
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Address: One Washington Mall Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-742-1170
Fax: 617-742-3237
Email: jmv@joelhschwartz.com
Position: Department Head – Litigation
With Firm: Since 1986
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, 2019 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