Krysia J. Syska

A graduate of Suffolk University Law School and admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Attorney Syska joined the firm in 1990, and has been a partner at the firm since 2001.

During this time, she has been actively involved in numerous record-setting medical malpractice verdicts and settlements; many of which have been highlighted and featured in various publications from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and The Boston Globe to several national verdict reporting publications. Most recently, she participated in securing a $5.65 million birth injury settlement for failure to properly monitor a fetus during delivery, and a $5 million settlement for birth injuries sustained when a nurse and midwife failed to act on signs of fetal distress.

Attorney Syska has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® each year since 2012, and has achieved an AV-rating (Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer-review rating for ethical standards and legal ability). She has been listed since 2008 as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in the area of medical malpractice (and was named to the Top Women Attorneys list in 2013 and 2014, and the Top 50 Women in 2011) as published in Boston m agazine. Prior to 2008, she was selected among the Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars for 2005–2007. She is regularly called upon to speak at professional and continuing legal education seminars on the topic of personal injury law and advances in the area of medical malpractice.

Click the image at right to read the recent profile of Attorney Syska in Boston Magazine highlighting the top women lawyers in Massachusetts.