Richard M. Zielinski
Goulston & Storrs PC
Recognized since 2005
Boston, Massachusetts
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Richard Zielinski, who practices in Boston and New York, is a nationally known ‘bet the company’ trial lawyer who handles a wide range of complex, high-stakes commercial litigation. He is also known for his specific expertise in legal malpractice defense.
According to Chambers USA, Richard is ‘very smart, thorough and knowledgeable. ’ Clients say he is ‘fantastic on his feet’ and ‘thinks seven steps ahead of everyone else.’
He has extensive trial experience in a wide range of business and real estate disputes, having handled cases involving the financing and construction of large office towers, breach of contract, partnership disputes, unfair competition, lender liability and cases under the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act (Chapter 93A).
Richard is well known for his representation of major law firms throughout the United States in malpractice cases, disciplinary matters and intra-firm disputes. In 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023 he was named Legal Malpractice Defense Lawyer of the Year by peer-reviewed Best Lawyers in America, recognizing his leading work in legal malpractice defense.
He also defends manufacturers in products liability, mass tort and class action cases, and has been named Lawyer of the Year in these practice areas in the past as well. Representative clients include those from the pharmaceuticals, electrical products and tobacco industries.
Richard is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the highest professional honor a trial lawyer can receive.
- Lawyer Page: https://www.goulstonstorrs.com/richard-m-zielinski/
- 400 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02110-3333 - 885 Third Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10022
- Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1980
- Colgate University, B.A., graduated 1977
- Massachusetts, Admitted
- New York, Admitted
- District of Columbia, Admitted
- American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
- Harvard Law School - Faculty Member, Trial Advocacy Workshop
- Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers - Member, 1999-2002
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. - Trustee, 2007-2016
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Boston (2024)
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Boston (2023)
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Boston (2021)
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Boston (2019)
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Boston (2015)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Boston (2014)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Boston (2013)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Boston (2012)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- The National Law Journal, Litigation Trailblazer, 2019
- Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial, Massachusetts, 2019 (Band 1)
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers: Massachusetts State Committee Chair, 2007-2009; Chair, Standing Committee on the Teaching of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, 2003-2005; National Trial Competition Committee, Vice Chair, 2021-2023
- Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent TM
- Scholar-Mentor Award, MCLE, 2016
Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2004 - 2022: Top 100 in Massachusetts and New England, 2007-2016; Top 10 in Massachusetts, 2010
- "America’s Leading Business Lawyers," Chambers USA 2006-2016
- Legal Malpractice Law
- Litigation - Real Estate
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