Powerful Representation Across Complex Matters
DarrowEverett’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution team consists of highly skilled, experienced attorneys with an impressive track record of success in complex, high stakes litigation before federal and state courts across the country. Our attorneys zealously represent individuals and businesses alike in matters ranging from corporate litigation and white-collar criminal defense to intellectual property & technology litigation.
The DE attorneys are well-versed in every stage of litigation and dedicated to trial work. We work strategically with our clients to understand their business goals and needs while representing them in all facets of litigation.
DarrowEverett’s litigation attorneys provide representation across a wide variety of subject matters, including:
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Representative Matters in Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Notched 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.
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.
Practice Leaders
Michael P. Burke - Partner
Overview
Michael P. Burke is the Chair of DarrowEverett’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group with over a decade of trial and arbitration experience representing clients in court and arbitration venues across the country. Michael focuses his litigation practice on matters involving partnership contractual disputes, complex financial fraud, intellectual property, securities and consumer class actions, trade secret misappropriation, and governmental and internal investigations. He advises clients at all stages of disputes, from pre-litigation investigations through...
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Tel: (617) 443-4500
Douglas B. Otto - Partner
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Douglas B. Otto is a Partner and a Practice Leader for DarrowEverett’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He is an experienced, broad-based litigator and trial attorney who concentrates his practice in complex business and commercial law, with a proven track record of successfully litigating claims based on unfair competition, fraud, and antitrust violations, false advertising, theft of trade secrets, invasions of privacy and the misappropriation of confidential and proprietary business information. Doug defends product...
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Tel: (617) 443-4500
David A. Sullivan - Partner
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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...
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Tel: (508) 675-1576
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