Eric P. Finamore
Email: epf@westonpatrick.com
Practice Areas:
Probate, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Domestic Relations, Employment Discrimination, Commercial Litigation, Workers Compensation, Real Estate Litigation, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Employment Law, Family Law, Insurance Defense, Mediation, Trial Practice, Probate Litigation, Professional Malpractice
Phone: 617-742-9310, Ext. 380
Direct Line: 617-880-6380
Fax: 617-742-5734
Website:http://www.efinamore.com
Position: Member
Description of Practice:
Mr. Finamore has been a trial lawyer in Massachusetts since 1983. The focus of his practice has been personal injury and wrongful death litigation, including claims of products liability, motor vehicle torts, premises liability, medical and professional malpractice, civil rights and police misconduct, worker's compensation, aviation and maritime liability, construction site accidents, and other cases of general negligence and intentional torts. In the majority of these areas he has represented both plaintiffs and defendants. He practices before all Federal and Massachusetts trial courts in various administrative tribunals, and in private arbitration. He regularly serves as an arbitrator and mediator.
Mr. Finamore has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, including claims based upon commercial torts, contracts and product warranties, unfair business practices and competition, insurance settlement practices and subrogation, employments contracts, proprietary commercial information, fire loss and property damage, insurance policy and coverage issues, employment and housing discrimination, ERISA benefits, probate litigation, consumer class action litigation, and divorce, support and custody proceedings.
Professional History:
2003 - present
Law office of Eric P. Finamore; member of Weston Patrick, P.A.
1994-2002
Riley, Burke and Donahue LLP, Boston and Danvers, MA
1987-1994
Of Counsel to Riley, Burke and Donahue, LLP Solo practice Boston and Williamsburg, MA
1983-1987
Cargill Masterman and Culbert Boston, MA
Reported Court Opinions:
Swift v. American Mutual Ins. Co. of Boston, 399 Mass. 373 (1987). Holland’s Case, 89 WL 92859 (1989).
Athas v. United States, 904 F.2d 79 (1st Cir. 1990).
Keith’s Case, 5 Mass. Worker-s Comp. Rep. 133 (1991).
Carlton v. Town of Framingham, 34 Mass. App. 686 (1993).
Campione v. Wilson, 422 Mass. 185 (1996).
Superchi v. Town of Athol, 170 F.R.D. 3 (D. Mass. 1996).
Montero’- Case, 11 Mass. Workers Comp. Rep. 596 (1997).
I.V. Services of America, Inc. v. Inn Development and Management, Inc., 7 F. Supp. 2d 79 (D. Mass. 1998), affirmed 182 F.3d 51 (1st Cir. 1999).
Luoni v. Berube, 431 Mass. 729 (2000).
Williams v. B & K Medical Systems, Inc., 49 Mass. App. 563 (2000).
Shuras v. Integrated Project Services, Inc., 190 F.Supp. 2d 194 (D. Mass. 2002).
Cardone v. Boston Regional Medical Center, 60 Mass. App. 179 (2003).
Hilchey v. City of Haverhill, 233 F.R.D. 67 (2005); 537 F. Supp. 255 (D. Mass. 2008)
Education:
Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1983
Associate Editor, American Journal of Law and Medicine
University of Rochester, B.A. cum laude, 1978
Admitted:
Massachusetts, 1983
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1983
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1990
New York, 2002 U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2004
Memberships:
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
Massachusetts Bar Association
