Education:

Harvard Law School, LLM, 1967.  On Fellowship.

Boston College Law School, JD 1965

  • Honors: Order of the Coif; Publications Trust Award, presented occasionally to honor student writing of outstanding quality and scholarship; Lawyer’s Co-operative Publishing Awards for Highest Grades in Equity, Labor Law and Taxation; First Prize, Old Colony Trust Estate Planning Contest; Law Review, Editorial Staff; Editors Award, as the member of the Editorial Staff whose contributions were the most significant during the 1964-1965 academic year; Lyne, Woodworth and Evarts Award; Dean’s List.

Boston College, AB 1962

Admissions:

Admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Supreme Court of the United States

Affiliations:

American Bar Association: Council of Appellate Lawyers; Litigation Section; Appellate Practice Committee

Boston Bar Association: Litigation Section

Plymouth County Bar Association

Brandeis Life Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation 

Sustaining Member, Massachusetts Bar Association: Civil Litigation Section; Criminal Justice Section; Judicial Administration Section; Probate Law Section Council, (Legislation)

Chair, Appellate Courts Bench-Bar Committee

Member, MBA Amicus Curiae Committee

Associate Editor, Massachusetts Law Review

Member, BBA-MBA Joint Committee on Proposed Massachusetts Probate Code

Member, MBA Amicus Task Force

Member, MBA Task Force on Judicial Conduct Commission

Member, by Appointment of the Court, Supreme Judicial Court Transcripts Committee

Member, Supreme Judicial Court Working Group on Time Standards for Transcripts on Appeal

Member, Appellate Court Information Technology Committee

Panel Member, First Circuit criminal appeals panel

Presentations and Awards:

  • Speaker, Recent Developments in Appellate Practice, Massachusetts Bar Association, annually, 2004 to date
  • Panelist and Moderator, Success on Appeal, 2006 and 2007 CLE Panel, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Panelist, Tips on Effective Briefs, CLE Program, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2002-2006
  • Panelist, Recent Developments in Massachusetts Law, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975 Annual Meetings of the Massachusetts Bar Association, reporting on developments in the First Circuit
  • Panelist, Federal Rules of Evidence, ALI-ABA, May 30, 1975
  • Panelist, Comity or Competition:  The Relations Between State and Federal Courts, 1970 Annual Meeting, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Associate Editor, Massachusetts Law Quarterly, 1969-1974

Articles:

Closing Arguments In Criminal Cases, Suffolk Law School magazine, The Advocate, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring, 1978

 

Thomas J. Carey

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Thomas Carey is Of Counsel to the firm and specializes in Appellate Advocacy. He has handled numerous civil and criminal appeals in state and federal courts, and is active across all areas of the firm’s practice. Since success on appeal depends upon identifying and preserving legal issues at the trial level, Mr. Carey’s extensive legal knowledge and analytical skills are available to the firm from the earliest stages of a case until the last appeal is exhausted. 

Areas of Representation:

Appellate Law

Recent Cases:

  • Kealy v. City of Lowell. Thirteen-year-long employment discrimination case involving multiple appeals, culminating in favorable Appeals Court decision and denial of Further Appellate Review by the Supreme Judicial Court.  Issues of liability for emotional distress, interest on judgment and retroactivity.
  • Won dismissal of $300 million libel and defamation suit against our client, a multi-national internet service provider.  Decision affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
  • Won summary judgment awarding $10.0 million to our client in a federal case of first impression concerning the law governing wire transfers of funds.
  • Represented trader accused of fraud involving Chicago Board of Trade. Obtained favorable decision in First Circuit Court of Appeals.