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| | Address | | One Beacon Street, 16th Floor | | Boston, Massachusetts 02108 | | (Suffolk Co.) | | | |
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| Sally & Fitch LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Practice devoted exclusively to complex civil and criminal litigation at the Trial and Appellate levels, both in State and Federal Courts. | | Year Established: 1984 | Firm Profile:
Sally & Fitch LLP represents leading corporations, insurance companies, utilities, banking institutions and individuals in the broad range of cases litigated in the federal and state courts of the Commonwealth. The firm possesses outstanding qualifications in the areas of General Business, Tort, Insurance, Banking, Real Estate, Divorce and Probate, Employment, Environmental, Maritime and White-Collar Criminal Defense Litigation. | | Firm Size: 20 |
Other Office Locations of Sally & Fitch LLP
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Francis J. Sally (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 5, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, Massachusetts; 1971, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1995, Rhode Island, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island. Education: Boston College (B.S., 1966); Suffolk University (J.D., 1970). Lecturer, MCLE, Trial Advocacy Institute, 1978-—. Commissioner, Dedham - Westwood Water District, 1975-1996. Formerly with Bingham, Dana & Gould, 1970-1984. Member: Maritime Law Association. Reported Cases: Garweth Corp. v. Boston Edison Co., 415 Mass. 303 (1993); Bank of Boston v. Haufler, 20 Mass.App.Ct. 668 (1985); Marcial Ucin, S.A. v. SS Galicia, 723 F.2d 994, 38 Fed.R.Serv.2d 407 (1st Cir. 1983). Practice Areas: Banking Litigation; Insurance; Tort; Employment; Maritime; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Francis J. Sally | | Jonathan W. Fitch (Member) born Akron, Ohio, September 18, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, Massachusetts; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1994, Rhode Island; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Yale University (M.P.P.M., 1978); Boston College (J.D., 1982). Author: "The Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments in Massachusetts," 81 Mass. Law Review, 65. (1996). Panelist, MCLE, "Title Insurance," (1996). Member, Dover Conservation Commission, 1992-1994. Formerly with Bingham, Dana & Gould, 1982-1984. Reported Cases: Podell v. Lahn, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 688 (1995); F.D.I.C. v. Elio, 39 F.3d 1239 (1st Cir. 1994); Latino PAC, Inc. v. City of Boston, 716 F.2d 68 (1st Cir. 1983), stay denied, 463 U.S. 1319 (1983). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use; Litigation; Banking Litigation; Employment Litigation; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Jonathan W. Fitch | | James B. Re (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, October 11, 1946; admitted to bar, 1981, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston State College (B.A., 1976); Suffolk University (J.D., 1981). Visiting Faculty Member, Harvard Law School, Winter Trial Advocacy Workshop, 1990—. Formerly with: Kilburn & Associates, 1985-1986; Bingham, Dana & Gould, 1981-1985. Member: Maritime Law Association. Reported Cases: Heinrich v. Sweet, F.3d, 2002 WL 1941483 (1st Cir. 2002); Willis v. Lipton, 947 F.2d 998, RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 7870 (1st Cir. 1991); City of Boston v. S.S. TEXACO TEXAS, 773 F.2d 1396, 1986 A.M.C. 676 (1st Cir. 1985); Alexander v. Trustees of Boston University, 766 F.2d 630, 54 USI.W 2033, 26 Educ.L.Rep. 55 (1st Cir. 1985); Maddalone v. Okada Shosen, KK, 756 F.2d 886, 1986 A.M.C. 304, 1 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1084 (1st Cir. 1985); Marcial Ucin, S.A. v. SS GALICIA, 723 F.2d 994, 38 Fed.R.Serv. 2d 407 (1st Cir. 1983); Goulet v. Whitin Mach. Works, Inc., 399 Mass. 547, 506 N.E. 2d 95 (1987). Practice Areas: Maritime; Products Liability; Tort; Complex Business Litigation. Email: James B. Re | | Andrea Peraner-Sweet (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, April 1, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, Massachusetts; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1994, Rhode Island; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island. Education: Smith College (A.B., cum laude, 1976); New York University (M.S.W., 1980); Boston College (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Recipient: First Prize, Grimes Moot Court Competition, 1986; Award