Mr. Maycotte concentrates on family law and has practiced in the fields of international arbitration and litigation, and general civil and commercial litigation. He has extensive trial experience representing clients in a wide variety of family law matters. Mr. Maycotte is a former Co-Chair of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association and sat on the Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments. He is a certified mediator and has earned his certification as a Certified Financial Litigator from the American Academy of Certified Financial Litigators. He is a frequent chair and panelist at legal education courses, family law seminars, and discussion groups.
As part of his family law practice, Mr. Maycotte has represented clients in a variety of cases involving divorce, custody, removal, and paternity claims. Mr. Maycotte has ample trial and court experience, representing clients in connection with child support, alimony, parenting time, contempt, and modification issues. He has negotiated dozens of settlement agreements on behalf of clients, helping them put a difficult situation behind them while securing the successful resolution of their cases. He is experienced in the resolution of matters involving complex compensation structures and high-value assets, including beneficial trust interests, equity stakes, and business interests. He also drafts and negotiates prenuptial and postnuptial agreements on behalf of his clients.
In his international arbitration and litigation practice, Mr. Maycotte represented a foreign, multi-national company in a complex, multi-million-dollar arbitration against a publicly-traded Massachusetts corporation, participating in a two-week arbitration.
Mr. Maycotte has been invited to speak on panels at Boston University School of Law in connection with his experience.
Mr. Maycotte is actively involved in the Cornell community and served as the President of the Board of the Cornell Club of Boston. He is also a member of the Cornell Alumni Ambassadors Network, as well the Cornell Alumni Student-Mentoring Program.
Mr. Maycotte speaks several languages. He has native-speaker proficiency in Spanish, is fluent in Italian and German, and can understand written Portuguese.