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Paul R. Sugarman Of Counsel - Boston, MA
Prudential Tower800 Boylston Street30th Floor Boston, MA 02199- 8001
Sugarman & Sugarman, P.C.
Boston Civil Litigation Lawyer
Overview
Paul Sugarman is founder of the firm and continues as leader and mentor to the firm’s attorneys. Paul’s caseload includes a wide variety of civil litigation matters including medical and professional liability, products liability, construction site and aviation accident litigation, and administrative proceedings before professional and licensing boards. He also serves as mediator on request of parties seeking dispute resolution...
Paul Sugarman is founder of the firm and continues as leader and mentor to the firm’s attorneys. Paul’s caseload includes a wide variety of civil litigation matters including medical and professional liability, products liability, construction site and aviation accident litigation, and administrative proceedings before professional and licensing boards. He also serves as mediator on request of parties seeking dispute resolution...
Paul Sugarman is founder of the firm and continues as leader and mentor to the firm’s attorneys. Paul’s caseload includes a wide variety of civil litigation matters including medical and professional liability, products liability, construction site and aviation accident litigation, and administrative proceedings before professional and licensing boards. He also serves as mediator on request of parties seeking dispute resolution. Paul graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law in 1954. While in law school, he was Associate Editor of the Boston University Law Review from 1952 to 1954. He was admitted to practice in Massachusetts in 1954, before the U. S. Court of Military Appeals in 1955, and before the United States Supreme Court in 1965. He served as a Captain in the JAGC of the United States Army between 1955 and 1958. After military service, he began his practice in Boston and for over 30 years has represented clients in the most sophisticated, complex, high-profile litigation in Massachusetts. He has served in both local and national bar associations, and received numerous awards and honors. Paul’s work with the Massachusetts Bar Association has included service as President between 1976 and 1977, Vice-President between 1973 and 1975, and as President-Elect between 1975 and 1976, membership on the board of Delegates from 1970-1973, chairmanship of the Committee on Legislation from 1973-1974, of the Committee on Trial Practice from 1973-1974, of the Committee on Administration of Justice from 1974-1975, of the Committee on Court Reform from 1975- 1976, Legal Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Massachusetts Bar Association-Massachusetts Medical Society from 1982-1984, Co-Chairman, Committee on Medical Malpractice from 1985-1986, and Chairman of the Committee on Recall of Retired Judges from 1982-1986. He was Trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation from 1980 to 1981 and President of the Boston University School of Law Alumni Association for 1979 to 1980. Paul has also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America from 1966 to 1968 and President of the Massachusetts Chapter from 1968 to 1970. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys from 1979 to the present. In public service, Paul served on the Attorney General’s Highway Law Study Commission in 1965 and on the Governor’s Select Committee on Judicial Needs from 1976 to 1977. He was a member of the Board of Bar Overseers from 1984 to 1988 and its Chairman from 1985 to 1988. In 1990, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appointed Paul as Special Master and Commissioner to investigate alleged improprieties in the Boston Municipal Court. Paul was Dean and Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School between 1990 and 1994, rejoining Sugarman and Sugarman, P. C. after his term as Dean. Paul has received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Suffolk University in 1989. He received the Law Week Award in 1954, the Courageous Advocacy Award from the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys in 1984, the William O. Douglas First Amendment Freedom Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith in 1986, the Silver Shingle Alumni Award for distinguished service to the profession from Boston University School of Law in 1989, the Gold Medal Award from the Massachusetts Bar Association, the American ORT Federation Jurisprudence Award in 1999 and the Civil Justice Award from the American Board of Trial Advocates in 1993. Paul frequently lectures for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Massachusetts Bar Association, New England Law Institute and other continuing legal education forums. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation, Massachusetts Bar Foundation, and International Society of Barristers and an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
About Paul R. Sugarman Of Counsel
Practice Areas
- Civil Litigation
- Appellate Litigation
Current Employment Position(s)
- Of Counsel
- Co-Founder
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1954
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1958
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1965
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1955
- U. S. Court of Military Appeals, 1955
Other Affiliations
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys
- American Association for Justice
- American Judicature Society
- American Society of Law and Medicine
Education
- Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1954
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Law Review: Boston University Law Review, Associate Editor - Boston University, 1951
A.A.
Pro Bono Activities
- American Bar Foundation
- Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Classes and Seminars
- Developments in Products Liability, Suffolk Law School, 1982
- Anatomy of a Products Liability Case, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1982
- Trial of Death Cases, American Association for Justice, 1982
- Structured Settlements, Middlesex County Bar Association, 1981
- Medicine and the Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1981
- Developments in Tort Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1981
- Proving Damages, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1981
- Trial Strategy - Products Liability Cases, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1981
- Products Liability, EG&G for corporate executives, 1981
- Punitive Damages, American Bar Association, 1980
- Preparation and Trial of a Product Liability Case, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1979
- Opening Statements, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1979
- Medical Malpractice, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1977
- Trial of a Personal Injury Case, American Association for Justice, 1977
- Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1974
- Avoiding Evidence Pitfalls, How to Get Yours in and Keep Theirs Out, Suffolk University Law School, 1992
- The Massachusetts No-Fault Insurance Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1971
- Recent Decisions in the Law of Damages-Present Fear of Future Harm, Suffolk University Law School, 1991
- Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.
- Products Liability, Northeast Conference Business Law Teachers, 1990
- Recent Developments in the Law of Torts, Suffolk University Law School, 1989
- Products Liability for the Sophisticated Practitioner, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1989
- Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses, Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association, 1988
- Medical Malpractice, Eastern Regional Meeting, Head and Neck Surgeons, 1987
- Medical Malpractice, Worcester County Medical Society, 1986
- Construction Site Litigation, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1986
- Operation of the Board of Bar Overseers, Boston University School of Law Alumni Association, 1986
- Jury Selection, Body Language and the Visual Trial, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1985
- Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1985
- Negotiation Skills Workshop, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1985
- The Use of Expert Witnesses, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1984
- Structured Settlements, Boston Association of Claim Executives, 1984
- Products Liability Litigation, Suffolk University, 1983
- Medical Malpractice, Suffolk Law School, 1983
- Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1983
Achievements
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Included on the 2023 Massachusetts list
Past Lists
- 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2018 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
- 2005 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
Honors
- J. Newton Esdaile Award, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2002
- American ORT Federation Jurisprudence Award, 1999
- Civil Justice Award, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1993
- Gold Medal Award, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1991
- Silver Shingle Award, Boston University School of Law, 1989
- William O. Douglas First Amendment Freedom Award, Anti-Defamation League of B’nai Brith, 1986
- Who’s Who in American Law
- Honorary L.L.D, Suffolk University, 1989
- Who’s Who in the World
- Who’s Who in America
- “The Best Lawyers of America”, 1995-2019
- “Massachusetts Super Lawyers”, Law and Politics, 2004-2018
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow, Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association
- Fellow, International Society of Barristers
- Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates
Office Information
Address
Prudential Tower800 Boylston Street30th Floor Boston, MA 02199- 8001
Phone
Fax
- (617) 542-1359
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Publication
Representative Cases
- Griffin v. General Motors Corp., 380 Mass. 362 (1980)
- Carey v. General Motors Corp., 37 Mass. 736 (1979)
- doCanto v. Ametek, Inc., 367 Mass. 776 (1975)
- Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co., 364 Mass. 153 (1973) and 14 Mass. App. Ct. 448 (1982)
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