John has more than thirty-nine years of appellate practice, trial practice and civil litigation experience. He represents insurance companies, insureds and self-insureds. John has represented clients in a broad range of subject matters including construction defect claims, construction accidents, bad faith litigation, coverage issues, fraud issues and mass torts.

Noteworthy Accomplishments, Honors & Awards

  • Certified Property and Casualty Underwriter
  • Argued in excess of fifty appeals in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court, Rhode Island Supreme Court and Connecticut Supreme Court, First Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Selected by his peers to The Best Lawyers in America© Insurance Law guide (2018-2023)
  • Selected to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers magazine list in Insurance Coverage (2009–2019)
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island
  • Maine
  • Vermont
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
  • United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
  • United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
  • United States District Court for the District of Vermont
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • American Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Committee on Professional Ethics
  • Education Committee, Former Member
  • Massachusetts Continuing Education, Ethics Curriculum Committee
  • B.A., magna cum laude — Eastern Nazarene College
  • J.D., cum laude — Suffolk University Law School