Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA

35 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Biography

Bob has extensive commercial litigation experience including administrative agency proceedings, arbitrations, jury trials and appellate practice involving both multi-national corporations and small businesses. He regularly advises clients on antitrust compliance issues. His practice focus also includes environmental litigation and arbitration; patent, trademark, trade secret disputes; stockholder and partnership disputes; and motor vehicle /dealership disputes.

Bob is the firm’s liaison with Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. He is an active member of the Lex Mundi Antitrust, Competition and Trade Practice Group and the Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Bob joined the firm in 1991 after practicing in New York City.

  • Won multi-million dollar arbitration involving failure of remedy at Superfund Site
  • Successfully served as mediator in allocation of CERCLA liability at complex multi-party Superfund Site
  • The NH Supreme Court affirmed a judgment in favor of two mortgage companies and their principals, who were accused of trade secret misappropriation and misuse of supposed confidential information by a former employer. The court also reversed a very substantial post-trial award of monetary sanctions against Sheehan’s clients.
  • Won a jury verdict in a trade secret dispute in the financial services industry.
  • Successfully represented a trademark holder in obtaining an injunction against an Internet Web site violating its trademark.
  • Favorably settled a trade secret and unfair competition action on behalf of natural gas industry clients.
  • Obtained a summary judgment in favor of a major insurance company in a dispute over group disability coverage; and
  • Successfully represented a major franchise organization on appeal in a joint venture dispute.
Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA

35 Best Lawyers awards

Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA logo

Overview

  • English
  • French
  • German

  • University of Chicago, J.D., graduated 1989
  • Dartmouth College, B.A., graduated 1984

  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • New Hampshire, New Hampshire Bar Association
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • New Hampshire, New Hampshire Bar Association
  • University of Chicago, J.D., graduated 1989
  • Dartmouth College, B.A., graduated 1984

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19

Case History

Cases
  • Undisclosed Parties
Represented party to Superfund consent decree in arbitration action to recover multi-million dollar award plus attorneys fees for failure of remedy.
  • Murray Family Trust v. Miami Subs Corporation
Successfully defended case establishing joint venture/partnership law in New Hampshire
  • MSI v. Davey
Succesfully defended action for violation of the New Hampshire Uniform Trade Secret Act

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