Practice Areas Overview

Massachusetts Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, and Environmental Attorneys

Businesses, limited liability companies, partnerships, municipalities, trustees, and individuals have relied on Gilbert & Renton for quality, cost-effective legal representation in a broad range of complex legal disputes.

As counselors, our goal is to help clients avoid litigation. When disputes do arise, we aggressively protect our clients' interests both in court and out of court.

Gilbert & Renton's experience and focus includes the following practice areas:

Business and Commercial Litigation: Gilbert & Renton helps clients to resolve a wide range of disputes involving licenses, contracts, and unfair competition (including under the federal FTC ACT, and under Chapters 176D and 93A).

Insurance Coverage Matters: Gilbert & Renton handles a wide range of insurance cases for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, condominium associations, municipalities and individuals. We have helped policyholders secure general liability and first party coverage for environmental, toxic tort, asbestos and silicosis exposures, as well as fiduciary and directors & officers liabilities. We have also assisted municipalities in a range of liability coverage matters, as well as individual policyholders in securing coverage under life, disability, and homeowner policies.

Environmental Counseling and Litigation: Gilbert & Renton represents clients in enforcement actions and in a wide range of regulatory proceedings involving CERCLA, RCRA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, FIFRA, Chapter 21E, the Solid Waste Act, and the Wetlands Act. We also represent environmental professionals in professional liability matters.

Products Liability: Our lawyers prosecute and defend complex products liability cases, involving cases against utilities, and manufacturers of electrical distribution equipment, as well as the defense of tobacco product liability cases brought against the cigarette industry and distributors.

Intellectual Property Litigation: Our attorneys advise and represent businesses, researchers, and inventors in cases involving the theft of trade secrets, copyright infringement, and trademark violations.

Governmental Investigation: Gilbert & Renton represent companies and individuals targeted for investigation or enforcement by federal, state and local governmental bodies, including EPA, OSHA, the FTC, and the DEP.

Real Estate Litigation: Gilbert & Renton represents developers and landowners in a variety of property, building, zoning, and land-use disputes. Attorney Matthew J. Ginsburg is a former chairperson of the Charlotte, North Carolina Zoning Board of Adjustment, and is a valuable resource for the firm and his clients in land-use disputes and development agreements.

Shareholder, Trust, and Partnership Disputes: Gilbert & Renton's attorneys have extensive litigation experience in disputes within closely-held corporations and limited partnerships. Those disputes often involve succession in family companies, and corporate power struggles.

ERISA and Employment Matters: Gilbert & Renton has represented both employers and employees in a wide range of disputes arising under ERISA. We also represent clients in negotiating, drafting, or litigating executive compensation and non-compete agreements.

To discuss your concern with a member of our legal team, please do not hesitate to contact Gilbert & Renton in Andover, Massachusetts, today.