Top best Litigation Lawyers in Boston | 733 available
733 Litigation lawyers are available in Boston, Louisiana. These lawyers are rated between 4.7/5 to 5/5 and 55% provide free consultation with fees ranging from $45 to $65 per hour.
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Litigation Case Statistics Overview
Litigation Case Timeline
Litigation cases in Boston typically take 9 to 30 months from filing to resolution, depending on complexity, court schedules, and settlement likelihood.
Boston Court Backlog
The estimated backlog of pending litigation cases in Boston courts ranges from 800 to 2,500, reflecting both civil and commercial disputes.
Litigation Boston Filing Volume
Boston courts see an estimated 200 to 400 new litigation filings per month, based on recent public court records.
Litigation Case Outcomes
Approximately 30% of cases resolve before formal filing, 45% after filing but before trial, and about 10% succeed at trial; outcomes vary by case specifics.
FAQs - Litigation Lawyers in city Boston How many Litigation lawyers actively serve residents of Boston, Massachusetts? Approximately 76 licensed attorneys focus on Litigation across Boston, Massachusetts. Most matters are filed through the Massachusetts District Court, where local rules shape timelines and filing steps. What is the typical hourly fee for Litigation lawyers in Boston, Massachusetts? In Boston, typical rates range from $251-$441 per hour for Litigation. End-to-end case budgets frequently land between $3231 and $6009, depending on hearings and discovery. How long do Litigation matters usually take in courts near Boston? Litigation cases in Boston, Massachusetts usually take around 2-9 months depending on complexity and the Massachusetts District Court docket. Which local court most often hears Litigation cases for people living in Boston, Massachusetts? Residents of Boston typically see Litigation filings handled by the Massachusetts District Court. Proximity to helps with quick submissions and clerk communications. Do attorneys around offer a free first consultation for Litigation? About 46% of firms near ZIP offer a free first consultation for Litigation, so you can compare strategy and fit before committing.
733 Litigation Lawyers Found Near You
Mr. Cheng is a partner in Sherin and Lodgen, LLP's Litigation Department and co-chair of the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group. He specializes in complex commercial disputes, professional malpractice cases, insurance coverage disputes, and real estate litigation. His clients include attorneys and their law firms, corporations, title insurance companies, and professional liability insurance companies. He has also litigated employment, trade secret, and non-competition agreement disputes, and has represented attorneys in disciplinary proceedings before the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.
Mine is wide-raging general corporate practice, particularly focusing on entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small to mid-sized businesses. On the transactional side, this includes business organization and financing, mergers and acquisitions, and contracts. I also handle civil litigation, including contract disputes, tort actions, collections, and title claims. I have tried cases before juries in both state and federal courts. Finally, and particularly in light of recent regulatory changes affecting investment advisers and broker dealers, I have expanded my practice to encompass regulatory and compliance matters affecting those types of clients.. Representative Matters
Michael S. Batson is a shareholder of Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing, P.C. He concentrates his practice in the areas of general, civil and commercial litigation, construction law, insurance coverage and defense, environmental law, complex tort and product liability law. He handles matters in all Massachusetts’ state and federal trial and appellate courts, including the Massachusetts Business Litigation Session.. Mr. Batson has extensive experience representing clients in connection with claims for coverage on general liability, property, professional liability, directors and officers liability, umbrella and excess policies, and fidelity and surety bonds. He also represents owners, general contractors and subcontractors in construction-related litigation, including breach of contract claims, defective workmanship, personal injury and wrongful death.. In addition to his insurance and construction practice, Mr. Batson has represented clients in defense of class actions. He has also represented clients in connection with a variety of other matters, including defamation claims, non-construction-related breach of contract claims, stockholder disputes, fraud claims, building leaks and violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Meredith Wilson Doty is a Partner at Rose Law Partners. She joined the firm in 2006, bringing a wealth of legal experience in the areas of business litigation, employment litigation, securities litigation, and white collar criminal defense. She regularly represents individuals, corporations, and other entities in a variety of complex matters, including contract disputes, breaches of fiduciary duties, violations of securities laws, business torts, and more.Prior to joining Rose Law Partners, Meredith Wilson Doty served as Assistant Attorney General in the Trial Division of the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. She has been selected for inclusion in the Massachusetts Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list and is a member of the Boston Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association. Contact Rose Law Partners today to request a consultation with an experienced litigation lawyer.
