Russell Beck

Chair of Foley & Lardner's Trade Secret, Noncompete Agreement & Unfair Competition Task Force

Member, Foley & Lardner National Pro Bono Committee

Co-Chair, Foley & Lardner Boston Office Pro Bono Committee

I am a member of the General Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation Practices and the Emerging Technologies Industry Team.  My practice concentrates on complex commercial litigation, including high-tech and intellectual property matters, protection of trade secrets, enforcement and defense of non-competition agreements, land use cases, and health care payor/provider disputes.  Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Beck was a member of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

My experience includes:

• Representing corporate, high-tech, and individual clients in complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal court trials, arbitrations, mediations, and binding mediations, from pre-litigation through trial and appeal and settlement
• Representing a broad range of clients on diverse matters, including enforcement and defense of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, protection of trade secrets, contract disputes, copyright and trademark matters, false designation of origin claims, unfair competition claims, fraud and business torts, post-acquisition breach of contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, commercial lease disputes, and domestic and international jurisdiction and choice-of-law disputes
• Representing municipalities, individuals, and corporate clients in land use matters, including on behalf of and before zoning boards, planning boards, and other town boards
• Representing healthcare clients in payor/provider disputes, member claims, contracting issues, responses to civil investigative demands, and alternative dispute resolution matters
• Serving as mediator and advocate in commercial, intellectual property, and family law matters

I am admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, and New Hampshire.  I am also admitted to appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First and Fifth Circuits; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.

I am a member of the Boston Bar Association and the New Hampshire Bar Association.

I am a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, New England Chapter, the Tufts University Lawyers Alumni Association, and the Tufts University Alumni Admission Program.