Jared Spinelli Bio

Jared Spinelli is a member of the firm’s Family Law department, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, and chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. Jared concentrates his practice on all aspects of complex domestic relations law, including divorce, child custody and child support, alimony, paternity, asset valuation and division, and modification and contempt actions. He also has considerable experience drafting and negotiating prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. In addition to his work at the trial court level, Jared is experienced in drafting and filing appellate briefs and has argued before the Massachusetts Appeals Court on issues having to do with disproportionate asset division, deviation from the Alimony Reform Act’s durational limits, automatic, percentage-based self-modifying alimony orders, business valuation methodology, the treatment of expert witness testimony, and orders to vacate the marital home. His practice also includes representing clients in Chapter 209A abuse prevention and Chapter 258E harassment prevention proceedings in both the Probate and Family Court and the District Court. Jared has been jointly engaged by parties in parent coaching and mediation capacities. He also is an active volunteer as a conciliator within the Judge Jeffrey Abber “We CAN Settle Initiative” Program providing free conciliation services to court-referred parties in need of alternative dispute resolution. Finally, Jared has been appointed sua sponte by the Probate and Family Court as a Guardian ad Litem / Next Friend to represent the interests of active military service men and women while they are deployed abroad.