Attorneys

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 and Justinian Law Society.

Attorney Godson is a principal and founding partner of DiPiano Godson LLP.  Attorney Godson is an experienced Attorney who specializes his practice in all aspects of family law, including cases heard at both the trial court and appellate court levels.  Attorney Godson’s practice includes extensive experience in custody, removal, international child custody, divorce, property division, complex property division and asset protection and maximization. 

Attorney Godson is President Elect of the Middlesex County Bar Association.  He was formerly 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 maters through mediation.  Attorney Godson is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Middlesex County Bar Association and Boston Bar Association.

Previously, Attorney Godson served as a member of the Andover Rotary Club, and is the former Chairman of the Londonderry Zoning Board of Adjustment, a board he served on with distinction for eight years.  Attorney Godson is also a former volunteer firefighter.

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.

Attorney Heinle joined the firm in 2006 as a law clerk while attending New England School of Law.  After graduation, Attorney Heinle was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 2007, and became an associate with the firm.

Attorney Heinle practices primarily in the areas of family law.  He is currently serving as the Editor of the Massachusetts Family Law Journal, and as an elected council member with the Middlesex County Bar Association.

Attorney Heinle graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego with Honors, after completing his Honors thesis in May 2004, and went on to graduate from New England School of Law in May 2007.

Prior to joining DiPiano Godson LLP, Attorney Heinle worked as a law clerk for Children’s Legal Services in Brookline, Massachusetts and as a judicial intern with the Boston Municipal Court.

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Practice Areas: Business and Individual Criminal Law

Admitted:  Commonwealth of Massachusetts;  the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the District of Columbia and the State of New Jersey

Law School: Rutgers School of Law , J.D., 1989.

Member: Middlesex and Massachusetts Bar Associations

Biography: Prior to his current practice, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office from 1992 to 1995 and has been engaged in private practice from 1990-1992 and 1995-2004.