Affiliations

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Armenian Bar Association
• Director, Community Resources for Justice, Boston, Massachusetts
• Director (2007-2010), More Than Words, Waltham, Massachusetts

Representative Engagements

• Shannon v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. (Middlesex County Superior Court, Mass. 2010)(obtained defense verdict after 5-day jury trial in premises liability action).
• Conklin, et al. v. Perdue, et al. (Suffolk County Superior Court, Mass. 2002) (obtained defense verdict for corporation and its president after 7-day trial where plaintiff brought claims of usurpation of corporate opportunity and breach of fiduciary duties and alleged damages of $28,000,000).
• Claims of Margot Standish (Connecticut 2010)(on behalf of national grocery chain, successfully mediated pre-litigation claims of minor child who alleged catastrophic injuries as a result of consumption of milk allegedly contaminated by E. coli).
• Claims of Kaylee Prue (Connecticut 2011)(on behalf of national grocery chain, successfully mediated pre-litigation claims of adult woman who alleged catastrophic injuries as a result of consumption of milk allegedly contaminated by E. coli).
• 2008 Ground Beef-Related E. coli O157 Outbreak. Defended national grocery chain against claims of approximately 42 individuals alleging injuries in multi-state ground beef-related E. coli O157:H7 outbreak and successfully negotiated settlement of all claims between client and its ground beef manufacturers and suppliers.
• First Trade Union Bank v. 166 Pine Realty Trust, et al. (Suffolk County Superior Court, Mass. 2010)(obtained summary judgment for bank on all claims in collection action on 8 promissory notes with a principal amount exceeding $3.5mm).
• Gifford v. Middleby Marshall, Inc., et al. (Middlesex County Superior Court, Mass. 2004)(obtained summary judgment for defendant oven manufacturers in asbestos personal injury action).
• Kerrigan v. Middleby Marshall, Inc., et al. (Middlesex County Superior Court, Mass. 2004)(obtained summary judgment for defendant oven manufacturers in asbestos personal injury action).
• RBS Citizens, National Association, as successor by merger to Citizens Bank of Massachusetts v. Witsop-1, LLC, et al. (Suffolk County Superior Court, Mass. 2011)(obtained summary judgment in the amount of $3.4mm for bank in collection action).
• RREEF America REIT III-Z1 LLC v. Inforonics Global Services, LLC, et al. (Middlesex County Superior Court, Mass. 2011)(obtained substantial settlement for plaintiff landlord in dispute with tenant after obtaining temporary restraining order freezing tenant’s assets and initiating eviction action)
• Acquiport Unicorn, Inc. v. Dynabazaar, Inc. f/k/a FairMarket, Inc. (Suffolk County Superior Court, Mass. 2004)(obtained a seven-figure settlement for plaintiff landlord in dispute with tenant after obtaining a temporary restraining order freezing defendant’s assets and attaching $1,000,000 in defendant’s bank account).
• Cardinal Health 106, Inc., et al. v. McClelland Drug Store and Health Systems, Inc., et al. (Berkshire County Superior Court, Mass. 2003)(obtained a temporary restraining order freezing defendant’s assets, attachment of $900,000 in tenant’s bank account, and real estate attachment in large scale creditor’s rights action).
• Mass. Commissioner of Revenue v. Johnston (Suffolk County Superior Court, Mass. 2004)(defeated Commissioner of Revenue’s motion for summary judgment against defendant in multi-million dollar tax liability action).
• Lapides v. TSCentral, Inc. (Norfolk County Superior Court, Mass. 2001)(defeated preliminary injunction which would have prevented client from conveying substantial assets and obtained dissolution of attachment of client’s bank account).
• ChooseEnergy.com, Inc. v. Whatman, Inc. (Middlesex County Superior Court, Mass. 2001)(obtained temporary restraining order enjoining defendant from denying client access to rented premises where it stored substantial proprietary information).
• Eagle Bank v. Northeast Freight Systems, Inc., et al. (Middlesex County Superior Court, Mass. 2005)(obtained summary judgment in large scale creditor’s rights action in an amount exceeding $500,000).
• Gateway Sherwood, Inc. v. Cyclovision Technologies, Inc. (Worcester County Superior Court, Mass. 2004)( obtained a preliminary injunction freezing defendant’s assets in landlord-tenant dispute).
• Appel, et al. v. Nockege Mill, LLC, et al. (Essex County Superior Court, Mass. 2004)(obtained preliminary injunction freezing defendant’s assets in fraud action).
• Travelers Ins. Co. v. Minnesota Fire & Cas. Co., et al. (Arbitration Forums, Inc., Mass. 1997)(successfully defended insurer and insured in arbitration of product liability subrogation claim).

Publications

• “Expanding Mode of Operation Approach: Up Next, Hospital Cafeterias,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (June 2011)
• “Residential and Commercial Evictions in Massachusetts,” National Business Institute (2002)
• “Dow Chemical Company v. United States And Arial Surveillance By The EPA: An Argument For Post-Surveillance Notice To The Observed,” Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review (1988)

Law School Teaching

Law School Teaching

• Adjunct Professor, Fall 2011, Boston College Law School: Civil Discovery Practice (3 credit hours)
• Adjunct Professor, Fall 2010, Boston College Law School: Civil Discovery Practice (3 credit hours)
• Adjunct Professor, Fall 2009, Boston College Law School: Civil Discovery Practice (3 credit hours)