(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Commercial Litigation, Corporate Litigation, Business Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Employment Litigation, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Securities and Investments, Closely Held Businesses, Franchises, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Small Business Law, Lawsuits, Commercial Leasing.

Address

8 New England Executive Park, Suite 310
Burlington, MA 01803, (Middlesex Co.)

Phone

Phone: 781-359-9000
Fax: 781-359-9001

Website

http://www.ocmlaw.net

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Thomas N. O'Connor (Member) born 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1981, Massachusetts; 1993, Maine. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Member, Justinian Society. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Litigation.Email: Thomas N. O'Connor

Sean T. Carnathan (Member) born New York, N.Y., August 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1997, Massachusetts; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1986); University of Maine (J.D., summa cum laude, 1993); Harvard University (LL.M., 1997). Associate Editor: ABA Litigation News, 2004—; University of Maine Law Review, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to the Honorable Paul L. Rudman, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1993-1994. Author: "Just Say No to Hostile Takeovers in Massachusetts," Mass. Lawyers Weekly (Dec. 1, 2003); "Will the Company Cover an Ex-Officer's Legal Costs?" The New World of Sarbones-Oxley, Business Law Today (Sept./Oct. 2003); "Discovery in Arbitration?," Business Law Today (March/April 2001); "Patent Priority Disputes," - A Proposed Re-Definition of First-to-Invent, 49 Alabama Law Review 755 (1998); "Re-Assessing the Trial Court's Opportunity to Assess Credibility," 13 Me. Bar J. 316 (Nov. 1998); "Presenting an Attorney's Fee Application in the United States District Court for the District of Maine," 11 Me. Bar J. 244 (July 1996); "Hints on Writing Law Court Briefs from Some People Who Read Them," 9 Me. Bar J. 318 (Sept. 1994); "Due Process and the Independent Medical Examiner in the New Maine Workers Compensation Act," 45 Me. L. Rev. 123 (1993), reprinted in the Workers Comp. L. Rev. (1994). Visiting Lecturer, Tufts University, Spring 1998. Ames Fellow, Harvard Law School, 1997-1998. Board of Directors, Government Employees Credit Union of Maine, 1996-1999. Board of Directors, Improv Boston, 2005—. Member: Boston and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: M and D Cycles, Inc. b/b/a Depot Honda Kawasaki v. American Honda Motor Co., 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 14505 (1st Cir. 2003) (franchise dispute); Morningside Group Ltd. v. Morningside Capital Group LLC, 182 F.3d 133 (2d Cir. 1999) (trademark enforcement); Gentile v. SinglePoint Financial, Inc., 788 A.2d 111 (Del. 2001) (D and O dispute); M and D Cycles d/b/a Depot Honda Kawasaki v. American Honda Motor Co., 2002 DNH 176 (October 4, 2002) (franchise dispute); M and D Cycles d/b/a Depot Honda Kawasaki v. American Honda Motor Co., 2002 DNH 127 (July 8, 2002) (franchise dispute); Cape Ann Investors v. Lepone, 171 F. Supp. 2d 22 (D. Mass. 2001) (alleged securities fraud); Goodwin v. Acadia Group, Inc., 2001 WL 800064 (D. Me. July 17, 2001) (alleged securites fraud in private offering). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation.

David B. Mack (Member) born Lynn, Massachusetts, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Massachusetts; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1992); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1995). Compendium and Book Review Editor, Connecticut Journal of International Law, 1994-1995. Author: "Reynolds v. International Amateur Athletic Federation: The Need for an Independent Tribunal in International Athletic Disputes," Vol 10, No. 2 Conn. J. Int'l Law, Spring 1995. Practice Areas: Business Litigation.

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Benjamin S. Kafka (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.A., 1994); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Assistant District Attorney, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 2002. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense.

Christine M. Trowbridge (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1994); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Articles Editor, Boston University Law Review. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Christine M. Trowbridge

Kerry E. McCarron (Associate) born Arlington, Massachusetts, January 11, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Massachusetts. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., Classics, 1990); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Notes Editor, "The Schengen Convention as a Violation of International Law," 18 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L.Rev. 410 (1995). Notes and Comments Editor, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, 1994-1995. Associate: Foster & Eldridge, Cambridge, MA, 1995-1997; O'Connor, Carnathan And Mack LLC, 2007—. Counsel, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston Massachusetts, 1997-1998. Training Specialist, Lead Quality Editor, and Case Law Editor, Lexis Nexis, Miamisburg, Ohio, 2000-2005. Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Derivative Lawsuits; Fiduciary Duty Cases; Commercial Disputes.

Tara J. Myslinski (Associate) born Caribou, Maine, September 11, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Massachusetts and Maine; 2001, New York. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 1995); Boston College (J.D., 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Judicial Law Clerk, Superior Court of Maine, Portland, Maine, 1999-2000. Law Clerk, Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, P.C., 1998-1999. Associate: Holland & Knight, LLP, Boston Massachusetts, 2003-2007; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, New York, New York, 2000-2003. Member: Massachusetts, New York State and Maine State Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Derivative Lawsuits; Fiduciary Duty Cases; Commercial Disputes.

OF COUNSEL

Marlissa Shea Briggett (Of Counsel) born Somerville, Massachusetts, June 24, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New York and Massachusetts; 1994, District of Columbia. Education: Harvard University (M.A., cum laude, General Studies, 1980; A.B., English and American Literature, cum laude); Boston College Law School (J.D., 1991). Member, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1991. Attorney Advisor, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, D.C., 1995-1998. Volunteer Attorney, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994. Associate: Fitzpatrick & Vertegen, Washington, D.C., 1994-1995; Parker Chapin, New York, New York, 1991-1993. Arlington Human Rights Commission (Appointed Commissioner, 1999—; Chair, 2002-2003). Kawamura Visiting Fellowship Program (Member, Selection Committee, 1999—; Fellow, 1989). Arlington Educational Enrichment Fund (Board Member, 2002—; President, 2005—). Member: Massachusetts and New York State Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Law.