Frederick L. "Fred" Sullivan

John Pucci is one of Massachusetts’ top trial lawyers. He represents individuals and companies in complex civil and criminal litigation of all kinds in both state and federal court, as well as in responding to government investigations and in conducting corporate internal investigations. He has particular experience in the areas of white collar criminal defense and state and federal regulatory agency matters. Since 2002, John has been a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, w...

Kathy Bernardo leads the Real Estate practice group. Her practice focuses on commercial real estate matters such as conveyancing, financing, leasing, title matters and all aspects of complex property transfers, including purchase agreements, easements, liquor license transfers, special permits, regulatory compliance, zoning and variance issues, 1031 Exchange transfers, boundary disputes, public and private conservation restrictions, including agricultural preservation restrictions (APR), peti...

Scott Foster’s practice focuses on the growth aspects of private ventures. He has represented startups, angel investors and venture capital groups, as well as publicly-held and private corporations in industries ranging from precision manufacturing to high-growth technology to commercial food production to multi-family residential housing. Many of the companies seeking counsel from Scott are ventures in transitions, i.e. seeking early stage funding, looking to lease equipment or real es...

Mark Cress is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, leads the Banking, Finance and Bankruptcy practice group, and co-leads the Health Care practice group. Mark has significant experience and possesses a broad range of knowledge and skills in representing banks and other financial institutions, for profit and not-for-profit entities and individual clients in connection with all forms of financing and business transactions. He also represents parties in creditor-debtor relationships...

David Parke’s practice is focused on general corporate and business matters, including mergers and acquisitions and other transactional work. His practice includes helping businesses and other organizations, including nonprofit organizations, and their owners or managers, with contractual, organizational, commercial, trade and any other matters that arise in the normal course of operations. This includes drafting and negotiating all types of agreements and helping with all aspects of va...

Dan Finnegan focuses his practice in the areas of litigation, property tax, construction law, administrative law and land use. Dan handles all aspects of civil litigation, arbitration and mediation, and has represented banks, financial institutions, businesses, and governmental and individual clients at the trial and appellate court levels in both state and federal courts. Dan has experience defending banks over alleging predatory lending, mortgage fraud and violation of consumer protection s...

Mary Jo Kennedy leads the Employment practice group. With a focus on employment law, Mary Jo has successfully represented employers in defense of employment and discrimination claims in administrative proceedings before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) and in state and federal courts. She has also successfully represented employers in state court on wage and hour claims. Mary Jo regularly advises employers on personnel and wage and hour issues, reviews and drafts per...

Mike Roundy’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, property tax abatement, independent investigations, employment law, utility law, probate litigation, construction law, insurance defense and professional malpractice litigation. Mike handles all aspects of civil litigation. He has represented corporate, business and individual clients in both state and federal courts and before administrative agencies and boards. He has represented business owners, large and small corporations, re...

Peter Barry devotes a substantial portion of his practice to advising tax-exempt organizations, including healthcare and education clients with regard to their activities, with particular emphasis in complex contractual matters, including mergers, affiliations, acquisitions and divestitures. Peter is recognized as a Top-Rated Lawyer in health care by Martindale-Hubbell®, has served as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Public Charities Divisio...

Jeffrey Roberts has handled many sophisticated estate planning matters and complex business transactions throughout his impressive career. His practice focuses on estate planning, trusts and estates, taxation, and estate administration, as well as corporate work and business transactions primarily for closely held companies. Jeffrey also has extensive experience with advice to family owned companies with respect to business succession planning, and representation of the owner with respect to ...