Suffolk County
MBA Past President Chris Kenney (pictured left) and MBA Public Law Section Council Vice Chair David Kerrigan (pictured right), both of Kenney & Sams PC, were recently named 2020 Lawyers of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
After their client, a candidate for U.S. Congress, was denied access to the primary election ballot due to alleged non-compliance with unprecedented COVID-19 signature-gathering laws, Kenney and Kerrigan fought the case before the State Ballot Law Commission and the Supreme Judicial Court. Justice was achieved when the SJC ruled in favor of their client, reversed the commission, and ordered the Massachusetts secretary of state to include their client on the primary election ballot, after which she became the Republican nominee for Congress.
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Suffolk County
Laredo & Smith LLP in Boston has added MBA member John Fitzpatrick to the firm’s litigation practice as an associate. He joins a strong group of litigators counseling and defending the firm’s clients in a range of business litigation matters.
Fitzpatrick is a civil litigator who contributes to the firm’s work resolving disputes related to contracts, mortgages and loans, breaches of fiduciary duty and other business matters. As part of his work, Fitzpatrick has been researching and defining best practices for business owners, entrepreneurs and other professionals regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
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