Practice:

• Business Litigation
• Condominium Law
• Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits
• Schools & Colleges

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. Supreme Court

Experience:

Ms. Walton joined Burns & Levinson in September 2001 after participating in Burns & Levinson's Summer Associate program in 2000. Ms. Walton's practice includes real estate law, including condominium suits, boundary disputes and adverse possession litigation. Her practice also includes business and commercial law, including contract, business tort, Chapter 93A (unfair and deceptive trade practices), director and officer liability, minority shareholder and employment litigation. At Burns & Levinson, Ms. Walton represents both individual clients and corporations and handles matters in both state and federal courts.

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association
• BBA Youth Outreach Task Force
• Women’s Bar Association Women's Leadership Initiative, member of the Charter Class

Additional Information:

• Ms. Walton is the former firm captain for the Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid.
• Ms. Walton is a member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's Future Leaders Program for the Class of 2005
• While at Suffolk University Law School Ms. Walton was a member of the Suffolk University Law Review and a member of the executive board of the Women's Law Caucus.
• While at Northeastern University Ms. Walton was a Harold Hodgkinson Scholar.

Education:

• J.D., cum laude, Suffolk University Law School 2001
• B.S.B.A., Marketing, summa cum laude, Northeastern University, 1997

Awards:

• Massachusetts Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006. Massachusetts Rising Stars consist of the top 2.5 percent of the up-and-coming attorneys in Massachusetts, and are age 40 or younger or have been practicing for ten or fewer years. The listing appeared in the November issue of Boston Magazine and Massachusetts Super Lawyers Magazine – Rising Stars Edition.

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