaining acquittals for his clients in murder and rape trials through wining dismissals of drug trafficking and DUI\/DWI\/OUI charges.<\/p><p>In addition, he is a mediator, guardian ad litem and collaborative law practitioner and brings the added value of over 40 years in the courtroom observing how courts decide cases and what litigation costs. A highly ranked martial arts instructor, Joseph uses aikido principles to diffuse resistance and anger, and facilitate resolution.<\/p><h3>Mission<\/h3><p>I have represented clients for more than 40 years. I do not represent banks or insurance companies; instead I represent people and those with small businesses. I pledge my uncompromised loyalty to my clients and give each client unique needs my undivided attention.<\/p><ul><li>I represent my clients with skill, commitment and courage. Although I believe my clients are often better served through other methods of dispute resolution rather than by litigation, I will fight for my clients.<\/li><li>I represent clients proactively, not reactively. I understand that my clients trust me with matters important to them. I keep my clients fully informed of events in their cases and respond promptly to phone messages, emails, and correspondence.<\/li><li>I remain on the cutting edge of technology which gives me a decided advantage over yesterday\u2019s practitioners.<\/li><li>I charge rates for my services which are competitive with any other firm and give detailed accounting of my fees.<\/li><li>My firm is a business for profit. However, I do not limit profit to mean money alone. 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