Jonathan Fitch | Boston Intellectual Property Lawyer
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One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
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56 Pine St
Providence, RI 02903
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About Jonathan
"For twenty-nine years, the firm has represented an array of outstanding corporations, nonprofit institutions and individuals in highly complex and urgent matters. Clients come back to us, again and again, because they know that we will act quickly to protect and advance their interests in tough going. They know that they will get clear advice and the execution of a well-conceived legal strategy. We know that when the dust settles, our clients must be certain that they've received the very best representation. That's the challenge and satisfaction of our work."
Jonathan Fitch co-founded the firm in 1984 after beginning his career as a trial lawyer at Bingham, Dana & Gould. He is a graduate of Williams College, (B.A., cum laude, 1974), Yale University, (M.P.P.M., 1978) and Boston College Law School, (J.D., 1982). He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Mr. Fitch has tried many cases in the federal and state trial courts of the Commonwealth. He also has extensive experience representing clients in International Arbitration, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation. In addition, he is a member of the panel of arbitrators of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the international division of the American Arbitration Association.
Mr. Fitch represents corporations and executives in business litigation including, for instance, commercial contract litigation, officers and directors litigation, executive employment and non-competition litigation, and disputes among the stakeholders in closely held corporations, hedge funds, trusts and other private business entities.
Mr. Fitch also represents clients in complex real estate litigation, including commercial lease, title, zoning, environmental, and land use matters. Earlier in his career, he defended the interests of manufacturers and utilities in hundreds of product liability, personal injury and property damage cases. He also represented the FDIC in more than one hundred matters during the bank crisis of the 1990s in New England.
The institutional clients he has appeared for include Airgas Corporation, Tracker do Brasil LTDA (Brazil), VSR Group (Latin America, Asia and Europe), The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, Fluent Trading Technologies Ltd., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Massachusetts Electric Company, Boston Edison Company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Education Development Center, Inc., PAREXEL International Corporation, Kington Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong), J. Baker, Inc., Lycos, Inc., Independence Seaport Museum, Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Sankaty Head Golf and Beach Club, Inc. and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
Jonathan Fitch co-founded the firm in 1984 after beginning his career as a trial lawyer at Bingham, Dana & Gould. He is a graduate of Williams College, (B.A., cum laude, 1974), Yale University, (M.P.P.M., 1978) and Boston College Law School, (J.D., 1982). He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Mr. Fitch has tried many cases in the federal and state trial courts of the Commonwealth. He also has extensive experience representing clients in International Arbitration, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation. In addition, he is a member of the panel of arbitrators of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the international division of the American Arbitration Association.
Mr. Fitch represents corporations and executives in business litigation including, for instance, commercial contract litigation, officers and directors litigation, executive employment and non-competition litigation, and disputes among the stakeholders in closely held corporations, hedge funds, trusts and other private business entities.
Mr. Fitch also represents clients in complex real estate litigation, including commercial lease, title, zoning, environmental, and land use matters. Earlier in his career, he defended the interests of manufacturers and utilities in hundreds of product liability, personal injury and property damage cases. He also represented the FDIC in more than one hundred matters during the bank crisis of the 1990s in New England.
The institutional clients he has appeared for include Airgas Corporation, Tracker do Brasil LTDA (Brazil), VSR Group (Latin America, Asia and Europe), The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, Fluent Trading Technologies Ltd., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Massachusetts Electric Company, Boston Edison Company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Education Development Center, Inc., PAREXEL International Corporation, Kington Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong), J. Baker, Inc., Lycos, Inc., Independence Seaport Museum, Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Sankaty Head Golf and Beach Club, Inc. and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
Call for initial consultation, 800-282-9640.
Experience
Managing Partner
Sally & Fitch LLP
1984 – Present
Boston, MA
Litigation Associate
Bingham Dana & Gould
1982 – 1984
Boston, MA
Admission
Rhode Island
1994
Massachusetts
1982
Education
Yale University
M.P.P.M. (Management)
1978
Williams College
B.A. (Economics and Classics)
1974
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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-American Bar Association
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-American Bar Association, Litigation Section
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-Massachusetts Bar Association
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-State and Federal Courts of Massachusetts
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-State and Federal Courts of Rhode Island
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-First Circuit Court of Appeals
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-United States Supreme Court
Honors / Awards
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In January , Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly named Mr. Fitch, the managing partner of Sally & Fitch LLP, as a "Lawyer of the Year ." Mr. Fitch was one of ten lawyers in the Commonwealth to receive this honor.2010 / 2009
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In November and , Mr. Fitch was named a "Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyer" in a list published by the Thomson Reuters rating service in Boston Magazine. Mr. Fitch has been named a "Massachusetts Super Lawyer" annually since . Only 5% of the lawyers in Massachusetts are awarded that designation. He was also recognized as one of Boston's Top Rated Lawyers in a list published in the Boston Globe.2011 / 2012 / 2004 / 2012
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Mr. Fitch has been ranked at the highest level of legal ability, "AV", in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and been listed in its "Register of Preeminent Lawyers," for twenty-eight years. He also received the rating of "Superb" by Avvo, a website that provides lawyer ratings and other legal resources.
Notable Work
Publications
Mr. Fitch is the author of The Limitations on American-Style Discovery in International Arbitration in Strategies in International Arbitration (Aspatore, Thomson Reuters ), "Foreign Judgments Law Due for Update", Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 41 MLW 159, , and "The Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments in Massachusetts," 81 Mass. Law Review 65 ().
2012 / 2012 / 1996
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Fitch Law Partners LLP Highlights
Arbitration, Litigation, Lawsuit & Dispute, International
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