Practice:

• Bankruptcy
• Business Litigation
• Intellectual Property

Bar Admissions:

Florida
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Experience:

Prior to joining Burns & Levinson LLP, Mr. Field was a Partner at the law firm Verrill Dana LLP. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, dispute resolution and bankruptcy litigation. He has been principal counsel in complex arbitration proceedings, including multi-party international arbitrations. In his appellate work, Mr. Field has successfully established new law in Massachusetts in areas of insurance and commercial real estate by prevailing on issues of first impression under state statutes. Mr. Field has also represented clients in the area of intellectual property in patent infringement, copyright and trademark cases.

Highlights:

• Represented a Fortune 500 company in a $13 million judgment for patent infringement in favor of his client.
• Represented the debtor, an energy company, in the largest privately held Chapter 11 case in the U.S.
• Trial counsel for the trustee of a bankrupt Boston company which obtained and later received payment of a $1 million jury verdict against the City of Boston in Suffolk Superior Court.
• Trial counsel and prevailing appeals counsel receiving the then-largest reported Rule 11 sanction award in Massachusetts trial court, which was obtained against a party who had filed frivolous claims against the client.

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, Board Member
• Boston Bar Association, Executive Committee and Governing Council
• Boston Bar Foundation, Board Member and Charter Fellow
• Boston College Law School Alumni Association, President
• Florida Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

Additional Information:

• Mr. Field has accepted pro bono cases for low income clients from Volunteer Lawyers Project and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts, a program of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.
• Mr. Field served as Co-Chair of the Boston Bar Association's Summer Jobs Program for Boston public high school students for ten years.
• Mr. Field was Co-Chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Public Service Committee.
• In addition, Mr. Field was an instructor and board member for Discovering Justice, a citizenship education program for Boston school children initiated by Massachusetts federal judges.

Education:

• J.D., Boston College Law School, 1978
• A.B., Harvard College, 1971

Awards:

• Mr. Field was selected as the recipient for the Robert B. Fraser Award for Pro Bono Excellence in 2004.
• Mr. Field was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® (2006-2012) in the field(s) of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy, and Litigation - Trusts & Estates. Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Inclusion in Best Lawyers® is considered a singular honor.
• Mr. Field was selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers® (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006). Super Lawyers and Rising Stars employ an annual jurisdictional selection process. Only five percent of lawyers in the state were selected to the Super Lawyers list and 2.5 percent to the Rising Stars list. The listing appears annually in the November issue of Boston magazine and in New England Super Lawyers. Mr. Field is also listed as one of the Top 100 New England Super Lawyers in 2011, and one of the Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers in 2011 and 2008.
• Mr. Field has received the AV Rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating category awarded based upon opinions solicited from members of the Bar.

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