Massachusetts bankruptcy lawyer representing individuals and businesses since 1990. Free consultation. Offices in Boston and throughout the Greater Boston and Metro West areas.
Marnie McGoldrick concentrates her practice on defective pharmaceutical and medical device litigation and class actions. She represents clients throughout Massachusetts and nationally.
Mark is an experienced litigator and counselor who has handled a variety of lawsuits, administrative actions, and pre-litigation matters. He began his legal career by clerking for the Massachusetts Superior Court in Suffolk, Middlesex, and Essex counties. After his clerkship, Mark practiced as a litigator for more than five years in Boston law firms, focusing on professional liability defense, construction law, and employment law.. Since opening the Firm in 2013, he has assisted a wide variety of companies and individuals with their legal needs. For businesses, he regularly serves as outside general counsel, assisting with matters on an as-needed basis, which generally includes compliance with employment law and human resources matters. Mark also assists individuals with their legal needs, including advising professionals on employment agreements and asserting claims on their behalf when necessary.. Mark has secured trial victories for clients in state and federal courts, including a seven-figure employment discrimination verdict in federal court that was the eleventh highest verdict of any kind in Massachusetts that year 1 and was upheld through attempted appeals up to the United State Supreme Court. He also has significant experience before administrative agencies, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the New York Commission on Human Rights, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.. Before going to court, however, Mark aims to come up with creative solutions to avoid legal disputes and litigation, including using alternative dispute resolution. The Firm has assisted many clients in resolving their matters alternatively, whether through mediation, arbitration, or private negotiation.. Mark is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York, as well as federal district and appeals courts. He is a graduate of Concord-Carlisle High School, Boston College, and New England School of Law, where he was the recipient of the Sandra Day O’Connor full merit scholarship and was an editor of the New England Law Review.. He has been an adjunct instructor of Legal Research and Writing at New England Law Boston since 2009 and has authored pieces for the New England Law Review and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.
Margaret E. Strauss is an Associate at Arrowood LLP. Her practice includes all areas of civil litigation, including business litigation, employment disputes, medical malpractice, and personal injury.. Maggie is a 2016 graduate of Boston College Law School. During law school, Maggie served as an Articles Editor of the Boston College Law Review and her note was published in the journal’s September 2015 edition. Maggie also spent a semester working at the Boston College Legal Services LAB where she provided pro-bono legal services to low-income clients in family law and housing cases.. While in law school, Maggie clerked at the law department of the City of Boston, where she assisted with the litigation of a civil rights case in federal court. Maggie also spent the summer after her second year of law school as a Summer Associate at Arrowood LLP. Before law school, she spent two years working as a paralegal, with particular focus on toxic tort litigation.
Lesley Chuang’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation. Prior to joining Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, Lesley was a contract attorney at Iron Mountain and Electric Insurance.. During law school, Lesley served as the Symposium Editor of the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal. She completed a number of internships focusing on intellectual property law, including General Electric, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Bayer Healthcare. Lesley additionally completed an externship at the Connecticut Department of Public Health and participated in the summer program at Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics.. Prior to attending law school, Lesley conducted research at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York.
Len is a founding partner of Brister & Zandrow, LLP, a civil litigation law firm with offices in Boston and Plymouth, MA. Since its inception in November, 1995, Brister & Zandrow, LLP has received an AV rating, the highest available in the legal profession for ability and ethics.Since 1995, Len has served as the General Counsel of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Inc., the largest and oldest non-profit organization dedicated to helping civilians in the United States with spinal cord injury and/or disease. In 2010, Len was also elected to the Board of Directors of United Spinal Association, a national non-profit also serving the disability community.He is a member of the American, Massachusetts, and Boston Bar Associations. Since 1996, Len has served as one of the editors of the Defense Counsel Journal, a quarterly publication of the invitation-only International Association of Defense Counsel. He served on the Board of Editors of the Boston Bar Journal, a quarterly publication of the Boston Bar Association during the mid-1990's. He has also worked in a variety of capacities with numerous other non-profit organizations and community groups, including the Town of Sharon's Personnel Board, the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Boston, and the Boy Scouts of America. Len is a member of the International Who's Who of Professionals, Marquis Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, and Strathmore's Who's Who.. Complex civil litigation, including: spinal cord injury cases, motor vehicle accident law, construction law, products liability, toxic torts, insurance law and professional malpractice cases.
