Richard Quinby is experienced in all aspects of litigation, alternative dispute resolution, trials, and appeals. Over his career as a trial lawyer, he has focused on business, tort, insurance coverage, products liability, professional liability,  defamation, environmental, pharmacological, labor and employment and commercial disputes. He has represented individuals, large Fortune 100 corporations, small and closely-held businesses and individuals, national retailers, financial institutions, insurance companies, attorneys, doctors, dentists, accountants, insurance and real estate  professionals.  He has served primarily as a defense lawyer but has represented hundreds of claimants in his trial practice as well.

Richard has tried or handled cases in state and federal courts in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana and has represented clients in over 1000 arbitrations, mediations and before administrative agencies.

Richard has conducted over four hundred and fifty trials as sole trial counsel, and many more as supervising attorney with over a 99% success rate. He has been recognized in:

• Best Lawyers in America, Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation
• President’s Award from the Boston Bar Association for his service in the BBA Mentoring Program
• Massachusetts Super Lawyer since its inception to the present (over 20 years)

He is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Rick is husband to Stephanie, a long-time social worker at Boston Children’s Hospital, and a  father and grandfather. He enjoys golf and supporting his hometown and longtime suffering Cleveland sports teams.

Matt recently retired from the Mass. District Court after eight and a half years of service. During his tenure on the Court, He served on the court’s Civil Committee where he helped train other judges in civil matters. He presided over thirty civil bench and jury trials involving personal injury, breach of contract, breach of warranty, property damage, and c. 93A claims. Several of his decisions have been published in district court training materials. He was a contributor to the district court: “Civil in a Nutshell “publication.

Matt is a native of the West Roxbury section of Boston and graduated from Boston Latin School, Boston College and Boston College Law School.   Upon passing the Bar in 1979, Matt joined the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. During his next seven years in that office, Matt argued several appeals before both Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. He tried several hundred bench trials and approximately thirty felony jury trials to verdict He also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In addition to his legal career, Matt served in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an intelligence officer from 1985 to 1992.

Matt left the District Attorney’s office in December of 1986 and began practice with the Law Offices of Robert E. Noonan, staff counsel for then Commercial Union Insurance Company. During the next twenty-three and a half years, Matt handled mostly personal injury litigation for first Commercial Union, then CGU and finally OneBeacon, Tower and NGIC. In 2016, Matt opened the Law Office of Matthew L. McGrath, a general practice firm in Framingham. He has arbitrated and mediated several hundred claims for both insureds and the companies themselves.   He has tried approximately sixty jury actions to verdict.

Matt has served as an arbitrator and mediator since 1994 when he began handling cases for the American Arbitration Association. He has heard actions for Case Closed since the early 2000s. He has served as an arbitrator in approximately 100 actions since 1994 and has acted as a mediator in approximately a dozen claims.

Although most of Matt’s practice has been for insurance companies, he has performed plaintiff work in the past. He has a solid grasp as to the fair value of any personal injury or property damage action.

Attorney Nunziata (Nunzie) Reynolds has been practicing law for over 40 years, mainly in the Worcester area. During that time, she earned a reputation as a skilled and effective litigator. A graduate of Suffolk Law School, she started out in the Worcester County District Attorney’s office, after which she became a litigation attorney for Aetna Insurance. In 1990, she went to work for Travelers Insurance. Shortly after, she was promoted to managing attorney for the Worcester office of Premier Insurance of MA, (later to become referred to as Travelers of MA). While managing the Worcester office, she handled a substantial case load, litigating over 200 jury trials to verdict and handling over 500 cases in ADR hearings (both arbitration and mediation). After retiring in 2014, she became a mediator and arbitrator hearing cases in MA and RI, both in-person and on Zoom . Nunzie also spent some time living in the South and teaching English and Literature in the Baton Rouge Magnet Middle School.

Attorney Eisenberg has been in the practice of law for over 45 years. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court in Boston and the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was a partner in Cosgrove, Eisenberg Kiley, P.C., and now with CEK Quincy, P.C. He concentrates his practice in civil litigation with an emphasis on personal injury and construction law. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and past State Chair of that organization. Attorney Eisenberg is a Brandeis Life Fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and a past Trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Lew has extensive trial experience in the state courts of the Commonwealth and the federal court in Boston. His office has done substantial work for the Arbella Insurance group for over 25 years and also has an extensive plaintiff practice in personal injury matters. He is a certified mediator in the Commonwealth. Representing clients, he has handled well over 150 cases in mediation on both plaintiff and defense cases.

The Honorable Judith A. Cowin was appointed as an associate justice of the SJC by Gov. A. Paul Cellucci in 1999. She was only the third woman to serve on that court in its 300-year history. She retired in 2011 and has been consulting with many Boston area firms on appellate practice since then.

Prior to joining the SJC, Justice Cowin served on the Superior court for eight years. During part of that time, she was also the Regional Administrative Justice for Middlesex County.

After graduating from Wellesley College, where she was designated a Wellesley College Scholar, she went on to attend Harvard Law School, graduating in 1970. She passed the Massachusetts Bar later that same year.

Before joining the bench, Justice Cowin served as assistant legal counsel to the MA Department of Mental health and later as an assistant district attorney in Norfolk County from 1979-1991.

Justice Cowin has authored numerous articles for legal publications and has been a guest lecturer at both Harvard and Boston Colleges. She has also served on the board of trustees of the Flaschner Judicial Institute and the Social Law Library. A resident of Newton she has three grown children and eight grandchildren.

