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.
Practice Areas: Construction & Development, Business, Contracts & Agreements, Libel & Slander, Arbitration, Litigation
As chair of the firm's litigation practice, I specialize in business litigation and construction law. My experience includes all phases of litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Prior to entering the legal profession, I worked as a subcontractor in the construction industry for several years. I currently represent many area construction material suppliers and subcontractors for a variety of issues.
100 State Street, 9th Floor , Boston , Massachusetts 02109
Practice Areas: Litigation
Dedicated attorney driven on getting the best results for my client. I am available 24/7 and will always be dillegent in my wholehearted representation of my clients.
Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Business , Civil , Construction , Employment & Labor , Insurance , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Insurance, Employment & Labor, Construction & Development, Mediation
Chris advises and defends companies, organizations and individuals on contracts and agreements, construction and development, workforce management and product integrity and safety. His clients are local and national, and represent industries as diverse as real estate, construction, manufacturing, health care, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and food services. Chris also represents public officials and political candiates on election law and public policy matters.. Chris also brings his expereince as a trial lawyer to work with clients on advise, risk management, negotiation, mediation, arbitration and courtroom strategy.
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Christian developed extensive experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation matters and appeals. He handles actions from initial complaint to final judgment, and represents clients at mediations, arbitrations, and trials. Christian offers clients deep experience concerning various business litigation matters, including contract disputes, breach of warranty actions, claims involving non-compete, non-disclosure, and non-solicitation agreements, and actions involving unfair and deceptive acts and practices. Recognizing that trade secrets and other intellectual property often comprise the decisive advantage a business has over its competitors, Christian also enjoys advising clients about how to protect their information and ideas. He has successfully represented clients in litigation matters concerning trade secret misappropriation, patent matters, trademark infringement, and misappropriation of confidential business information. Christian also has years of experience helping clients in construction disputes, tort matters, and probate and fiduciary litigation.. Christian also has extensive appellate experience on the state and federal level including drafting motions, briefs, and conducting oral argument in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and drafting petitions for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. Christian has had success in affirming and overturning rulings from lower courts. One of Christian’s appellate victories earned him a front page article in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
1 International Place, 8th Floor , Boston , Massachusetts 02110
Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Constitutional , Consumer Protection, Discrimination, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Professional Malpractice, Sexual Harassment, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation
Over the past 40 years, the focus of my Boston law practice has been on litigation and trial work in the areas of legal malpractice, business litigation and personal injury.. My law firm is based in Boston, Massachusetts, but I have successfully handled cases in Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. In addition, I will consult on cases in other states in cooperation with local counsel.. I am widely known for my experience and success in the area of legal malpractice. I take pride in helping ordinary people who are the victims of legal negligence recover compensation for their losses. I also advise clients when it is possible to appeal decisions lost because of their lawyer's mistakes.. Beyond legal malpractice, I have a track record of success in business litigation as well as personal injury cases such as dog bites and motor vehicle accidents.. My goal is always to help my clients resolve legal issues without litigation and in the shortest possible time through out-of-court negotiations, mediation and arbitration. However, when a favorable negotiated settlement is not possible, I bring to bear more than 30 years of experience arguing cases at all levels of the court systems in Massachusetts and other New England states.. I frequently handle cases on a contingency basis, meaning there are no attorney fees unless I recover a judgment or settlement in your favor. I have an extensive record of winning positive results for my clients.
One Constitutional Plaza , Boston , Massachusetts 02129
Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Premises Liability, Products Liability, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Business, Insurance, Employment & Labor, Defective and Dangerous Products, Litigation, Life Insurance
One of the firm's principal trial attorneys, I have tried cases in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Georgia. Practice concentrates on civil litigation and the defense of products liability, transportation, officers and directors, professional liability, negligence and insurance coverage matters in New England.. I serve as trial counsel for Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Tyco, Allied Waste, and other major corporations. He is also trial counsel for a variety of insurers, including Chartis, Chubb, AON, CNA and Great American.
I have been a Boston-area litigator and trial lawyer since 1997. I act as outside general counsel to Massachusetts businesses. I also assist minority and majority owners of close corporations, family businesses, limited liability companies and similar business entities regarding disputes such as freeze outs, hiring and firing and monetary disputes. I spend my free time playing pick-up basketball and flag football and doing outdoor activities with my wife and two young daughers, including biking, hiking and going to the beach.