Lawrence J. Casey, who holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a Boston Magazine “Super Lawyer” in 2009 and multiple years prior, is the Head of Litigation at the firm, and has more than 25 years experience successfully litigating complex employment related matters on behalf of executives, professionals and employers in trials in state and federal courts, arbitrations and agency hearings.. Some of Mr. Casey's successes include: obtaining a significant arbitration award on behalf of a high-level executive concerning a claim of contractual severance owed; co-trial counsel through public hearing at the MCAD in a precedent-setting case, MCAD v. Stonehill College, obtaining a significant award on behalf of the client on a claim of race-based discrimination in compensation that was listed in the January 3, 2005 issue of Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly as the "Most Important Decision of 2004"; obtaining a defense verdict in Massachusetts Superior Court in favor of a multinational high-tech services company and its Chief Financial Officer in a case involving discrimination and retaliation claims brought by a former senior executive seeking an award in excess of $2,400,000; trying one of the first Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower cases filed in the Boston regional office of the U.S. Department of Labor; and successfully prosecuting and defending numerous motions for injunctive relief concerning non-competition and non-solicitation agreements in the state and federal courts. Mr. Casey has also argued appeals before the First Circuit Court of Appeals, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court. His representation of individuals in court, arbitrations and mediations has resulted in numerous judgments and settlements in excess of a million dollars.. Mr. Casey also has extensive experience negotiating complex executive employment and transition agreements in various industries, including mergers and acquisitions, change-in-control agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, lift-outs and incentive/equity compensation. Mr. Casey advises executives concerning the numerous and varied documents that are often used to memorialize their compensation packages including employment agreements, stock and option plans and agreements, long term incentive plans, deferred compensation agreements, promissory notes, pledge agreements, redemption agreements, partnership or limited partnership agreements, limited liability company agreements and expatriation and repatriation agreements regarding overseas assignments.. A frequent author and speaker regarding issues of employment law, Mr. Casey has contributed articles and spoken at seminars and conventions conducted by the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE) and Boston Bar Association (BBA) including the Employment Law Conference, an annual conference conducted by MCLE. His speaking engagements have included the following programs: Effective Discovery in Employment Litigation (MCLE), Domestic Violence Issues in the Workplace (BBA), Advising the Maturing Business: Moving Beyond the Start-Up (MCLE) and Electronic Discovery (MCLE). Mr. Casey also presented the employee’s case at You Be the Judge – An HR Courtroom Drama, sponsored by the Northeast Human Resources Association, and recently co-authored the Privacy chapter of MCLE’s Massachusetts Employment Law publication.. Mr. Casey is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, Colorado and Hawaii, and before the United States District Courts for Massachusetts and Hawaii, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the United States Tax Court. He has also been admitted, for specific litigation cases, in federal and state courts in New Hampshire and Connecticut. He served as a member of the Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Hawaii in 1989.. Prior to co-founding Shilepsky O’Connell Hartley, Mr. Casey was a partner at Perkins, Smith & Cohen, and managing partner at Crowe & Casey. Mr. Casey is a cum laude graduate of Boston College. He received his J.D. from Duquesne University where he served as a member and managing editor of the Duquesne Law Review. Mr. Casey served on the Board of Directors of the Andover School of Montessori for nine years and was president of the Board of Directors for eight years.
