Kurt S. Kusiak

Biography

Kurt Kusiak is a graduate of Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991) where he was a member of the Law Review, a Liacos Distinguished Scholar, and winner of the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in trial advocacy. Following law school, Kurt was a law clerk for the Hon. A David Mazzone, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Kurt then worked as a trial lawyer for Ropes & Gray before joining Fitch Law Partners. Each year since 2004, Kurt has been recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer and has been named one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts every year since 2020. Kurt has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America®, a highly esteemed, national peer review guide of attorneys, since 2013.

Kurt has successfully tried numerous cases in the federal and state courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and in other federal courts throughout the United States. He has extensive experience litigating complex trust and estate disputes involving beneficiaries, trustees, personal representatives, guardians and conservators, in cases regarding negligence, malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties, lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence, theft of trust funds and will contests.

Over the past 25 years, Kurt has also developed a substantial practice representing companies and individuals in cases involving complex business, corporate, and partnership disputes, including business breakups, intellectual property rights, freeze outs, breaches of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, negotiation of employment, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, and many various types of contract disputes

He has taught many Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminars, has been a regular panelist at MCLE's Annual Business Litigation Conference and various seminars at Boston University School of Law, and he is the author of several articles on various business litigation topics published by MCLE.

Kurt is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, State and Federal Trial Courts, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.