Experience

John is a founding partner based in the firm’s Boston office.  He has been trying cases for the past 40 years and currently concentrates in the areas of product and general liability claims, construction defect claims, professional liability claims - including physicians, architects, engineers, accountants and attorneys - and employment discrimination claims.  He also has tried, arbitrated and mediated significant commercial disputes arising from the sale or dissolution of partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies. He has tried more than 190 jury trials to verdict, including trials as long as three months.  

John also advises Fortune 500 corporations that are confronted with allegations of waste of assets, procurement fraud, loss of inventory and theft of proprietary information.  He has successfully managed special audit investigations that have resulted in the recovery of substantial monies lost to fraud, the removal of irresponsible management personnel and the criminal prosecution of wrongdoers identified by the investigation. These investigations have been conducted in a manner designed to identify and remove the perpetrators of fraud and corporate waste, to ensure compliance with appropriate standards of business ethics and to protect against potential retaliatory litigation.

John began his career as a prosecutor, serving for 14 years in the Office of the District Attorney for Suffolk County (Boston).  During his tenure as a prosecutor, he served as the Senior Trial Counsel for the Major Violators Division and served for eight years as the Chief of the Homicide Division.  Following his move to the civil practice of law, he was retained to represent the Governor of the Commonwealth, as well as the Massachusetts Attorney General and the Secretary of Public Safety.  

John also served on the faculty of the National College of District Attorneys from 1982 until 1987.  He has been an adjunct Professor of Law at the New England School of Law, since 1987, concentrating in criminal procedure courses.  Additionally, he has served as an arbitrator for the resolution of cases pending in the courts of the Commonwealth.  John’s civic and professional activities also buttress his trial practice.  His work in environmental litigation has been enhanced by his role as a Conservation Commissioner for the Town of Milton, since 1993, where he currently serves as the Commission Chairman.