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Charlestown Personal Litigation Lawyer
Overview
Shawn O'Rourke has extensive trial experience in Superior, District, Probate, and Housing Courts. He has successfully settled, mediated, arbitrated, or brought to trial numerous complex cases. Mr. O'Rourke's areas of practice include personal injury litigation, wrongful death cases, construction litigation, medical and professional malpractice, real estate litigation, business litigation, probate litigation, landlord/tenant litigation (evictions), mediation and arbitration. Mr. O'Rourke is licensed in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He is fluent in Spanish.
About Shawn P. O’Rourke
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney
Practice Areas
- Personal Litigation
- Wrongful Death
- Construction Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Probate Litigation
- Landlord/Tenant Litigation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1992
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1993
- U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 1994
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2000
Other Affiliations
- Smaller Business Association of New England, 2006 - 2011 (Chair of the Government Affairs Committee)
- Saint Agnes Parish of Arlington (Finance Committee)
- Middlesex County Superior Court (Volunteer Conciliator)
- Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
- New Hampshire Bar Association (Member)
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (Member)
Classes and Seminars
- “Small Business Capital Quest”, Panel Moderator, Smaller Business Association of New England, - March 18, 2010
- “Home Improvement Contractor Act”, Banker and Tradesman, - May 14, 2007
- “Medical Malpractice Issues”, Guest Lecturer
- “Healthcare Policy", Stonehill College
Education
- Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992
J.D.
Honors: cum laude - Boston Latin School, 1984
- Stonehill College, 1988
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Office Information
Address
529 Main StSuite 214 Charlestown, MA 02129
Phone
Fax
- 617-337-3194
Websites
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Included on the 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2012
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