A trial attorney with over 35 years of experience, Attorney Rosenberg has tried over 100 jury and bench trials and has argued in front of both the Massachusetts Appeals and Supreme Judicial Courts. Ken prides himself as being equipped with the unique perspective of being able to evaluate cases from all sides, recognizing their strengths and weaknesses.

He has extensive experience evaluating and negotiating many different types of cases including: motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death claims, trucking/bicycle/pedestrian accidents, premises liability, construction litigation, product liability, environmental claims and MGL Chapter 93A/176D claims.

Having participated in numerous mediations and arbitrations, He brings experience and understanding in helping parties reach a resolution of their case. Though primarily an insurance defense attorney, he has also successfully represented plaintiffs in personal injury matters. Ken has the temperament and perseverance to effectively work with parties to resolve their case.

Ken is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Boston University School of Law. He is a member of the MBA and the Worcester Bar Assoc. Ken has been trained in mediation and has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Michael Franco is a partner in the Law Offices of Beauregard, Burke & Franco in New Bedford. He has practiced law since 1994 and has been a partner in Beauregard, Burke & Franco since 2001. In addition to trial work, he has handled more than fifty appeals in the state and federal courts. Michael graduated summa cum laude from Boston University. He received a J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law. His litigation practice includes complex cases of serious bodily injury, wrongful death, professional malpractice, commercial contract, and insurance coverage. He represents individuals and businesses as both plaintiffs and defendants. Atty. Franco is coauthor of chapters in the MCLE books Massachusetts Motor Vehicles Torts, Massachusetts Tort Law Manual, and Ethical Lawyering in Massachusetts. He is past president of the Board of Trustees for the Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford.

Attorney Jackson Jones, a Georgia native, began his legal career began at the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office where he acted as lead prosecutor in over 100 jury and bench trials with an astounding success rate. While in the District Attorney’s Office, Jackson also worked as an adjunct professor for the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. After leaving the DA’s office he then went to work as in-house counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company where he gained extensive experience in personal injury cases. During that time Jackson served as lead attorney for over 20 trials in different Massachusetts and Rhode Island district and superior courts. He also participated in over 500 depositions and over 100 arbitrations.

In August 2017, Jackson founded The Law Office of M. Jackson Jones, specializing in personal injury law, including motor vehicle torts, premises liability and tractor-trailer accidents, along with his criminal defense work. Throughout his legal career, Jackson has earned the respect and admiration of all that have worked with him.

John Ferrara was a founding partner of Dalsey, Ferrara & Albano, opened in Springfield in 1983.  Over twenty-nine years as a trial attorney, he tried many civil cases in the state and federal courts.  His areas of civil practice included personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, and contracts and business disputes.  He always sought to represent clients zealously but fairly, with an eye toward a favorable and practical outcome.

Attorney Ferrara was appointed to the Superior Court in 2012 and served for ten years.  During his judicial tenure he handled hundreds of civil cases including personal injury claims, medical and legal malpractice, contract claims, business disputes, labor and employment cases … the varied cases that come before the Superior Court.  He issued hundreds of thoughtful decisions and conducted more than one hundred jury trials with impartiality and fairness.  Now retired from bench, he focuses on consultation, mediation and arbitration.

Justice John Greaney’s exemplary legal career spans over 50 years, providing him with extensive experience as a lawyer and judge in a vast range of areas, including both trial and appellate practice.

A graduate of Holy Cross and New York University Law School, Justice Greaney first started out as a lawyer at the Springfield firm of Ely and King, where he practiced for over a decade until his appointment to the Hampden County Housing Court. In 1976, he joined the Massachusetts Appeals Court, where he came Chief Justice in 1984. In 1989, he was appointed to the Supreme Judicial Court where he served until 2008.

During his time on the bench, Justice Geaney participated in many landmark decisions, among them, Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, where he wrote a concurring opinion establishing Massachusetts as the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.

After leaving the bench, he joined the faculty of Suffolk Law School, where he taught Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Appellate Advocacy. He now leads the ADR practice group at the Springfield firm of Bulkley Richardson.

Justice Rup, in over 25 years on the Massachusetts Superior Court, has presided over a wide variety of cases. In her years on the bench, she has earned a reputation for fairness and efficiency.

Her career began in 1979 as a prosecutor in the District courts. Shortly after that, she joined Massachusetts Defenders Committee in the Berkshire office and eventually the Hampden County office (later renamed the Committee for Public Counsel Services).

From 1986 to 1990, she served as regional supervisor. In 1990, she joined a private firm doing both civil and criminal litigation. Appointed to the Superior Court in 1992, she served until her retirement in 2018. After leaving the bench, she joined the Springfield firm of Bulkley Richardson as senior counsel, handling the firm’s ADR section along with Justice Greaney.

Justice Rup has always been a proponent of legal education at many levels. She has lectured in high schools, colleges and law schools. Over the last decade, she has traveled to Tomsk and Rostov as a participant in education exchange programs with Russian legal professionals and more recently to Latin America, Israel and Jordan.

Judge Ford, recently retired from the Superior Court, sat in every county in Massachusetts and presided over a wide variety of jury and jury waived civil trials.

A graduate of Notre Dame and Boston College Law School, Judge Ford first practiced law in the Pittsfield general practice firm of Katz & Lapointe. His next position was as First Assistant District Attorney for the Berkshire DA’s office from 1979 to 1987. After leaving the DA’s office he took a position with the Pittsfield firm of Cain, Hibbard, Myers & Cooke. His practice there was almost entirely civil, with an emphasis on medical malpractice, commercial and real estate litigation.

In 1989, he was appointed to the Superior Court where he presided until taking mandatory retirement in August of 2019. Judge Ford is available to mediate and arbitrate cases throughout WMASS and Central Ma.