(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Labor and Employment Litigation, Environmental Law and Litigation, Insurance Defense, Commercial Litigation, Negligence and Products Liability Defense.

Address

155 Federal Street, Suite 1700
Boston, MA 02110, (Suffolk Co.)

Phone

Phone: 617-695-2330
Fax: 617-695-2335

Website

http://www.fitzhughlaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

ASSOCIATES

Barbara L. Horan (Associate) born Washington D.C.; admitted to bar, 2002, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1978); University of Minnesota (M.S., Ecology and Behavioral Biology, 1984; Ph.D., Philosophy of Science, 1985); Boston University (J.D., 2001). Graduate Fellowships: American Association of University Women, 1984-1985; National Science Foundation, 1980-1983. Recipient, Regent's Scholarship, University of Minnesota, 1979. Listed, Who's Who in American Law Students, 21st Edition, 2001. Author: "'Retained Control' and Enterprise Liability: Managing the Risk of Harm to Independent Contractors," forthcoming in Massachusetts Bar Association Section Review; "Using Hearsay to Prove State of Mind: Rule 803(3) in Action," Proof, American Bar Association Journal of Trial Evidence, Winter 2009; "Review of Concepts and Methods in Evolutionary Biology" (Brandon, 1996), 107 Philosophical Review: 483-486, 1998; "Theoretical Modeling in Biology," Georgia Journal of Science 54, 1995; "Biological Complexity," 53 Georgia Journal of Science: 591, 1995; "Inference to the Unobservable: Newton's Experimental Philosophy," in Scientific Methods: Conceptual and Historical Problems, ed. P. Achinstein and L. Snyder, Malamar FL: Krieger Press, 1-15, 1994; "The Statistical Character of Evolutionary Theory," 61 Philosophy of Science 76-95, 1994; "What Price Optimality?" Essay review of "The Latest on the Best—Essays on Evolution and Optimality" (Dupré, ed. 1987), 7 Biology and Philosophy: 89-109, 1992; "Functional Explanations in Sociobiology," 4 Biology and Philosophy: 131-158, 1989; "Functional Expiations in Sociobiology A Reply to Critics," 4 Biology and Philosophy: 205-228, 1989; "Theoretical Models, Biological Complexity, and the Semantic View of Theories," in A. Fine, M. Forbes & J. Leplin, eds. PSA: 1988, Vol. 2, E. Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, 1988; "Sociobiology and the Semantic View of Theories," in A. Fine & P. Machamer, eds. PSA: 1986, Vol. 1, E. Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, 1986; " Review of Inductive Arguments: A Field Guide," 2nd ed. (Moore, 1989, 170pp), Teaching Philosophy, 1989. Co-Author: with Alex Rosenberg and Leslie Graves, "Is Indeterminism the Source of the Statistical Character of Evolutionary Theory?" 66 Philosophy of Science, 140-157, 1999. Associate Professor of Philosophy, Georgia Southern University, 1994-1998. Chair, Philosophy Program, 1996-1997. Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1991. Visiting Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1990. Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Oberlin College, 1989-1990. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Maryland, 1985-1994. Member: American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Lopez v. Equity Office Management, LLC, 597 F.Supp.2d 189 (D.Mass. 2009); DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc., 561 F.Supp.2d 131 (D.Mass.2008); Pelletier v. Main Street Textiles, C.A. No. 02-10130 NMG, Top Defense Jury Verdict of 2005, Aff'd 470 F.3d 48 (1st Cir. 2006); Menard v. Allied Motor Group, 19 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 249 (2005); Evansek v. Allied Systems, Ltd. ,19 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 129 (2005). Practice Areas: Civil and Commercial Litigation.

Susan M. Morrison (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, September 22, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of New Rochelle (B.A., 1984); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1988). Author of the Firm's Lead Paint Handbook for use by Claims Professionals for the Defense of such cases; "Get the Lead Out: A Guide to Litigating Lead Paint Claims in New England and New York," 1995. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Charlton Memorial Hospital v. The Foxbord Co. et al, 818 FSupp. 456, 1993. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Products Liability.

Jeffrey A. Novins (Associate) born Bay Shore, New York, June 13, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; 1991, Massachusetts; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1986); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Member, Boston University School of Law Annual Review of Banking Law, 1987-1989. Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation.

Edward P. O'Leary (Associate) born Worcester, Massachusetts, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1988, Massachusetts; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., Social Thought and Political Economy, 1983); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Member: New Hampshire and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Boardman v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America 337 F.3d 9 (1st Cir. 2003); Washington v. State Street Bank & Trust Co., 2001 WL 812315 (1st Cir. 2001) (per curium); McLaughlin v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 319 F.Supp.2d 115 (D.Mass. 2004); Carlton v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 596 F.Supp.2d 135 (D.Me.2009); Nicholson v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 235 F.Supp.2d 22 (D.Me. 2003); Wilson v. Globe Specialty Products, Inc., 117 F.Supp.2d 92 (D.Mass. 2000); Reder v. Travelers Plan Adm'rs of Connecticut, Inc., 44 F.Supp.2d (D.Mass. 1999); Doe v. The Travelers Ins. Co., 971 F.Supp. 623 (D.Mass.1997), aff'd in part & rev'd in part, 167 F.3d 43 (1999); Derochers v. Manchester Body & Fender, Inc., 1995 WL 902194 (D. N.H. 1995); Camire v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, Inc., 822 F.Supp. 846 (D. N.H. 1993); Robinson v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 1999 WL 1221958 (Mass. Super.), aff'd in part and rev'd in part, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 244 (2002); Colton v. The Prudential Ins. Co. America, 48 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 (2000) (table); Derco Trk. & Eq. v. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, 1995 Mass. App. Div. 64 (1995); In Re Villenueve, 167 Vt. 709 (1998). Practice Areas: ERISA; Life and Health Insurance; Disability Insurance; Employment Law; Products Liability.

Sonia L. Skinner (Associate) born Bedford, England, July 28, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Maryland; 1996, Massachusetts; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1987); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1993). Recipient, Full Academic Scholarship, Boston University, 1983-1987. Research Fellow, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1988. Member: Women's Bar Association (Member, WBA Board of Directors, 2004-2006; Co-Chair, WBA Women of Color Committee, 2004—). Reported Cases: Shu-Ra Ali v. City of Boston, 441 Mass. 233 (2004). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Discrimination Defense; Securities Arbitration Defense.

David J. Volkin (Associate) born Norwood, Massachusetts, July 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., B.S., cum laude, 1992); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1995). [Lt., U.S. Navy, JAGC, 1995-2000; LCDR-JAGC, U.S. Navy Reserve, 2000—]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance Defense; General Litigation.