Practice Areas: Assault & Battery, Automobile Accidents, Boating Accidents, Civil , Civil Rights, Criminal Defense , Drug Crimes, DUI/DWI, Education , Felonies, Head and Spinal Injuries, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, Criminal Defense, Violent Crime, Sexual Harassment, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Defective and Dangerous Products, Car Accidents, Slip and Fall Accident, Litigation
Recently nominated as one of the top 100 criminal defense attorneys in Massachusetts. I have over 20 years of experience in criminal and civil litigation. My focus has always been to obtain the best possible results for my clients in the areas of personal injury, products and premises liability as well as criminal offenses ranging from DUI and drug offenses, to major felonies.
265 Franklin Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02110
Practice Areas: Litigation
Tony Sbarra is a Shareholder at Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing, P.C. Mr. Sbarra concentrates his practice in civil litigation with an emphasis on products liability and toxic torts. He defends manufacturers of automobiles, light, medium and heavy trucks, construction equipment, farm/agricultural equipment and other products in products liability cases. He also defends toxic tort actions, particularly those involving asbestos. He has served as lead examining counsel in multiple lay and expert depositions throughout the country and has experience in the direct and cross-examination of epidemiologists, industrial hygienists, pathologists, naval historians and practitioners of occupational medicine, among others. He has been a member of asbestos trial teams for major motor vehicle and other product manufacturers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, and has tried asbestos cases to verdict in New York. Mr. Sbarra began his litigation career at a midsized suburban firm where he focused his practice on the preparation and trial of cases involving personal injury and wrongful death, premises liability, products liability, construction, automobile liability, intellectual property and insurance related matters. He then became a Shareholder at a major Boston trial firm, defending products liability and toxic tort cases. He has over twenty years of experience litigating cases and has tried to verdict more than 30 Superior Court and 60 District Court actions and arbitrated or mediated several hundred cases. He has also served as an arbitrator in civil actions involving personal injury and has been appointed as guardian ad litem for injured persons in such cases.. Mr. Sbarra has served on the faculty for numerous continuing legal education programs sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association and for the insurance industry. He has aslo lectured at national programs for the Defense Research Institute and the American Conference Institute.. Mr. Sbarra is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. He has received the Preeminent AV rating from Martindale Hubbell and has been elected by his fellow trial lawyers as an Associate Member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He is a Past President of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association (MassDLA) and is a member of its Board of Directors. He was also named a Super Lawyer by the publishers of Law & Politics and Boston Magazine in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Additionally, he belongs to the American Bar Association and is the chair-elect of the Products Liability Committee of its Tort Trial and Insurance Section, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Rhode Island Bar Association, the Defense Counsel of Rhode Island and in 2014 was elected as the Massachusetts State Representative to the Defense Research Institute.. Tony and his wife and children were affiliated with the Chernobyl Children’s Project, having served as a host family for five years. Tony is also a sustaining member of the Minuteman Club and an avid supporter of UMass/Amherst football and basketball.
Andrea's litigation practice focuses on employment law, probate and trust litigation and tort litigation. She has extensive experience in product liability litigation and the defense of electric utilities in complex liability cases. Andrea has successfully tried cases in both state and federal courts and has appeared extensively before administrative agencies including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Massachusetts Division of Insurance. She has argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.. Andrea is a 1976 cum laude graduate of Smith College and a 1987 magna cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School. She also holds a Masters in Social Work from New York University. Since 2004, Law and Politics has recognized Andrea as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in its annual list published in Boston Magazine. Only 5% of the lawyers in Massachusetts are awarded that designation. Since 2013, Andrea has been listed in Best Lawyers in America, a highly esteemed, national peer review guide of attorneys.
144 Turnpike Rd Ste 350 , Boston , Massachusetts 02114
Practice Areas: Litigation, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury, Construction & Development
I am a strategic litigator helping my clients find the best available solutions to their problems. I represent businesses and individuals in commercial and construction disputes ranging from breaches of contract to trade secrets violations, to defective workmanship claims, to partnership disputes. I have deep experience in risk management, ADR, state and federal courts, and appeals.
101 Huntington Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts 02199
Practice Areas: Labor , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation
Al is a member of Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C. He concentrates his practice in all areas of civil litigation, having tried numerous cases before judges and juries. Al's focus involves complex business issues, primarily involving contract disputes and employment issues. He also has a broad depth of experience in family and probate law. He is the chairman of the firm's Hospitality Practice Group, which offers legal assistance from leasing to franchising and licensing for a diverse clientele which includes local restaurants and lodging businesses as well as nationally known chains.
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