Why Nutter for Litigation
Nutter litigators enjoy a national reputation based on their superior skills both in and out of the courtroom. We aggressively and effectively represent clients from pre-litigation counseling through the litigation process, including discovery, trial and appeal, as well as alternative dispute resolution where appropriate. We pride ourselves in achieving positive outcomes for our clients through sound strategy, intense preparation, and steadfast advocacy.
Our Team
Our litigators are prominent and highly respected members of the legal and business communities. Many of them have served in leadership positions in the American, Boston, and Massachusetts Bar Associations, and the Commonwealth's Judicial Nominating Committee. Some of them appear in The Best Lawyers in America, teach at Boston law schools, and are nationally published. Among our partners are:
Two fellows of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers
A former first assistant U.S. attorney, chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, and senior trial attorney in the Department of Justice
A former assistant U.S. attorney and chief of the economic crimes unit for the District of Massachusetts
A former justice of the Massachusetts Superior and Probate Courts
The former president of the Boston Bar Association, founding member of the Women's Bar Foundation, and chair of the SJC's Standing Committee on Pro Bono Services
Former Massachusetts assistant attorneys general
A director of the Environmental Business Council of New England
Who We Represent
Our clients represent a broad spectrum of businesses and individuals, including major publicly-held companies based in the United States and abroad, family-owned and other privately-held companies, professional service firms, including several of the Big Four accounting firms and numerous prominent law firms, major universities, hospitals, and other non-profit institutions, regulated businesses such as registered broker-dealers, money management firms and investment advisers, and governmental entities, including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, various state agencies and numerous municipalities.
What We Do
Antitrust
Price fixing, market allocations, group boycotts and other conspiracies
Dealer terminations and other dealer/distributor disputes
Monopolization
Price discrimination
Government investigations
Defending and attacking proposed mergers, joint ventures and other business combinations
Unfair competition and other business torts
Tying and reciprocal dealing
Claims involving intellectual property issues, including standard-setting and restrictive licensing practices
Alternative dispute resolution
Arbitration of all types, including commercial, labor, construction and international
Mediation
Mini-trials and other court-sponsored ADR methods
Service as trained neutrals and arbitrators for AAA, court-sponsored privately arranged, and other ADR forums
Commercial litigation
Complex contract disputes
Tortious interference and other business torts
Common law fraud
RICO
Chapter 93A
Non-competition covenants
Partnership and close corporation disputes
Business valuation
Software disputes
Bankruptcy and workout litigation
Represent officers and directors of troubled companies both before and during bankruptcy proceedings
Obtain pre-bankruptcy injunctive and attachment remedies for creditors
Litigate in the Bankruptcy Court against estate representatives claiming preferences, fraudulent conveyances and breach of fiduciary duty
Represent buyers of troubled businesses in the Bankruptcy Court
Education
Tort claims arising out of campus security breaches for universities and secondary schools
Title IV
Civil rights
Student discipline
Claims under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
First Amendment issues, including freedom of speech and separation of church and state
Employment claims
Faculty disputes
Employment
Employment and labor relations matters
Contract disputes over employment contracts and non-competition covenants
Wrongful discharge
Discrimination and harassment
ERISA
Privacy
Defamation
Worker's compensation
Worker health and safety
Environmental
Ground water contamination
Environmental compliance actions
Superfund clean-ups
Wetlands protection
Hazardous waste disposal
Private party clean-ups
Environmental impact assessments
Sewage treatment and disposal
First Amendment
Intellectual property
IP rights
Trade secret
Copyright and trademark
Insurance
Coverage disputes and bad faith claims
Asbestos claims
Environmental and other Massachusetts tort coverage issues
Directors' and officers' liability
Life, health and disability coverages
Complex coverage issues in bankruptcy context
Coverage audits and other proactive insurance counseling
Probate
Product liability
Professional liability and malpractice
Real estate and zoning
Securities and corporate
Securities fraud
Insider trading
Corporate disclosure issues
Claims arising out of mergers and acquisitions
Proxy contests and other corporate control disputes
SEC and state securities enforcement
Officer and director liability
Broker/dealer disputes
Claims involving investment advisory firms
White collar criminal defense
Criminal trials and appeals
Representing witnesses before federal and state grand juries
Claims such as procurement fraud, tax fraud, antitrust, mail and securities fraud, money laundering, and campaign contribution violations