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Shepard Davidson

Partner

Office Phone: 617.345.3336
Location: Boston, MA
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Practice:

Co-Chair, Business Litigation
Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts

Experience:

Mr. Davidson is Co-Chair of the Firm's Business Litigation Department. He concentrates his practice in the areas of complex business torts, contract claims, real estate disputes, disputes involving closely held corporations and employment disputes.

Mr. Davidson has extensive experience in virtually all phases of civil litigation. He has tried cases in the Massachusetts Superior and District Courts, as well as the Federal District Court. Mr. Davidson also has argued before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court.

Clients ranging from individuals to small businesses to multi-national companies rely on Mr. Davidson’s advice, litigation skills and responsiveness.

“Shep has become one of my ‘go to’ guys because he gives me the sense that I am his only client in terms of responsiveness even though I know he is in demand. Shep also has a history of success with us, not just in terms of results, but in managing costs.”

– Keith Wexelblatt, Senior Counsel of Reebok International, Ltd.

Highlights:

Prevented a radio talk-show host from going to a rival station in breach of his employment agreement
Obtained an arbitration award of over $2,000,000 for an individual who sued one of the world’s largest financial institutions
Obtained a preliminary injunction, precluding four former employees of an international software company from breaching their covenants not to compete with the company
Obtained the reimbursement of all of his client’s legal fees after successfully defending a litigation that lasted over three years
Obtained a damages award of $700,000 for clients who sued a real estate developer for failing to complete their custom home in a timely manner

Education:

J.D., Northeastern University, 1990
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1986

Awards:

Massachusetts Super Lawyer in 2009 & 2008. The selection of attorneys is based on a poll and internal research done by Law & Politics Magazine and reviewed by an independent blue ribbon panel of their peers. Listed attorneys and finalists consist of the top 5% of attorneys in Massachusetts. The listing appeared in the November issue of Boston Magazine and in New England Super Lawyers Magazine.

Quotes:

11/17/2007, Boston Globe - Judge: Carr has to stay at WRKO
Mr. Davidson was quoted in this article by Diedtra Henderson.
7/11/2007, Radio & Records - Carr Wars in Boston; Entercom Responds
Mr. Davidson was quoted in this article by Mike Boyle.
7/11/2007, Boston Herald - Howie dials up heat on 'RKO with lawsuit
Mr. Davidson was quoted in this article in reference to the legal battle radio host Howie Carr is involved in.
7/22/2002, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly - "Ex-Bank Employee Awarded Over $2M"
Mr. Davidson and Jeff Martin were featured in the News Briefs section.

Recent Articles and Publications:

Flagging a Penalty Clause
New England In-House, July 2007

When is an Offer to Purchase Real Estate a Contract?
Focus, Fall 2002

Speaking Engagements:

Lessons in Contract Drafting from the School of Litigation, 10.8.2008
Location: New England Corporate Counsel Association, Inc.
Role: Co-Chair
Discussion of what you can do to draft agreements that are more likely to give you leverage in settlement as well as substantive and tactical advantages if you have to litigate or arbitrate a contractually based dispute.

Faculty Panel: "Resolving Disputes in Close Corporations and Partnerships" (MCLE), 4.6.2005
Mr. Davidson was on the Faculty Panel of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) program, "Resolving Disputes in Close Corporations and Partnerships," on April 6, 2005.

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