in recognition of work on behalf of battered women, Womens Bar Association of Massachusetts, 1992. Instructor, Boston College Law School, 1996-1999. Member, Westford Planning Board, 1997—. Reported Cases: F.D.I.C. v. Cobblestone Corp., 1992 WL 333961 (D. Mass. 1992) Practice Areas: Insurance; Tort; Banking Litigation; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Andrea Peraner-Sweet | | Stephen C. Reilly (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1991, District of Columbia. Education: Middlebury College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1986); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Panelist, MCLE, "Massachusetts Discovery Practice," 2002. Author: "Creating a Discovery Plan," Chapter 3 of Massachusetts Discovery Practice, MCLE, Inc. 2002). Formerly with Hale and Dorr, 1989-1995. Reported Cases: Bergendahl v. Massachusetts Electric Company, 45 Mass.App.Ct. 715 (1998), review denied, 428 Mass. 111 (1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 929 (1999) (authored prevailing appellee's brief). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Banking Litigation; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Stephen C. Reilly | | Kurt S. Kusiak (Member) born Springfield, Massachusetts, January 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1984); Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Member, Boston University Law Review. Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar. Law Clerk, Hon. A. David Mazzone, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts, 1991-1992. Author: MCLE Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Jury Instructions on Eminent Domain Cases, 1998—. Formerly with: Ropes & Gray, 1992-1996; Todd & Weld LLP, 1996-2000. Director, PAIR Project, 1995—. [Captain, USAF, 1984-1988]. Reported Cases: Segrets, Inc. v. Gillman Knitware Co., Inc., 42 F.Supp.2d 58 (D.Mass. 1998), aff'd in part, 207 F.3d 56 (1st Cir. 2000), cert denied, 121 S.Ct 76 (2000). Practice Areas: Banking Litigation; Insurance; Tort; Employment; Maritime Law; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Kurt S. Kusiak | | Peter E. Ball (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, March 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1986, New York. Education: Brown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Executive Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. Law Clerk to Hon. Leonard B. Sand, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1985-1986. Co-Author: Ball & Pickett, "Parallel Criminal and Civil Prosecutions in Massachusetts Federal Court: Double Trouble or Hidden Opportunity for the Defendant," Boston Bar Journal (November/December 2002); Blum & Ball, "American Courts in Aid of Foreign Litigation: Discovery in the U.S. by Litigants in Proceedings Outside the U.S.," 9 Int'l Company & Commercial Law Review 146 (May, 1998). Author: "No Justice by the Numbers: The Federal Sentencing Guidelines Misadventure," Commonweal (Oct. 8, 1993). Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Eastern District of New York, 1986-1990. Associate, 1990-1994 and Member, 1994-2002, Hill & Barlow. Reported Cases: North Bridge Assocs., Inc. v. Boldt, F.3d (1st Cir. 2001); Dukakis v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 53 F.3d 361 (D.C. Cir. 1995); U.S. v. Butt, 955 F.2d 77 (1st Cir. 1992). Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Litigation; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Peter E. Ball | | John Miller (Member) born May 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Massachusetts; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., with honors, 1988); Northeastern University (J.D., 1994). Member, American bar Association Forum on Construction Industry, 1998-2005. Author: "Advanced Project Delivery Systems," American Bar Association, 1998. Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University School of Law, 1993. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate; Construction Litigation. Email: John Miller | | Jennifer E. Greaney (Member) born Holyoke, Massachusetts, May 24, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Massachusetts. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1992); Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Recipient, Melville M. Bigelow Scholarship Award for demonstrating greatest promise as a scholar and teacher of law. Member, American Journal of Law and Medicine. Formerly with Goulston & Storrs, P.C., 1999-2001. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation. Email: Jennifer E. Greaney | | Steven E. Gurdin (Partner) born 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Massachusetts; 1995, New York. