• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

JD, Boston College Law School
BS, Boston College

Significant Appellate and Trial Court Decisions

Federal Courts:

• Belanger v. BNY Mellon Asset Management, LLC, 307 F.R.D. 55 (D. Mass. 2015); (dismissal for failure to comply with the pleading rules of civil procedure).
• Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. v. Porro, 53 F.Supp.3d 325 (D. Mass. 2014); (absolute litigation privilege).

State Courts:

• Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund v. Smith, 458 Mass. 561 (2010); (establishing MIIF’s statutory policy limits as applicable to each individual claim).
• Lyon v. Duffy, 77 Mass. App. Ct. 860 (2010); (establishing that an order of conditions does not constitute an encumbrance on real property).
• Melrose Housing Authority v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 402 Mass. 27 (1988); (construction defects not inherently unknowable under statute of limitations).
• Milligan v. Tibbetts Engineering Corp., 391 Mass. 364 (1984); (establishing road projects as improvements to real property under the statute of repose).

Other Reported Cases:

• Belanger v. BNY Mellon Asset Management, LLC, 2015 WL 3407827 (D. Mass. 2015); (dismissal for failure to comply with the pleading rules of civil procedure).
• Adams v. Montague, 2015 WL 1292402 (D. Mass. 2015) (dispositive motions).
• Kimmel & Silverman, P.C v. Porro, 2014 WL 3019762 (D. Mass. 2014) ) (motion to strike affidavit).
• Adams v. Montague, 2014 WL 6678491 (D. Mass. 2014) (preliminary injunction).
• Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. v. Porro, 969 F.Supp.2d 46 (D. Mass. 2013) (judgment on the pleadings).
• DeWolfe v. Hingham Centre, Ltd., 464 Mass. 795 (2013) (real estate broker liability).
• DeWolfe v. Hingham Centre, Ltd., 464 Mass. 795 (2013) (real estate broker liability).
• Harrison v. Roncone, 447 Mass. 1001 (2006) (extraordinary appellate review).
• Wickstrom v. Castonguay, 2001 Mass. App. Div. 220 (District Court appellate procedure).
• In re PTP, Inc., 1999 WL 35128693 (B.A.P. 1st Cir. 1999) (relief from judgment).
• Littman v. Walgreen Eastern Co., 1998 WL 812399 (D. Mass. 1998) (motion to quash).
• Turner v. Thomas K. Dyer, Inc., 41 Mass. App. Ct. 704 (1996) (worker’s compensation; Hunter offset).
• Hultin v. Francis Harvey & Sons, Inc., 40 Mass. App. Ct. 692 (1996) (worker’s compensation lien).
• CNA Ins. Companies, Inc. v. Semedo-Anacleto, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 271 (1995) (Insurers Insolvency Fund; worker’s compensation lien).
• CNA Ins. Companies, Inc. v. Semedo-Anacleto, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 271 (1995) (Insurers Insolvency Fund; worker’s compensation lien).
• Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Continental Cas. Co., 413 Mass. 730 (1992) (“other insurance” clauses).
• Kelly v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 978 F.2d 1253 (1st Cir. 1992) (motion for new trial).
• Simmons v. Monarch Mach. Tool Co., Inc., 413 Mass. 205 (1992) (product liability).
• Blake v. Avedikian, 412 Mass. 481 (1992) (medical malpractice tribunal).
• Gaeta v. National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford, 410 Mass. 592 (1991) (Insurers Insolvency Fund).
• Kelly v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1991 WL 40347 (D. Mass. 1991) (summary judgment).
• Continental Cas. Co. v. Canadian Universal Ins. Co., 924 F.2d 370 (1st Cir. 1991) (insurance).
• Watson v. Salvoni, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 735 (1989) (parental liability; negligent entrustment).
• Wood v. Jaeger-Sykes, Inc., 27 Mass. App. Ct. 199 (1989) (statutory construction).
• Morillo v. Clippard Instrument Laboratories, Inc., 27 Mass. App. Ct (1989) (product liability).
• Melrose Housing Authority v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 24 Mass. App. Ct. 207 (1987) (statute of limitations).
• Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Cas. Co., 397 Mass. 837 (1986) (calculation of statutory interest).
• Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Cas. Co., 20 Mass. App. Ct. 215 (1985) (calculation of statutory interest).
• Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Cas. Co., 17 Mass. App. Ct. 316 (1983) (declaratory judgment action).
• Prolerized New England Co. v. Miller, 691 F.2d 45 (1st Cir. 1983) (Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act).
• Epstein v. Lahey Clinic Foundation, Inc., 14 Mass. App. Ct. 981 (1982) (specific performance).
• C. R. Bard, Inc. v. Medical Electronics Corp., 529 F.Supp. 1382 (D. Mass. 1982) (antitrust and trade regulation).
• New England Concrete Pipe Corp. v. D/C Systems of New England, Inc., 658 F.2d 867 (1st Cir. (1981) (federal subject matter jurisdiction).
• New England Concrete Pipe Corp. v. D/C Systems of New England, Inc., 495 F.Supp. 1334 (D. Mass. 1980) (surety bond).
• Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Inc. v. Russell Management, Inc., 380 Mass. 212 (1980) (statutory construction).
• Isgur v. School Committee of Newton, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 290 (1980) (special education).
• Finkelstein v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 370 Mass. 476 (1976) (regulatory authority).

• Member, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association and the Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society
• Member, Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys

Publications

• Cushman, Handling Fidelity, Surety, and Financial Risk Claims, Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990
• Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law