Primary Office
Civil Litigation
- Recovered a verdict in excess of $2 million in an eminent domain case following a six-day jury trial in Boston.
- Recovered a jury verdict of $1.6 million arising out of a breach of contract claim for unpaid sales commissions and a termination fee.
- Obtained a jury verdict on a claim of an oral agreement to form a business partnership and a claim that the business agreed to satisfy significant financial obligations assumed personally by the plaintiff.
- Obtained a sizeable award of actual and punitive damages, as well as attorneys' fees, following a federal court jury trial regarding unlawful email intrusion by the client's business partner.
- Prevailed in a First Circuit appeal upholding a $1.2 million summary judgment award obtained in an international breach of contract action concerning the enforceability of a non-renewal damages provision.
- Secured a $4 million judgment, which included treble damages and attorneys' fees, recognized by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as one of the top judgments of 2011 for a candy manufacturer against a vendor and employee for conversion, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud by establishing liability on the basis of the defendants' assertion of Fifth Amendment rights.
- Obtained summary judgment for the client in an infringement action concerning a patented method for airline luggage inspection and related lock technology.
- Obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of a Fortune 100 telecommunications company during a labor dispute that prohibited striking employees from obstructing vehicular access to company property.
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