John M. Vlassakis

Education

• University of Massachusetts | B.A. Management 1977
• University of Massachusetts | B.A. Economics 1977
• Suffolk University Law School | J.D. 1988

Areas of Practice

• Automobile Accidents
• General Liability
• Worker’s Compensation
• Social Security Disability
• Liquor Liability
• Construction Site Accidents
• Litigation

Bar Admission

• Massachusetts 1988
• U.S. District Court of Massachusetts 1988

Professional Associations

• Massachusetts Bar Association, member
• Boston Bar Association, member
• Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, member
• American Trial Lawyers Association, member

Honors, Awards & Recognition

• Awards – 2016, 2017, 2018 Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney, awarded by Superlawyers.com
• News
  $3,000,000 – Pedestrian Truck Accident – Skull Fracture and Brain Trauma
  $16,000,000 Payout – $5,250,000 Present Day Value – Brain Injury from Porch Collapse
  $1,500,000 – Brain Injury – Man Jumps Out Window During Fire
  $850,000 – Door Falls Off Building and Strikes Pedestrian = Traumatic Head Injury
  $1,100,000 – Workplace Incident – Severe Spinal Cord Injury
  $105,000 – Construction Worker Injured From Scaffolding Fall
  $100,000 – Wrongful Death – Pedestrian Incident
  $125,000 – Pedestrian Auto Accident – Cheek and Collarbone fractures
  $130,000 – Slip and Fall on Ripped Carpeting / WC
  $97,500 – Warehouse Manager Hurt On The Job
  $85,000 – Plumber Injured – Fusion Surgery
  $75,000 – Injured Window Cleaner Hurt from Fall off Ladder
  $112,500 – 88 Year-Old Woman Fall At Department Store
  $125,000 – Defective Stairs – Fractured Ankle
  $125,000 – 2 Year-Old Minor Child Hurt at Daycare Facility – Mediation
  $130,000 – Rear-end Car Accident – Back and Neck Injury
  $175,000 – On the job – Scaffolding Fall Resulting in Death
  $185,000 – On the Job – Stress induced heart attack resulting in death
  $425,000 – Worker’s Compensation – Carbon Monoxide Death
  $215,000 – Construction Site Accident – Fractured Pelvis/Spleen Laceration
  $115,000 – Worker’s Compensation – Finger Amputation
  $185,000 – Patron Stabbed in Bar – Negligent Security
  $283,000 – Defendant Traveling Wrong Way on Street
  $1,320,000 Payout – $485,000 Present Day Value – Rearend Collision – Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  $140,000 – Fall on Ice – Hip Fracture
  $375,000 – Realtor Attacked By Dog While Showing Property
  $840,000 – Mirror Falls on Client in Salon – Cervical Fusion
  $170,000 – Rock Concert – Patron Trampled – Negligent Security
  $400,000 – Partygoer Hurt When Second Floor Deck Collapses
  $3,000,000 – Delivery Man Pinned Against Truck – Double Leg Amputation
  $200,000 – Work Accident – Employee Fell Off Ladder
  $200,000 – Priest Abuse Case
  $200,000 – Priest Abuse Case
  $200,000 – Priest Abuse Case
  $315,000 – Fall Down in Stairway – Closed Head Injury
  $200,000 – Rear-End Car Accident
  $170,000 – Worker’s Compensation Case
  $250,000 – Broken Leg
  $275,000 – Slip and Fall on Onion in Supermarket
  $436,000
  $65,000 – Slip and Fall – Ankle Fracture
  $200,000 – Forehead and Scalp Injuries – Scarring – Car Accident
  $65,000 – Displaced Bimalleolar Ankle Fracture
  $200,000 – Lumbar Disc Surgery – Avulsion Skin Defect – Slip and Fall on Cement Platform
  $300,000 – Slip and Fall in Department Store
  $200,000 – Dental Fractures and Disk Herniation From Fall – Postal Worker
  $200,000
• Patriot Ledger – 06/19/92

Classes – Seminars Taught

• Suffolk Law School – Judge for the Walter C. McLaughlin Competition – 9/10/13
• Suffolk Law School – Judge for the Walter C. McLaughlin Competition – 8/30/10
• Brazilian Work Center Seminar – 5/14/2005
• Centro do Trabalhador Brasileiro Seminar – 2/12/2005
• Centro do Trabalhador Brasileiro Seminar – 12/13/2003
• Centro do Trabalhador Brasileiro Seminar – 8/2/2003
• Centro do Trabalhador Brasileiro Seminar – 5/17/2003
• Worker’s Compensation Seminar – Greater Boston Legal Services – 5/21/2002
• MA Academy of Trial Attorneys – Handling Third Party Claims – 1/29/1999
• Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
• “What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You!”
  MATA Practical Skills Workshop 01/29/99
  “Handling Third Party Claims”
• Boston Legal Services
• Worker’s Compensation Seminar – Program Chair
  Practical Skills Workshop 01/29/99

Past Positions

• Kemper Insurance Co., Quincy, MA – Outside Adjuster
• Hanover Insurance Co., Waltham, MA – Supervisor
• Private Investigator

Community Involvement

• Montessori Fund Raising Committe

Interests & Hobbies

• Fitness Training
• Weymouth Tennis Club – member