Kurt Kusiak is a partner at Fitch Law Partners in Boston, a graduate of Trinity College (B.A. Honors thesis in economics, 1984) and Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991) where he was a member of the Law Review, a Liacos Distinguished Scholar, and winner of the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in trial advocacy. Following law school, he was a law clerk for the Hon. A David Mazzone, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Kurt then worked as a trial lawyer for Ropes & Gray and Todd & Weld. Since 2004, Law & Politics has recognized Kurt as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in its annual list published in Boston Magazine. Only 5% of the lawyers in Massachusetts are awarded that designation.. Kurt has successfully tried numerous cases in the federal and state courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and has extensive experience litigating complex business, corporate, and partnership disputes, including those involving breakups, intellectual property rights, freeze outs, breaches of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, and negotiation of employment, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements. He has represented numerous corporate officers and directors in matters involving securities-related claims and investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, and other government entities.. He has represented beneficiaries in many trust-related claims against trustees involving breaches of fiduciary duty, negligence and malpractice.. Kurt also has extensive experience representing cities and towns, developers, construction companies, landlords and individual owners in real estate and construction disputes involving easements, adverse possession, eminent domain, commercial and residential leases, and claims by and against subcontractors and architects.. In addition, he has taught many Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminars, has been a regular panelist at MCLE's Annual Business Litigation Conference and various seminars at Boston University School of Law, and he is the author of several articles on various business litigation topics published by MCLE as well as the MCLE Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Jury Instructions on Eminent Domain Cases (1998-2003).. Kurt is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, State and Federal Trial Courts, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
Kenneth R. Berman is a partner in Nutter’s Litigation Department. He co-chairs the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group and co-chairs the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. Ken is a seasoned litigator representing clients in complex business cases, intellectual property disputes, intra-company and intra-family disputes, and real estate and land use litigation. He is also the author of the acclaimed American Bar Association book Reinventing Witness Preparation: Unlocking the Secrets to Testimonial Success, which explains the dangers of conventional witness preparation and teaches a transformative approach on how lawyers should work with witnesses to help them achieve a higher level of testimonial performance. The approach is a paradigm shift from how lawyers have historically prepared their clients and witnesses to testify.
Ken DeMoura is a founding partner of DeMoura|Smith LLP, a Boston-based law firm. He is an accomplished trial attorney and counselor to entrepreneurs and businesses. He appears before all state and federal courts in Massachusetts. Ken handles a wide range of matters including commercial disputes, product liability, employment discrimination and wrongful termination, copyright, partnership, banking, construction, professional malpractice, and bankruptcy cases. He has handled over thirty arbitration matters and has tried dozens of cases to verdict. He also serves as an arbitrator on commercial matters. As a business law counselor, Ken provides legal advice on business formation, acquisitions, joint ventures, intellectual property, banking, and contract drafting and negotiation. He frequently represents developers, landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers, and condominium associations in real estate transactions and litigation. He is also retained to provide advice and advocacy on employment matters for employers and management.. Ken was an adjunct professor at New England School of Law from 1987 to 2013.. Committed to the community in which he works and lives, Ken has served on the Board of Directors of South Boston Neighborhood House and as general counsel and member of the advisory board for the South Boston Arts Association. He currently sits on the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Technology and Public Policy Committees. He is the past chairperson of the St. Brigid School Board in South Boston and also coached in the South Boston Youth Soccer League and Little League.. Fee information provided in this profile is for attorneys in firm generally and may not be for Ken DeMoura specifically. Fee information is subject to change.
Kathy Jo Cook is the managing member of KJC Law Firm. She represents people who have been injured and people and businesses that have suffered an economic loss. This includes individuals who have been injured in a car crash, on a construction site, or by a doctor, nurse or lawyer. This also includes individuals and businesses which have been harmed by another as a result of unfair business practices or discrimination in employment.. Kathy Jo began her legal career at Lubin & Meyer, P.C. during law school. She joined Keches & Mallen, P.C. thereafter, where she handled complex claims on behalf of injured plaintiffs for 13 years. Kathy Jo litigated the first successful claim in Massachusetts to hold that an insurance company’s meritless appeal of an injured worker’s verdict was a bad faith insurance practice and violated the Consumer Protection Statute, securing the original judgment of more than 3 million dollars and an additional 4.2 million dollar punitive judgment against the insurance company for that practice. In 2010, she prevailed in Law v. Griffith, 457 Mass. 349 (2010),a case which was deemed to be one of the most important decisions of the year and one which continues to aid plaintiffs seeking damages at trial for medical expenses.. Kathy Jo’s outstanding abilities have been recognized by her peers and legal observers. In 1999, she was named by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as one of the top five "up and coming" attorneys in Massachusetts, and in 2007, she became the third lawyer ever to be inducted into the Lawyers Weekly "Hall of Fame." In 2008, Kathy Jo was named as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts by Law & Politics Magazine (Best of Boston), and she has been named as a Super Lawyer by that same publication every year since. In 2010, Kathy Jo was admitted to the American Board of Trial Advocates, a distinguished organization which is open by application only to those with significant trial experience.. Kathy Jo has been rated as “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. This is the highest rating possible and is given only to lawyers who have very high to preeminent legal ability and who embrace very high professional standards. She has also been rated by Avvo as “Superb.”