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• Currently representing over 200+ investors who collectively lost over $300 million in multiple collapsed hedge funds based in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
• Recovered $30 million for investors in a shuttered New York hedge fund through targeted litigation against the audit firm that blessed the fund’s rosy financial statements.
• Led recovery efforts on behalf of thirty investors in a near billion dollar “Ponzi” scheme that resulted in a $50 million+ return to investor groups and hundreds of millions of dollars for the receivership.
• Represented one of the largest institutional investors in the FTX crypto implosion, crafting a strategic plan to recover their massive loss.
• Recovered $48 million on behalf of a large group of victims in the fourth largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.
• Recovered nearly $50 million for a family office in one of Massachusetts’ largest defalcation cases, including a ten-figure settlement against a Big Four accounting firm for aiding and abetting the theft.
• Recovered a $15 million arbitration award against an international financial services and brokerage firm for negligent securities options trading by an escrow agent.
• Secured a multi-million recovery for the estate and family of a former Massachusetts governor resulting from the largest attorney theft ever recorded in Massachusetts.
• Tried numerous cases to verdict, including a $9.2 million verdict against a brokerage firm that aided and abetted theft of escrow funds.
• Secured a significant settlement for a group of 100+ victims of an agricultural cooperative who suffered losses due to violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• Secured a $20.5 million judgment in a shareholder derivative action against a renewable energy business.
• After a multi-week trial, won judgment on behalf of partners in a closely held corporation relating to investment banking business.
• Recovered a multi-million-dollar judgment after a jury trial in a complex real estate partnership dispute.
• Obtained an eight-figure legal malpractice settlement on the eve of trial against one of the country’s largest law firms.
• Convinced the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that well-established and licensed ticket agencies did not violate state ticket scalper laws.
• Obtained a multi-million-dollar judgment, double damages, and the imposition of attorneys’ fees for violations of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute, after a two-week jury trial on behalf of an international health care company working to secure FDA approval of an MRI imaging agent.
• Obtained $6.4 million award for breach of a distribution agreement by industrial manufacturer, including double damages and attorneys’ fees under G.L. c. 93A.
• Prevailed in a week-long arbitration on behalf of a manufacturer and distributor of financial security devices, who was sued for breach of contract. All plaintiffs’ claims were rejected, and the arbitrator awarded damages to our client in a “bet-the-company” case.
• Secured seven-figure settlement for one of the country’s largest suppliers to retail industry in a case against one of America’s largest big box retailers.
• Conducted independent investigation on behalf of quasi-public agency involving alleged violations of public bidding process.
• Conducted months long investigation for one of Massachusetts’ largest cities related to multi-million-dollar deficit spending.
• Cleared a New England defense contractor from alleged violations of the Arms Export Control Act after a multi-year grand jury investigation.
• Conducted independent investigation for Audit Committee of publicly traded biotech company related to allegations of accounting fraud and product recall issues.
• Successfully defended a Massachusetts state agency against a host of state and federal claims for violations of numerous complex statutes relating to the closure of military bases. Defended four separate and parallel actions and an appeal to the First Circuit.
• Successfully defended the Governor of Massachusetts and the Department of Public Health in a dozen of lawsuits filed by rejected applicants seeking licenses to operate medical marijuana dispensaries.
• Saved an international retail chain over $15 million through aggressive litigation and work-out of long-term commercial lease commitments.
• Won a summary judgment for major New England real estate developer in a toxic tort action brought by a condominium owner.
• Vacated a multi-million-dollar real estate attachment against our client, by persuading the Court to disqualify plaintiff’s expert on a motion for summary judgment, which utterly rejected plaintiff’s theory of the case.
• Won two separate appeals, after a trial in land court, permitting the use of an easement, enabling our client to build a 200-plus unit housing development in a Boston suburb.
• Won a federal court trial resulting in a permanent injunction against an employee of one of the nation’s fastest growing technology companies who misappropriated trade secrets and breached a non-competition and non-solicitation agreement.
• Successfully dismissed Wage Act claim and prevailed on summary judgment on all remaining claims against healthcare employer for breach of employment contract, promissory estoppel, and misrepresentation.
• Obtained dismissal of libel and Massachusetts Civil Rights Act claims brought by a national real estate brokerage firm against prominent Boston real estate development firm and negotiated favorable settlement of remaining claims.
• Cleared the name of the former number two tennis player in the world – – in an internationally covered trial who was wrongly accused of taking banned substances.
• Represented MBTA and commuter rail in the most serious commuter rail accidents, including resolution of complex insurance and indemnity issues, resulting in pre-trial settlements for a fraction of the damages sought by plaintiffs.
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