PDP Celebrates its 25th Anniversary

PDP proudly reflects on 25 years of advocacy and service on behalf of our clients and the community.

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Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP is a full-service, civil litigation firm serving clients across the country. We represent municipalities, non-profit entities, and businesses ranging in size from local companies to corporations listed on the Dow Jones.

Our roster of highly awarded attorneys has decades of litigation and trial experience and has helped shape legal principles in landmark cases. Our experience allows us to guide clients through all phases of litigation and ensure client success.

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Civil Rights

We defend public employees and public officials against claims of discrimination and violations of civil rights, allegations of false arrest, and use of excessive force.

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Product Liability

PDP has substantial trial experience in product liability cases. Damages tried include the entire personal-injury spectrum, wrongful death, disembowelment, personal injury and property damage, including both compensatory and punitive-damage claims.

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Municipal Law

Our firm has defended a wide variety of suits arising out of actions taken by public employees and elected officials, including selectmen, mayors, building inspectors, members of zoning commissions, police officers and teachers in the course of the execution of their duties

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Toxic Torts

PDP has represented defendants in the asbestos litigation for more than two decades and we are intimately familiar with all aspects of these claims. We are conversant with the workings of the consolidated asbestos dockets in each of the states in which we practice and frequently act as lead counsel.

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Insurance Coverage

We are well-versed in the interpretation and application of liability insurance policies under state and federal law. Our familiarity with insurance policy norms and standards allows us to provide robust protection to clients in all aspects of their coverage disputes.

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School & Education

We defend school districts, elected and appointed officers, and school employees in actions arising out of the performance of their public duties, including student discipline, school liability and employment claims.

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Joel F. Pierce

Retired Partner

Joel F. Pierce retired as a partner from Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP in June 2018 after more than four decades of practicing law. He now serves as of counsel to PDP, working on selected research projects.Mr. Pierce began practicing law in 1976 with the Boston firm of Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, where he became a senior partner. In 1998, he joined John Davis, Judith Perritano, and the Honorable Elizabeth Fahey in founding Pierce, Davis, Fahey & Perritano LLP, now Pierce Davis & Perritano.

John J. Davis

John J. Davis is a Partner with Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP. He is head of the firm’s Governmental Liability and Civil Rights Practice Group. His primary practice focuses on the defense of cities, towns, and other public employers in suits alleging civil rights violations, discrimination, harassment, negligence, and educators’ and school board liability.

Judith A. Perritano

Judith A. Perritano

Managing Partner

Judith A. Perritano is a Founding Partner of Pierce Davis & Perritano, a Boston- based full service civil litigation and trial firm founded in 1998.

John J. Cloherty III

John J. Cloherty III

John J. Cloherty III is a Partner at Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP. His practice is focused on litigation and trial advocacy in defense of individuals, corporations, and governmental subdivisions and agencies in federal court and in the state courts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

David C. Hunter III

David C. Hunter III

David C. Hunter is a Partner with Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP. Mr. Hunter has successfully tried cases to verdict in both Superior and District Courts throughout Massachusetts. In addition, as a practical advocate, he has successfully worked with his clients to favorably obtain the desired result through mediation and other alternative resolution mechanisms.

Meghan L. Riordan

Meghan L. Riordan

Meghan L. Riordan is a Partner with Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP. Ms. Riordan is highly experienced in a variety of civil litigation areas, including product liability, premises liability, general liability.

Maria E. DeLuzio

Maria E. DeLuzio

Maria E. DeLuzio is a Partner at Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP. In her practice, Ms. DeLuzio has represented corporations, small businesses, individuals, municipalities, and a government authority in all phases of litigation in numerous courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

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Pierce Davis Perritano Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Pierce Davis Perritano Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Pierce Davis Perritano Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP celebrates 25 years of dedicated advocacy, service, and community involvement. From its foundation in Boston in 1998 to its growth into a majority women-owned law firm with a presence across multiple states, PDP remains committed to excellence in litigation and community engagement. Reflecting on milestones and looking forward to continued partnerships.

September 22, 2023

Maria DeLuzio and Noelle Phelan Win Summary Judgment

Maria DeLuzio and Noelle Phelan Win Summary Judgment

Maria DeLuzio and Noelle Phelan Win Summary Judgment

Maria Deluzio and Noelle Phelan Secure Summary Judgment in Vermont Superior Court in Take-Home Exposure Latent Injury Case.

PDP is a litigation and counseling firm with the experience and legal acumen necessary to deliver positive outcomes for our clients.

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