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RICHARD J. YURKO
Shareholder, President
| Telephone: |
(617) 723-6900 |
| Facsimile: |
(617) 723-6905 |
| E-Mail: |
RJY@bizlit.com |
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Address
Yurko, Salvesen & Remz, P.C.
One Washington Mall, 11th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2603
Education
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1979, cum laude.
Editor, Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review.
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1975,
summa cum laude.
Career Moves
Following law school, Rich clerked for United States District Court Judge
James Lawrence King in the Southern District of Florida. Rich began practicing
law at the Boston firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould. In February 1985,
Rich joined Widett, Slater & Goldman where he later became a shareholder
and the chair of the litigation department. Rich also served a stint as
a shareholder and chair of the litigation department of Hutchins, Wheeler
& Dittmar. Rich founded Yurko, Salvesen & Remz on January 1, 1995.
Practice
One client at a time, Rich has built a reputation for high-quality work,
for rock-solid advice, and for adherence to the highest standards of service
and ethics.
His practice is concentrated
on business litigation matters, including commercial, professional liability,
antitrust, employment and securities litigation. He has successfully represented
individuals, stockholders, officers, directors, professionals, closely-held
companies, partnerships, lenders, and Fortune 500 companies in state and
federal courts, and in arbitration and mediation.
Rating
Rich is rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell, which is their highest
ranking, based upon a survey of other lawyers in this community.
Professional Associations
- Former President of the Frank J. Murray Inn of Court, an organization
of trial lawyers and judges which meets monthly to review matters of
common, collegial interest.
- Chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Antitrust Committee, 1996
- 1997.
- Head of the Boston Bar Association’s Mentoring Committee, a
BBA program that matches less experienced lawyers with more senior mentors,
1998 - 2004.
- Member of the Boston Bar Association Ad Hoc committee which studied
the creation of a Business Court in Massachusetts, 1999 - 2000.
- Member of the Boston Bar Association.
- Member of the American Bar Association.
- Teaches legal research and writing at Boston University School of
Law.
Publications and Seminars
Frequent speaker at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education programs.
Co-authored Massachusetts Civil Practice Guide, a 1997 manual on
Superior Court practice.
Co-authored an article entitled
Section 1 of The Sherman
Act: Horizontal Restraints of Trade, for inclusion in a Massachusetts
Continuing Legal Education publication.
Co-authored Ciardi
v. F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd.: Indirect Purchaser Actions Under G.L. c.
93A, § 9, for inclusion in a Massachusetts Continuing Legal
Education publication.
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