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Boston, Ma, Us

Woburn, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

Consulting, legal research, drafting of legal memoranda and pleadings for commercial, corporate, securities and insurance litigation.

Boston, Massachusetts

Managed a broad array of commercial, corporate and other litigation. Tried jury and bench cases in the Superior Court and U.S. District Court. Argued, briefed or consulted upon more than 30 appeals in state and federal courts. Served as Jager Smith's in-house ethics counsel.►Argued and briefed successful appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court in a case involving issues of first impression concerning the law of negotiable instruments, abrogating the federal holder in due course doctrine in Massachusetts and vacating a judgment against the maker of a commercial promissory note.►Argued and briefed successful appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court resulting in a reversal of judgment in a case involving eminent domain takings made pursuant to a colonial statute enacted to permit the construction of roadways, which county officials invoked to create a public beach. ►Tried claims of a metal refinery for breach of a forward contract before a jury in U. S. District Court. ►Tried trademark infringement and royalty claims before a jury in U. S. District Court. ►Successfully defended agricultural cooperative as co-counsel in a jury trial in U. S. District Court involving claims that a former pesticide formulating facility caused environmental harm.►Co-counsel at 3-week Superior Court trial concerning multi-million dollar claims arising from the installation of emissions reduction equipment on two 250 megawatt fossil-fueled electric generating units in a regional power plant. ►Obtained dismissal of claims alleging abuses in the administration of public charities brought by a private party asserting special standing to litigate those claims against two non-profit organizations. ►Obtained dismissal of claims under the Securities Exchange Act and the Uniform Securities Act seeking rescission of financing agreements for the purchase of securities for the asserted reason that the sellers of the securities were unregistered broker-dealers.

Boston, Massachusetts

Taught Uniform Commercial Code - Articles 3, 4 and 4A, related statutes, case law, and regulations of the Federal Reserve Board.

Ll.M., Banking And Financial Law; Concentration In Securities Regulation

Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Arts, Philosophy