. Kathy Jo has also been active in bar association work and other efforts to promote fairness, justice and equality in the trial bar as well as society at large. She served on the Board of Directors of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts for a number of years and was its President in 2008-2009. She is a member of the Labor & Employment Section Counsel of the Massachusetts Bar Association, where she has also served as Chair of the Judicial Administration Section Council, Co-Chair of the Plain English Jury Instruction Project, and as a member of the Standing Court Management Advisory Committee and the Strategic Planning Committee. Kathy Jo is a member of the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and she has also served on its Executive Management Board. She has served as Co-Chair of the Legislative Policy Committee and the Executive Management Board of the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association. Kathy Jo has also served on the Civil Right to Counsel Task Force, the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Section Council and the Diversity and Inclusion Section Council of the Boston Bar Association. She is also a member of the American Association for Justice, formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.. Kathy Jo frequently lectures on substantive legal issues, litigation techniques and gender equality at area law schools, professional conferences, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. She has been featured in a number of publications, including the National Law Journal and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. She has received numerous first place awards in national writing and trial competitions, including the Association of Trial Lawyers of America National Trial Competition. Her writings have appeared in numerous publications, including the American Judges Association Journal and the Cleveland State Law Review.. About her work Kathy Jo says, "My focus has always been on justice. To me justice means working to promote equality, to protect important civil rights, and to help individual people, workers and consumers to obtain just compensation for injuries caused by the fault of others.”. Kathy Jo is an honors graduate of Suffolk University Law School and the University of Houston. She is licensed to practice before all state and federal courts in Massachusetts.
Juliet received her B.A from Brown University in 1985 and her J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley - Boalt Hall in 1990. She has repeatedly been recognized as a Massachusetts and New England Super Lawyer and is rated AV - preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, the highest possible rating. Juliet concentrates her practice in the areas of business litigation, employment litigation and law, and fiduciary and probate litigation. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York, Juliet has a broad litigation background and deep experience representing individuals and companies in the trial and appellate courts, before agencies and in mediation and arbitration.. Juliet has successfully represented employers and employees in a wide range of employment disputes and issues. In 2013, the Superior Court adopted her argument, in a case of first impression in the Commonwealth, that, as a matter of common law, the president of a corporation does not have the power to terminate an employee who was put into office by the Board of Directors in a closely-held family business. In 2012, she obtained the enforcement of a two-year restrictive covenant in the highly competitive medical device industry against an employee who had left the company’s employ 15 months earlier and defeated the enforcement of a non-competition agreement in that same industry only a few months prior. She is experienced in bringing and defending a wide array of employment-related claims, including claims for enforcement of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements and other restrictive covenants, claims for gender, race, disability and age discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, claims for violations of the wage and hour laws and claims under the Family Medical Leave Act. Juliet regularly advises employers and employees with respect to their legal rights and obligations and frequently represents clients in the drafting and negotiation of employment, termination and severance agreements. She has achieved six and seven figure settlements for numerous employee clients.. Juliet frequently represents individuals, beneficiaries, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries in disputes concerning estates and trusts, including the management and administration thereof, the duties of fiduciaries and the interpretation of trust and estate planning instruments. In 2013, she achieved a settlement resulting in a professional trustee paying $12 million in trust funds outright to her client. In 2012, in a case of first impression, the Appeals Court upheld the Probate Court’s ruling in favor of Juliet’s client that a guardian who transferred funds of her ward to a trust after his death acted unlawfully and was required to repay those funds to the decedent’s estate. She has prevailed in numerous proceedings to remove fiduciaries of trusts and estates, and at times have uncovered egregious wrongdoing by fiduciaries in those proceedings and recovered substantial six figure fee awards. She has also tried and prevailed in a number of will contest cases.. Commercial disputes and litigation are the backbone of Juliet’s practice and her expertise in employment law and fiduciary litigation arises from her commercial litigation background. Juliet represents clients of all types and sizes in claims for breach of contract, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and claims for unfair trade practices in violation of M. G. L. c. 93A. She is frequently counsel in complex shareholder/partnership disputes in family-owned or closely-held businesses in matters relating to the operation and control of the business. She is also experienced in advising on, and litigating, matters of corporate governance, including in start-up businesses and ventures.
