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Alisha Bloom selected for second time as Boston magazine Top Lawyer (Corporate Counsel 2025)

Boston magazine has selected Alisha R. Bloom for the second time as one of only two Top LawyersTM in the Corporate Counsel category.

A trusted legal and business advisor, Alisha provides fractional and outside general counsel services to privately-held software and healthcare companies. Her specialties include software licensing/SAAS, contract negotiation and drafting, contracting process improvement, HIPAA/healthcare and regulatory compliance, employment matters, litigation management and support, and dispute resolution. She has broad, hands-on experience building and leading legal and compliance functions, managing risk, transforming legal and business processes, and elevating and right-sizing healthcare compliance programs to best-in-class.

Alisha is also a trained conflict coach and community mediator and has taught mediation at New England Law. She has previously been honored by Lawyers Weekly as an In-House Leader in the Law.

To create the Top Lawyers list, Boston magazine invites attorneys to nominate up to three of their peers in a select number of law specialties. Top vote-getters in each specialty are reviewed by an advisory board of select lawyers, chosen for their credentials and the high number of votes they received. View Alisha’s listing in Boston magazine’s December issue at https://www.bostonmagazine.com/lawyers/alisha-bloom/

Alisha Bloom selected as Boston magazine 2024 Top Lawyer (Corporate Counsel)

Boston magazine has selected Alisha R. Bloom as one of only two 2024 Top LawyersTM in the Corporate Counsel category.

A trusted legal and business advisor, Alisha provides fractional and outside general counsel services to privately-held software and healthcare companies. Her specialties include software licensing/SAAS, contract negotiation and drafting, contracting process improvement, HIPAA/healthcare and regulatory compliance, employment matters, litigation management and support, and dispute resolution. She has broad, hands-on experience building and leading legal and compliance functions, managing risk, transforming legal and business processes, and elevating and right-sizing healthcare compliance programs to best-in-class.

Alisha is also a trained conflict coach and community mediator and has taught mediation at New England Law. She has previously been honored by Lawyers Weekly as an In-House Leader in the Law.

To create the Top Lawyers list, Boston magazine invites attorneys to nominate up to three of their peers in a select number of law specialties. Top vote-getters in each specialty are reviewed by an advisory board of select lawyers, chosen for their credentials and the high number of votes they received. View Alisha’s listing in Boston magazine’s December issue at https://www.bostonmagazine.com/lawyers/alisha-bloom/

Alisha R. Bloom to co-present “Drafting More Effective and Flexible Contracts” virtual seminar for MCLE on April 26, 2023

On April 26, 2023, attorney Alisha R. Bloom will co-present a virtual seminar on “Drafting More Effective and Flexible Contracts” for MCLE.

In a competitive, increasingly digitized environment with limited resources, the lawyer who efficiently strikes an effective balance between achieving the right level of contractual protection and negotiating to reflect their clients’ risk tolerance is most likely to be repeatedly engaged.

Find out more on MCLE’s website.

Alisha R. Bloom contributed a chapter on “Representations, Warranties, Covenants, and Conditions” to MCLE’s Drafting and Negotiating Massachusetts Contracts, published in April 2022

Attorney Alisha R. Bloom has contributed a chapter on “Representations, Warranties, Covenants, and Conditions” to MCLE’s biannual treatise, Drafting and Negotiating Massachusetts Contracts, which was published in April 2022.

Drafting and Negotiating Massachusetts Contracts provides the information attorneys need to skillfully negotiate and draft a wide variety of contracts. The book’s beginning chapters thoroughly explain the fundamental elements of common types of contracts and focus on providing readers with useful drafting skills and information that can be adapted to any type of contract. The later chapters delve into the details of drafting and negotiating specific types of contracts that attorneys may encounter in their daily practice. With sample contracts, drafting tips, and step-by-step explanations, this practical book is a valuable resource for both new attorneys and seasoned practitioners.