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My practice focuses on civil litigation but I also provide counsel to clients involved in business and real estate transactions, aviation matters, employment matters, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and risk management. I have significant experience in the defense of insurers in both coverage and bad faith matters and have defended insureds in a myriad of general liability, product liability, professional liability, construction, environmental, and toxic tort cases.
I have litigated shareholder disputes, business torts, antitrust matters, contract disputes, and employment matters. I have also handled intellectual property cases including the prosecution of copyright and trademark applications, enforcement of trademarks, copyrights, domain name disputes, protection of trade secrets, and patent infringement claims. I am a registered patent attorney.
In the area of professional liability, I have defended law firms and individual lawyers, including significant experience defending specialized practitioners such as patent lawyers and tax attorneys. I have also defended real estate brokers, securities brokers, registered investment advisors, insurance brokers, architects, engineers and psychologists.
I have incorporated my experience as a licensed private pilot in the representation of airlines, fixed base operators, repair facilities, flight instructors, and aviation insurers in civil matters and before the NTSB in FAA enforcement actions. I serve as panel counsel for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ("AOPA").
I have tried cases to verdict in state and federal courts in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and in Federal Court in the Northern District of New York.
Specialties: Aviation, Antitrust, Business Litigation, Construction, Employment, Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Intellectual Property, Litigation, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate.
Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Class Action, Lemon Law
Massachusetts State Bar Member (1987 - Current)
Boston College B.S. (1984) | Finance/Philosophy
Year: 1980 - 1984
Boston College Law School J.D. (1987) | Law
Year: 1984 - 1987
Honors: cum laude
50 Cabot Street, Suite 204, Needham, MA 02494
(781) 320-5444