Joseph Demeo is Founder and Managing Partner of the law firm Demeo, LLP. The Firm handles complex commercial litigation, including: contract disputes; unfair trade practices claims; injunctions; copyright, trademark and licensing disputes; internal investigations; enforcement of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements; employment law; real estate litigation; securities litigation; and partnership and shareholder disputes. Demeo also has an excellent white collar criminal defense practice and bankruptcy practice. For many years, we have represented local and national busineses, banks and technology companies, including Fortune 500 companies. The Firm was founded in 1997. All of Demeo LLP’s attorneys have worked at large law firms and have superb litigation experience. Demeo’s lower billing rates allow us to provide sophisticated legal representation for unparalleled value.
Jonathan represents a number of Japanese businesses in a wide variety of legal matters. Jonathan's practice focuses on business and litigation, including commercial litigation, personal injury, attorney malpractice suits, criminal defense and governmental investigations, international litigation, entertainment disputes and Federal Civil Rights cases. Jonathan has conducted over 100 jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations including as a criminal prosecutor for Norfolk County, Massachusetts.. Jonathan has appeared before a host of tribunals including the Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court, the New York Supreme Court, the Rhode Island Superior Court (pro hac vice), the Massachusetts Superior Court, the New Hampshire Probate Court (pro hac vice), FINRA, the American Arbitration Association, JAMS, many professional mediators and others.. Jonathan also plays guitar and bass guitar and is the lead singer for the rock band, Jane's Great Dane (). He has played music at many venues throughout the Northeast including with Carmine and Vinnie Appice (of Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck fame), and he played viola for Michelle Shocked during seven of her shows in the Northeast. Jonathan is on the Board of the Jewish National Fund. He finds inspiration in the John Holmes quotation, “This is the world, the Kingdom I was looking for” and does his best to try to make the world a better place. Jonathan lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
John R. Felice is a shareholder of Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing, P.C. Mr. Felice's practice involves representing insurers and insureds in state and federal courts in connection with claims for coverage on general liability, property, professional liability, directors and officers liability, umbrella and excess policies, and fidelity and surety bonds. Mr. Felice also represents owners, general contractors and subcontractors in the defense of construction-related litigation, including personal injury and wrongful death, defective workmanship and breach of contract claims. Mr. Felice has litigated numerous multiparty construction cases involving scaffolding accidents, exposure to toxic substances, and building defects.. In addition to his insurance and construction practice, Mr. Felice has substantial experience representing manufacturers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in toxic tort cases pending in multiple jurisdictions. He has participated in the selection and development of expert witnesses, including medical, industrial hygiene, and naval historians. He has conducted numerous lay and expert witness depositions and successfully used those depositions to obtain favorable results before and during trial. Mr. Felice has been involved in several jury trials in the Massachusetts asbestos litigation and he recently was part of the trial team which obtained a defense verdict, after a three week jury trial, on behalf of the alleged successor-in-interest to a manufacturer of asbestos-containing products installed aboard U.S. Navy ships. This was only the third case to be tried to verdict in the Massachusetts asbestos litigation in the past decade.. Mr. Felice also represents clients in product and premises liability claims, including negligent security claims, product defect claims, and claims involving toxic exposure to mold. Finally, Mr. Felice represents sureties in all aspects of bond claims, including negotiation of project completion arrangements, handling of payment bond claims and pursuit of salvage recoveries.
James B. Re has served businesses and individuals in the Boston area with Sally & Fitch LLP since 1986.
