Michael A. Pezza, Jr.
For more than 25 years, Michael Pezza has been a
lawyer in Boston with a civil litigation and business
law practice. Before starting his own firm, Michael
was Senior Counsel in the Boston office of a large
national law firm, before which he was for many
years a partner in a Boston-based litigation firm.
In his current practice, Michael offers the benefits
of more than two decades of training and
experience in large firms, coupled with the small
firm benefits of efficiency, flexibility, hands-on
personal attention, and competitive rates.
In addition to his law practice, Michael is the
founder of Boston Dispute Resolution Services,
which provides mediation and other dispute
resolution services to the legal, insurance, and
business communities, and he is on the Adjunct
Faculty at Northeastern University School of Law.
Michael has represented large and small
businesses, and individuals, in a variety of matters
concerning, among other things, business
disputes, business transactions and contracts,
confidentiality and non-disclosure issues,
employment issues, contract and tort claims,
insurance disputes, construction defects, product
liability, real estate disputes, bad faith claims,
copyright and trademark disputes, substantial
commercial property losses, media and First
Amendment matters, and litigation avoidance and
management.
As a litigator, Michael has prepared, evaluated,
and tried jury and non-jury cases, argued motions,
briefed and argued appeals, and resolved disputes
before state and federal courts in Massachusetts
and other states. He has extensive experience in
conducting discovery in other states and abroad,
as well as in resolving disputes through mediation
and arbitration.
Over the years, Michael has been a well-received
speaker on a variety of matters. He has served as
a continuing legal education program chair and
faculty member, and has spoken to business,
educator, and human rights groups. He has been
a panelist on a local television program, and has
appeared as a law school guest lecturer. He has
authored articles and manuals, and from time to
time authors a media and First Amendment
commentary blog.
Michael is a member of several bar associations
and professional organizations, with a focus on
litigation, business, dispute resolution, and media
law issues. He serves as a Vice Chair of the ABA
Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee,
and is a member of the Media Law Resource
Center's Defense Counsel Section, its
Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Committee, and the
MLRC Institute Speakers Bureau.
Michael's pro bono work includes the successful
representation of a teen-ager from China who
sought asylum in the United States after he was
imprisoned and tortured in China because of his
religious beliefs, and representation of artists in a
variety of matters. In that regard, he is panel
counsel for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of
Massachusetts.
Mr. Pezza has been recognized with the
Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated
certification for many years.
Consistent with his membership in the MLRC Defense
Counsel Section, Mr. Pezza represents only media
organizations, journalists, and authors in media law and
First Amendment matters.
* CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of
Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the
Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards,
and policies. An explanation of the Peer Review Ratings
Categories may be found here.
For more than 25 years, Michael Pezza has been a
lawyer in Boston with a civil litigation and business
law practice. Before starting his own firm, Michael
was Senior Counsel in the Boston office of a large
national law firm, before which he was for many
years a partner in a Boston-based litigation firm.
In his current practice, Michael offers the benefits
of more than two decades of training and
experience in large firms, coupled with the small
firm benefits of efficiency, flexibility, hands-on
personal attention, and competitive rates.
In addition to his law practice, Michael is the
founder of Boston Dispute Resolution Services,
which provides mediation and other dispute
resolution services to the legal, insurance, and
business communities, and he is on the Adjunct
Faculty at Northeastern University School of Law.
Michael has represented large and small
businesses, and individuals, in a variety of matters
concerning, among other things, business
disputes, business transactions and contracts,
confidentiality and non-disclosure issues,
employment issues, contract and tort claims,
insurance disputes, construction defects, product
liability, real estate disputes, bad faith claims,
copyright and trademark disputes, substantial
commercial property losses, media and First
Amendment matters, and litigation avoidance and
management.
As a litigator, Michael has prepared, evaluated,
and tried jury and non-jury cases, argued motions,
briefed and argued appeals, and resolved disputes
before state and federal courts in Massachusetts
and other states. He has extensive experience in
conducting discovery in other states and abroad,
as well as in resolving disputes through mediation
and arbitration.
Over the years, Michael has been a well-received
speaker on a variety of matters. He has served as
a continuing legal education program chair and
faculty member, and has spoken to business,
educator, and human rights groups. He has been
a panelist on a local television program, and has
appeared as a law school guest lecturer. He has
authored articles and manuals, and from time to
time authors a media and First Amendment
commentary blog.
Michael is a member of several bar associations
and professional organizations, with a focus on
litigation, business, dispute resolution, and media
law issues. He serves as a Vice Chair of the ABA
Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee,
and is a member of the Media Law Resource
Center's Defense Counsel Section, its
Pre-Publication/Pre-Broadcast Committee, and the
MLRC Institute Speakers Bureau.
Michael's pro bono work includes the successful
representation of a teen-ager from China who
sought asylum in the United States after he was
imprisoned and tortured in China because of his
religious beliefs, and representation of artists in a
variety of matters. In that regard, he is panel
counsel for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of
Massachusetts.
Mr. Pezza has been recognized with the
Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated
certification for many years.
Consistent with his membership in the MLRC Defense
Counsel Section, Mr. Pezza represents only media
organizations, journalists, and authors in media law and
First Amendment matters.
* CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of
Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the
Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards,
and policies. An explanation of the Peer Review Ratings
Categories may be found here.
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Colgate University, A. B.
Case Western Reserve
University School of Law,
J.D.
Case Western Reserve
University School of Law,
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