Berner v. Bernier, 449 Mass. 774 (2007) and 82 Mass. App. Ct. 81 (2012)
Jun 29, 2012OUTCOME: My client prevailed on two separate appeals.
Established new rules in Massachusetts and elsewhere for tax-affecting and valuing closely held businesses.
David Kelston's Legal Cases (7)
Boston, MA
Litigation Lawyer at Boston, MA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Contracts & Agreements, Business
Pointer v. Castellani, 455 Mass. 573 (2009)
Dec 31, 2009OUTCOME: My client prevailed.
Establishing rules concerning damage remedies for breach of fiduciary duty claims in closely held businesses.
Greenwood v. Leafer, Norfolk Sup. Ct. 03-554
Jun 30, 2005OUTCOME: Client employer prevailed and won damages.
Likely the only case to enforce a non-competition agreement to go all the way through a jury trial in Massachusetts in the last decade and a half.
Commonwealth v. Harwood, 432 Mass. 290
Aug 16, 2000OUTCOME: Insurance fraud charges voluntarily dismissed by Commonwealth.
Establishing importance of originally signed handwriting exemplars; loss of original document led to exclusion of testimony and eventual dismissal of charges.
Marvin Mitchell matter
May 03, 1997OUTCOME: Client freed.
Represented defendant in first Massachusetts post-conviction acquittal based on DNA evidence.
Murphy v. I.S.K.Con., 409 Mass. 842
May 01, 1991OUTCOME: Client religious organization prevailed.
Court prohibited evidence of religious practices as basis for civil liability.
Commonwealth v. Donahue, 396 Mass. 590
Jan 21, 1986OUTCOME: New trial for client.
Established rules for production of exculpatory evidence in cases where federal and state agencies both participated in investigation.
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