David J. Ekelund, Attorney

David J. Ekelund, Jr. joined Perry, Krumsiek & Jack, LLP in 2008.  Mr. Ekelund most recently served as General Counsel and Compliance Officer for a federal savings bank.

A versatile and practical lawyer, Mr. Ekelund has significant experience representing clients with a broad range of business, litigation and regulatory matters.  He has represented publicly traded companies, national insurers and lenders, as well as large and small privately-held businesses.  Mr. Ekelund also serves as the firm's advisor with respect to matters of ethics and professional responsibility.

REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MATTERS

- Represented lending institutions in commercial loan transactions, including government guaranteed loans.
-Represented buyers and sellers in commercial and residential real estate transactions.
-Drafted and negotiated leases, employment agreements, non-competition agreements, non-disclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, marketing agreements, service contracts, royalty contracts, liability releases, and sales agreements.
- Served as outside general counsel to a regional mortgage lender; assisted client with entity formation, private placements and Regulation D offerings, licensing, litigation matters and regulatory matters.
-Reviewed and advised businesses on general liability, bankers' professional liability, management professional liability, and other insurance coverage matters.
-Advised businesses on compliance matters including: OFAC, Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act and other anti-money laundering regulations.
 
REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION MATTERS 

Mr. Ekelund has represented clients in a wide variety of litigation and administrative matters, including: shareholder disputes, breach of fiduciary duty/escrow matters, commercial/contract litigation, securities matters, real estate disputes, construction disputes, bankruptcy matters, landlord-tenant disputes, foreclosures, disclosure/collection hearings, will contests, joint tenancy disputes, labor arbitrations, employment administrative hearings and disputes, medical malpractice defense, premises liability defense, personal injury/insurance defense, products liability, as well as trademark/unfair competition, antitrust class actions, multi-district litigation and insurance coverage matters.  Mr. Ekelund has:

-Served as trial counsel in both jury and bench trials in state and federal courts.
-Obtained successful verdict at trial on behalf of employer against employer's former employee for conversion, lost profits.
-Obtained defense verdict with co-counsel at trial for law firm in a breach of fiduciary duty/escrow matter.
-Obtained defense verdict with co-counsel at trial for a campground in a premises liability matter with potential verdict exposure in excess of $1 million.
-Written and argued many dispositive and non-dispositive motions, in state and federal courts; prosecuted appeal before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on issue of first impression in area of medical malpractice that settled on favorable terms for client.
-Handled and successfully avoided administrative action being taken against a mortgage lender by the State of Maine Office of Consumer Credit Regulation and the Maine Attorney General's Office.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Immediately following law school, Mr. Ekelund served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas E. Delahanty, II, Thomas D. Warren, and Ellen A. Gorman of the Maine Superior Court.  Following his judicial clerkship, he joined the regional law firm of Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP for six years, practicing primarily in the firm's Portland, Maine and Boston offices.  Most recently, Mr. Ekelund served as General Counsel and Compliance Officer of Home Loan Investment Bank, FSB, a federal savings bank located in Warwick, Rhode Island.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Before attending law school, Mr. Ekelund played minor league baseball as a shortstop for the Bangor Blue Ox in Bangor, Maine.  Mr. Ekelund currently is President and Member of a real estate holding investment company.

BAR ADMISSIONS

Massachusetts; District of Massachusetts
Maine; District of Maine
New York
Rhode Island
 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS; CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

Member, Massachusetts, Boston, New York, Maine, Rhode Island Bar Associations
Member, Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Association Executive Committee
Chair, Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Club of Boston
Member, Princeton Alumni Association
Member, Princeton Entrepreneur Network
Member, Campaign Committee, Matt Jacobson for Governor 2010 (ME)
Member, Algonquin Club of Boston
Member, First Congregational Church; Former Advisor to Senior Youth Ministry Youth Group
Former Member, Maine Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors, serving as Chair of Nominating Committee
Former Member, Sweetser Organization Kids at Heart Committee