James A. Swartz is a nationally known and respected trial attorney and consumer advocate. Mr. Swartz’ law practice is headquartered in the historic John and Ebenezer Hancock House on the Freedom Trail in Boston, Massachusetts.. James Swartz is a dedicated consumer advocate. For many years, Mr. Swartz, as a Director with the non-profit charitable corporation World Against Toys Causing Harm, Inc. (W.A.T.C.H.), has issued an annual “10 Worst Toys” list to alert parents and other consumers to the dangers of unsafe toys. James Swartz has, in recent years, been responsible for an annual press conference to alert the media and public to unsafe toy hazards. Articles about James Swartz and the W.A.T.C.H. press conference have appeared in newspapers and other print media throughout the country. As a director and founding member of W.A.T.C.H., he has been dedicated to children’s causes and committed to the creation of multidimensional education programs, including “TOYS, YOU and the REAL WORLD”, a bilingual educational curriculum which has been taught in public schools in several states.. Mr. Swartz has authored and co-authored numerous articles and book chapters relating to child, medical and product safety, including “Med Mal and Products Liability: A Dangerous Intersection”, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal (Winter 2007, Vol. 1, No. 4); “Medical Instruments And Devices”, Medical Errors And Litigation: Investigation And Case Preparation (Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., Inc., 2004); “Danger At Play”, TRIAL (November, 2003); “Fighting Mandatory Arbitration”, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal (Summer, 2002); “Hazardous Playthings Causing Injury To Children”, Children and Injuries (Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., Inc., 2001); “Holding The Electronic Game Industry Accountable For The Deleterious Effects Violent Video Games Can Have On Our Children”, Products Liability Advisory (May, 2001); “The Common Law In The New Millenium—Protecting Our Children”, Civil Trial Practice—Winning Techniques of Successful Trial Attorneys (Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., Inc., 2000); “Keeping Our Children Safe”, Facts & Findings (Nov., 1999); “Protecting Our Children”, Products Liability Advisory (Oct., 1998); and “Supreme Court Rejects Medical Device Preemption”, Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal (Nov., 1996). Mr. Swartz also provided research and editorial assistance for Toys That Kill (Vintage Books/Random House 1986), a book on toy safety authored by Edward Swartz. Mr. Swartz was appointed as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Trial Preparation Tools (James Publishing 2009).. James Swartz has testified before the New York City Council, Committee on Consumer Affairs, at a hearing regarding “Consumer Education and Safety”. He has appeared on such national television programs as “TODAY” and “EXTRA” on NBC, “American Morning” on CNN, “The American Family” and “Geraldo At Large” on Fox, “Take It Personally” on CNNfn, “Newsfront” on MSNBC, “Legal Cafe” on COURT TV, “Crook and Chase” on the Nashville Network (TNN), “Lifetime Live” on LIFETIME TELEVISION NETWORK, interviews on BLOOMBERG BUSINESS NEWS and FOX NEWS television networks, and in news reports on other national news Ruled Paper for Pleadings and Motions Mr. Swartz has also appeared on many regional television programs, including shows on the New England Cable News Network and Boston area network affiliates. Mr. Swartz has been interviewed on UPI, CBS, USA, CNN and TALK AMERICA Radio Networks, as well as many regional radio news programs.
Jacob D. Geller, Esq. is a partner at Geller Benjamin LLP. Prior to forming Geller Benjamin LLP with James Benjamin, Esq, Jacob ran Law Offices of Jacob D. Geller, which was formed in early 2011 as a general practice with a specialization in immigration and family law.. Originally from Vermont, Jacob focus on immigration law. I am a graduate of the University of Vermont where he majored in History. Following undergraduate school, he moved to Ecuador for two years where he taught English and learned Spanish. He returned from Ecuador to go to school at Suffolk University Law School, where he concentrated in international law. During law school, Jacob took every chance to both improve his Spanish and understand additional cultures. He spent one summer interning at an international corporate law firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina working on international contracts in both English and Spanish.. Both during and following law school, he learned immigration while working for one of Boston's most experienced and highly regarded immigration attorneys, assisting clients in a wide range of family and business cases. Following this, he worked for a small firm as their resident immigration expert, concentrating particularly on the Boston area Brazilian population. While at both these firms, Jacob represented numerous clients in a wide variety of cases, including deportation defense, green card (permanent resident) adjustment of status, work visas and court representation. Seeing a need to serve his clients in family law practice, Jacob added family law to his practice early on, expanding those service over the years to include divorces, custody determinations, child support, Special Immigrant Juvenile orders, and more.
I reside in Charlestown, Massachusetts with my wife Ariel. When I am not working on behalf of my clients, I enjoy coaching football for the Semi-Professional Charlestown Townies of the Eastern Footbal League, playing hockey or meeting friends for a few laughs.
I represent organizations and individuals in complex litigation and appeals in state and federal court. My practice focuses on litigating contract, business tort and statutory claims in commercial, shareholder, partnership, real estate, construction, employment, consumer protection, internet gaming and sports law disputes. I also provide strategic counseling and advocacy services for corporations and executives facing government investigations and prosecutions in regulatory enforcement and white-collar criminal matters -- particularly, in connection with actions challenging the commercial and financial operations of emerging companies with disruptive technologies. I'm licensed to practice in all Massachusetts State courts, the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
I represent general contractors, subcontractors and owners in commercial and residential construction litigation related matters. I also have experience representing owners and retailers in premises liability litigation and against claims for negligent security and false imprisonment.