Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2024 
Herling D. Romero Adrianza is a Senior Associate at Cole Law Partners, P.C., where he handles commercial, construction and employment litigation for contractors, subcontractors, developers, business owners and employers. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants and advises clients on avoiding disputes before they start.
In Cella v. Attorney General, 497 Mass. 706 (2026), he and J. Nathan Cole represented the National Electrical Contractors Association of Greater Boston, the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts, the Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, the Greater Boston Plumbing Contractors Association, the New England Mechanical Contractors Association, the Building Trades Employers’ Association, and Construction Industries of Massachusetts as amici curiae before the Supreme Judicial Court. He also worked on the subcontractor’s brief in J.C. Cannistraro, LLC v. Columbia Construction Co. (2026), a Supreme Judicial Court appeal addressing the Prompt Pay Act and judicial review of arbitration awards. In the trial courts, he has won dismissal of multimillion-dollar contract and fraud claims in Superior Court, a jury verdict defending a client against breach of contract and Chapter 93A claims, a verdict in a patent infringement case of first impression in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and summary judgment for employers in discrimination and wage cases before the MCAD and in federal court.
Before joining Cole Law Partners in 2025, he practiced at Kenney & Sams, where he became a Senior Associate, and earlier at The Harbor Law Group. He joined Cole Law Partners in its first months; in its first year the firm was named one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2026 Best Up & Coming Law Firms, recognized in Chambers Spotlight Massachusetts 2027 for Construction, and ranked in Best Law Firms 2027 for Construction Law. He writes regularly for contractors. With J. Nathan Cole, he co-authored “The Overlooked Edge: Why Reasonableness Can Tank Repair Claims in Construction Fights” (Modern Contractor Solutions, March 2026) and “The Right Routine for Subcontractors: Don’t Let Change Orders Become Unpaid Loans” (Modern Contractor Solutions, August 2026). He has also written on the Massachusetts Wage Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. He teaches for NECA Greater Boston and is fluent in Spanish.
Attorney Romero Adrianza received the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association Rising Star Award in 2026. He is named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, and Litigation - Labor and Employment, and to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars list (2023 through 2026). He serves on the Massachusetts Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Board and completed the MBA Leadership Academy (2023-2024).
Education: J.D., Northeastern University School of Law (2018); B.S., Boston College.
Admissions: Massachusetts (2018); U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts; U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