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1990); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1994). Member, Albany Law School Moot Court Board, 1992-1993. Moderator, Family Court Judicial Forum, 2003-2008, Chair, Divorce Law Basics, 2004-2008, Panelist, Family Law Trial Advocacy Workshop, 2005-2008 and Probate Litigation Basics, 2006, and Member, Family Law Curriculum Advisory Committee, 2006—, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. Co-Author: "An Overview of Alimony," 98 MCLE 10:21. Participated in authoring section on Discovery in Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's Divorce Law Practice Manual. Presenter, "Recent Developments in Fiduciary Litigation," Boston Bar Association Trust and Estates Section. Associate, 1995-2002 and Partner, 2003-2008, Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP. Member: Boston (Co-Chair: Family Law Section, 2008—; Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section, 2006-2008) and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Probate Litigation. Email: Steven E. Gurdin | | OF COUNSEL | | William A. McCormack (Of Counsel) born Winchester, Massachusetts, August 15, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Massachusetts; 1968, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1964; LL.B., 1967). Best Speaker, N.E. Region, National Moot Court Competition; Winner, Grimes Moot Court Comp. Recipient, Nicholson Leadership Award, Boston College, 1998. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Adjunct Faculty, Boston College Law School, 1991—. Mediator, Massachusetts Chapter, American College of Trial Lawyers, Superior Court Mediator Panel. Author: "Innovative Trial Techniques," Counting Down to Trial, MCLE, 2000; "Shareholder Derivative Actions in Massachusetts," Shareholder Litigation, MCLE, 1999; "Trial Evidence," Practical Skills Course, MCLE, 1980-1985; "Appellate Practice in the Courts of the Commonwealth," Practical Skills Course, MCLE, 1976-1980. Co-author: "Lost Profits and the New Business," Recovery of Damages for Lost Profits, MCLE, 1996; "Summary Judgment: A Strengthened Focus," Boston Bar Association Journal, May/June, 1992. Contributing Author, Sanctions: Rule Eleven and Other Powers, American Bar Association (2 ed. 1988; 3 ed, 1991); "Consumer Credit Market Legislation," 1968 Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law, Little Brown and Co., 1969. Supreme Judicial Court Appointee, Overseer of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. Member, Board of Overseers, Boston College Law School. Member, Boston College Law School Alumni Association (President, 2005; Alumni Council, 1998—). Member: Boston (Member, Civil Litigation Council, 1983-1986; Chair, Civil Procedure Committee, 1986; Law Day Committee, 2002-2005; Ethics Committee, 1992-2000), Massachusetts (Member, Civil Litigation Council, 1982-1985; Chair, Federal Bar Committee, 1982-1985) and American Bar Associations; American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow, 1988—; Member, Mass. State Committee, 2003—); Boston Inn of Court (President, 1990-1992; Treasurer and Chair Fund Raising Committee, 1999-2003; Member, Executive Committee, 1990—); Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Tort; Products Liability. Email: William A. McCormack | | COUNSEL | | Robert M. Mendillo (Counsel) born Providence, Rhode Island, August 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois; 1981, Massachusetts. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., with highest distinction, 1976); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Member, Boston College Law Review, 1978-1980. Lecturer in Law, Boston University School of Law, 1984-1985; 1987-1989. Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, Massachusetts Department of the Attorney General, 1986-1989. Reported Cases: Baione v. City of Boston, 2003 WL 79034 (D.Mass.); lainer v. City of Boston, 95 F. Supp. 2d 17 (D.Mass. 2000); Williams v. Resolution GGF OY 417 Mass. 377 (1994); Veryfine Products, Inc. v. Colon Bros., Inc., 799 F.Supp. 240 (D. Puerto Rico 1992); Messere v. Commissioner of Correction, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 542 (1989); Lanier v. Fair, 876 F.2d 243 (1st Cir. 1989); palmariello v. Superintendent of M.C.I. Norfolk, 873 F.2d 491 (1st Cir. 1989); Martens v. Shannon, 836 F. 2d 715 (1st Cir. 1989); Martens v. Shannon, 836 F.2d 715 (1st Cir. 1989); Commonwealth v. Clancy, 402 Mass. 664 (1988); McCastle, petitioner, 401 Mass. 664 (1988); DuPont v. Superior Court, 401 Mass. 122 (1987); Applications of Kansas City Star, 666 F.2d 1168 (8th Cir. 1981). