David A. Sullivan
Partner
dsullivan@darroweverett.com
(508) 675-1576
Practice Areas
Bio
David A. Sullivan is a Partner and member of DarrowEverett’s Business Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group with a focus on business, municipal, real estate, employment, family law, and commercial litigation. David’s extensive experience involves representing a wide array of clients, including individuals, municipal boards, municipal corporations, and other entities. Accordingly, David has been lead counsel in over 350 trials and more than 2,000 non-litigation disputes, representing clients in proceedings involving land use and development, the purchase, sale, and construction of residential and commercial real estate, business and contract disputes, as well as employment matters. David also represents clients in civil, criminal, and family court matters.
Prior Experience
Prior to joining DarrowEverett, David was a managing partner at a highly regarded Southcoast law firm and was also the owner of a Southcoast boat manufacturing company.
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Education
- University of New Hampshire School of Law, J.D.
- University of Massachusetts, B.A.
Involvement
- Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers — Current Hearings Officer
- Charlton School of Business, University of Massachusetts — Former Instructor
- Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) — Former Member
- Southcoast Zoning Board of Appeals — Former Member
Representative Matters
- Successfully obtained dismissal at the pleading stage of claims seeking to hold our client, a corporate officer, personally liable for alleged defects in products sold by the corporate entity. The plaintiff asserted multiple claims, including breach of contract, fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation, negligence, fraud in the inducement, negligent hiring and training, violation of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, and civil conspiracy. The court granted our motion to dismiss, ruling that the plaintiff failed to plead individual liability under either the alter ego doctrine or the personal participation theory, resulting in a complete dismissal of the claims against our client.
- Scored a significant win on behalf of a Massachusetts cannabis retailer, securing a $3.4 million damages judgment for the client stemming from a theft of proprietary information.
Insights
- AIA Contracts Are Especially Best Measured Twice and Cut Once - via JD Supra, February, 2023
- No Such Thing as Finders Keepers Among Attorney Referrals - via JD Supra, December, 2022
- Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., and its Implications Pertaining to Litigants and the Right to Arbitrate - via JD Supra, September, 2022