Susan Donaldson Novins

Susan Donaldson Novins is a founding partner of Wilchins Cosentino & Novins LLP, a Massachusetts firm that has been named Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year in Massachusetts, US at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025. The award recognises a business-focused practice known for resolving disputes on behalf of companies, their owners and high-net-worth individuals.

Wilchins Cosentino & Novins serves business owners, corporations and individuals, with a particular focus on privately held businesses and high-net-worth clients. From offices in Needham and Boston, the firm brings together commercial litigation, business law, private client services, real estate law, family law and employment law, allowing it to address both the transactional and the contentious needs of the enterprises and individuals it represents. As a founding partner, Ms. Novins has helped shape a practice built around that integrated, client-centred model.

Commercial litigation sits at the core of the firm's recognition. Business disputes frequently arise out of the same relationships, contracts and ownership structures that the firm advises upon in its corporate and private client work, and its litigators are therefore able to draw on a close understanding of clients' commercial context when disputes emerge. For privately held businesses in particular, litigation often involves sensitive questions of ownership, governance and the relationships among founders and shareholders, matters that demand both technical skill and commercial judgement.

The firm is known for what it describes as a concierge approach to delivering high-quality legal services, working closely with clients to develop well-considered solutions. In the litigation context this means tailoring strategy to each client's broader objectives rather than treating a dispute in isolation, an approach well suited to closely held companies and individuals for whom a lawsuit may have significant personal as well as financial dimensions.

The combination of a dedicated commercial litigation capability with strength in business law, private client services and employment law gives the firm the ability to handle disputes across the range of issues that confront its clients, from contractual and shareholder disputes to employment and real estate conflicts. This breadth allows it to act as a single, trusted adviser through both the planning and the defence of clients' interests.

Massachusetts, with its concentration of privately held businesses, professional services and wealth, generates sophisticated commercial disputes that reward advisers who understand the interplay between litigation and the underlying business relationships. The recognition of Wilchins Cosentino & Novins as Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year in Massachusetts, US at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, with Ms. Novins among its founding partners, affirms the firm's standing in that market. For businesses, owners and individuals facing high-stakes disputes, the firm offers focused, relationship-driven litigation supported by a full-service business practice.