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Law; Appellate Practice; Civil Rights. Email: Robert M. Mendillo | | Kevin R. Connelly (Counsel) born Boston, Massachusetts, February 20, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Massachusetts; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1989); New England School of Law (J.D., 1993). 2003 MCLE Child Support and Alimony Update. Member, Volunteer Lawyers Project. Member: Boston (Member, Family Law Steering Committee) Bar Association. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Probate; Civil Litigation. Email: Kevin R. Connelly | | Heather V. Baer (Counsel) born Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, October 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Massachusetts; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Macalester College (B.A., 1990); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Hennessey Scholar. Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, 1994-1998. Practice Areas: Maritime Law; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Heather V. Baer | | ASSOCIATES | | Alexander Klibaner (Associate) born Moscow, Russia, April 25, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit 2004, Massachusetts. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1996); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Author: Robert Spagat and Alex Klibaner, "What You Don't Know About Your Employees Can Hurt You: Managing Invisible Disabilities in the Workplace," 26 San Francisco Attorney 35 (February/March 2000). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Lawyers' Club of San Francisco (Board of Governor's, 1999-2002). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Litigation; Sexual Harassment; Wrongful Termination; Discrimination; Mediation. | | Amber Anderson Villa (Associate) born Torrance, California, June 22, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Colorado College (B.A., 1997); Boston College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Order of the Coif. Author: "Disabled Without Benefits: The Impact of Recent Social Security Reforms on Disabled Children," Boston College Law Review, Dec. 1999. Member: Boston Bar Association. Reported Cases: Currie v. Matesanz, 281 F.3d 261 (1st Cir. 2002); Danalpour v. McLarey, 286 F.3d1 (1st Cir. 2003). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Products Liability Litigation. Email: Amber Anderson Villa | | Thomas J. Schlesinger (Associate) born June 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1986, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1994, Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1982); Suffolk University (J.D., 1985). Member, Suffolk University Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: New Hampshire Denies Parent's Claim for Loss of Society When Child Negligently Injured or Killed, 19 Suffolk L.R. 193. Lecturer: "The Law of Evidence," Cambridge Institute, 1988-1989; "Retail Leasing," MCLE, 2001. Member: American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: McDonough v. Marr Scaffolding Co., 412 Mass. 636 (1992); Crack-Sealing, Inc. v. Lucini Motor Sales, Inc. and Nissan Diesel America, Inc., 56 Mass.App. Ct. 1117 (2002). Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Premises Liability; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Contracts. Email: Thomas J. Schlesinger | | Barbara L. Drury (Associate) born Beverly, Massachusetts, August 21, 1972; admitted to bar, 2003, Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Barbara L. Drury | | William G. Cosmas (Associate) born New York, New York, December 16, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Massachusetts; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 2001); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: Boston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: William G. Cosmas | | Ashly E. Scheufele (Associate) born Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 31, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Massachusetts. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 2004); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: Boston Bar Association; Women's Bar Association Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation(100%). Email: Ashly E. Scheufele | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Providence, Rhode Island Office: 56 Pine Street, 02903. Telephone: 401-521-6500. Fax: 401-274-2780.
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