Notable 2020 Wins Our Experience In addition to the other areas described elsewhere in more detail, we have skill in handling a wide variety of general litigation. U.S. District Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Municipal Defendants on Police Lieutenant’s First Amendment Retaliation and Whistleblower Suit Stuart v. City of Framingham, 2020 WL 360552 […]
For more than a decade, Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP has participated in an annual Toy Drive organized through the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF). Year after year, the toy drive (known as the Wonderfund) has helped make the holiday season a little brighter for children living in foster care, state-run residential facilities […]
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the eleventh consecutive year, announced the “Best Law Firms” rankings. Pierce Davis & Perritano, LLP has been ranked in the 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list regionally in 2 practice areas. Firms included in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive […]
Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP is pleased to announce that eleven of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list: Judith A. Perritano Maria E. DeLuzio Meghan L. Riordan John J. Davis John J. Cloherty III Adam Simms Seth Barnett 2020 Massachusetts Rising […]
Pierce Davis & Perritano is pleased to announce that 2 partners have been included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Congratulations to John Davis for his 6th consecutive year of recognition, and to Judith Perritano for her 4th consecutive year of recognition by the Best Lawyers in America list. Since it […]
(Johnson v. Monsanto (Cal. App. 2020) — Cal.Rptr.3d —, 2020 WL 4047332) In a partially published opinion issued on July 20, 2020, the California Court of Appeal, First District, upheld the verdict for design defect, failure to warn, and punitive damages, but reduced the jury’s award, in a case involving exposure to Roundup Products causing […]
Pierce Davis & Perritano is pleased to announce that attorney Adam Simms has been appointed to the 2020-21 Massachusetts Bar Association’s Public Law Section Council. Mr. Simms’ current practice is centered on municipal civil rights litigation in defense of individuals and Massachusetts towns and agencies in both State and Federal court. He also represents public […]
Pierce Davis & Perritano is pleased to announce that Seth B. Barnett, Jason W. Crotty, and Melissa M. Malloy have become partners in the firm. Attorney Barnett’s practice is centered on litigation and trial advocacy in defense of both public sector and private clients in a broad range of complex cases, including land use, civil […]
PDP Partner, John J. Davis, will be presenting “Employment Law Update” at MCLE’s 18th Annual Municipal Law Conference on September 9, 2020. Mr. Davis is head of Pierce Davis & Perritano’s Governmental Liability and Civil Rights Practice Group. His practice focuses on the defense of cities, towns, and other public employers in suits alleging civil rights violations, discrimination, […]
PDP Partner, John Cloherty, will be presenting “First Amendment Update: Signs, Panhandlers, Public Meetings” at MCLE’s 18th Annual Municipal Law Conference on September 9, 2020. Mr. Cloherty has represented numerous individuals, corporations, municipalities, schools and school districts, and other governmental agencies in defense of negligence, motor vehicle torts, products liability, premises liability, negligent security, medical malpractice, […]
