Education:
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1970
- Winner of Best Oral and Overall Advocate in the 1st year Moot Court Competition
- Selected by faculty to be a member of the National Moot Court Competition team in both 2nd and 3rd years
- Selected by faculty as the student representative on the Long Term Curriculum Committee
Boston College, Economics, B.S., 1967
Admissions:
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
United States Court of Appeals, First and Fourth Circuits
Supreme Court of the United States
pro hac vice:
United States District Court, District of Connecticut
United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
Kings County, New York State
Affiliations:
Member, Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association and American Bar Association
President, Boston Bar Association (1999 – 2000)
President-elect, Boston Bar Association (1998 – 1999)
Secretary, Boston Bar Association (1993 – 1994)
Council Member, Boston Bar Association (1991 – 1993)
Member, Boston Bar Association Task Force on Drugs and the Courts (1990 – 1991)
Member, Boston Bar Association State Court Study Committee (1991 – 1992)
Chair, Criminal Justice Act Advisory Board, appointed by Federal District Court Chief Justice Joseph L. Tauro. This board supervises the appointment of defense counsel for indigents and coordinates various defense function issues with the court, including the revision of local rules relating to discovery in criminal cases. (1993 – 1996)
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (1986)
Appointed to State Committee (1993 – 1996)
Appointed to National Committee for the Courageous Advocacy Award (1993)
Appointed to the Federal Criminal Procedure Committee (1997)
Appointed to Access to Justice and Legal Services Committee (2003)
Appointed to Admission to Fellowship Committee (2001)
Member, National and Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyers Associations
Member, Board of Trustees, Greater Boston Legal Services
Founding Member, Board of Trustees, Williams Syndrome Foundation
Member, Board of Trustees, Boston Police Foundation
Member, Woodland Golf Club
Member, Union Club
Presentations and Awards:
- Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Criminal Defense--White Collar (2009)
- Panelist, "Cost Pressures on Law Firms and What Can Be Done About them in 2010," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Nov. 13, 2009)
- Panelist, Boston Bar Association Criminal Law Section, "Grand Jury Practice" (2009)
- Moderator, Health Care Fraud and Abuse Panel: "Welcome to the Field of Health Care Fraud Defense, Where Nothing is Static and 'Victory' is Hard to Define." ABA While Collar Crime Institute (2008)
- Chair, Health Care Fraud and Abuse Panel: “Question: To what extent did the 2004 acquittals in the TAP case affect the government’s zeal for investigating and prosecuting health care fraud and abuse matters in 2005? Answer: Not at all.” ABA White Collar Crime Institute (2006)
- Panelist, White Collar Crime Prosecutions, 1st Circuit Judicial Conference (2004)
- Discussion leader, Asian American Lawyers Association of MA: “Marketing and the Current Legal Climate” (2003)
- Vice-chair, Anti-Defamation League David A. Rose Civil Rights Award Dinner (2000)
- Presenter, Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys, Criminal Pretrial Motion Practice and Procedure (1995)
- Chair, “Federal District Court Criminal Practice,” on behalf of District Court (1994)
- Recipient, Public Service Award, Boston Bar Association, for court reform work (1993)
- In 1982, 1991, and 1994, served as Committee Chair and Toastmaster for dinners honoring President David Sargent, former Suffolk County District Attorney Garret H. Byrne, and Hon. Larry Cameron, respectively. Each event was a scholarship fund dinner.
- University Marshall at Suffolk University Law School Commencement, 1985
Articles:
Informed by U.S. Experience, U.K. Embarks on Major Anti-Fraud Law Initiatives
Dwyer & Collora Launches Foundation - MA Lawyers Weekly - May 14, 2007
Massachusetts Election Administration, Campaign Finance and Lobby Law Chapter 21 - Federal/State Issues
Massachusetts Election Administration
Campaign Finance and Lobbying Law Chapter 26 - Recent Developments in Federal Law
Seeking the Extraordinary
Beacon Hill Bigwigs call on Thomas Dwyer Boston Globe - Feb. 15, 1996
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Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr.
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tdwyer@dwyercollora.com
“True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one’s self, but the point is not only to get out, you must stay out: and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.”
-Henry James
In an effort to solidify an “absorbing errand,” Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr., founded Dwyer & Collora, LLP more than 20 years ago and has helped build it into one of the most successful litigation boutiques in the Northeast.
While the initial success of the firm was based on its acumen in the defense of white collar crime investigations, that success has led to the substantial expansion of a civil litigation practice. While Mr. Dwyer is often called upon to provide advice in many civil cases, he relies on the firm’s team of full-time civil litigators to execute a strategy towards problem resolution. Since his first month in private practice in August of 1980, he has enjoyed great success because of his ability to understand the needs of referral lawyers. For twenty-seven years, he has been referred matters from firms throughout the nation. He has always recognized that referral lawyers want a firm known for obtaining the best results for the client, the capacity to partner when appropriate and with a stellar reputation in the judicial community. As an avid art buff, he is oftentimes prone to remind every case team member of the words of Jackson Pollock, upon reflecting upon Pablo Picasso: “[t]hat guy missed nothing.” This is his governing principle for both clients and referral lawyers.
In 1972, Mr. Dwyer was appointed as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, Boston. Fourteen months later, he was appointed to supervise all white collar, organized crime and political corruption investigations and prosecutions. Prior to his resignation in 1978, he tried numerous cases to successful conclusion and supervised the prosecution of hundreds of other cases. During this time, he served on various national, state and local law enforcement committees. Mr. Dwyer's work was also cited by the United State Department of Justice as establishing a national best practices program for white collar crime protection and prosecution. From 1978 to 1979, he served as the Executive Director and Deputy Chief Counsel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Special Commission Concerning State and County Buildings (Ward Commission) and supervised all investigations and litigation in connection with a state legislative investigating committee. He coordinated all litigation in the state trial and appellate courts. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association, serving as its president from 1999-2000, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Areas of Representation:
Today, Mr. Dwyer is recognized as one of the region’s most experienced litigators in the entire panoramic field of white collar criminal defense. Mr. Dwyer has tried several of the most complex state and federal criminal matters in this and other jurisdictions. As the nature of white collar crime investigations has changed, he has spent over twenty-seven years developing and executing game plans directed to one, and only one, goal: an agreement by a prosecutor not to file criminal charges. In setting these goals, he is oft times reminded of the words of Henry David Thoreau:
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
Mr. Dwyer represents domestic and foreign corporations and their senior executives in litigation and pre-litigation matters. He focuses on cases ranging from health care, securities, environmental, fraud, defense contracting, and foreign corrupt practices investigations.
Recent Cases:
Because of the nature of his legal work, Mr. Dwyer prefers to respond to specific inquires.
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