Meet Andover Litigation Lawyer
Edward J. Denn

Distinctions

Martindale-Hubbell Client/Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent (Highest Possible Rating)

Civil Litigation Practice
Mr. Denn has been associated with the law firm of Gilbert & Renton since 1998.  His practice is devoted to the litigation and trial of complex, high-stakes civil matters.  Mr. Denn has handled a wide variety of matters before state and federal courts, as well as before mediation and arbitration panels, including (for example) business, construction, discrimination, employment, product liability, real estate, and serious personal injury matters.  Successful and representative engagements include the following:

Construction
• Represented builder/developer during the application, appeal, and negotiation processes required for approval of a multi-million dollar residential subdivision.  Overcame opposition by neighbors alleging issues of conservation, drainage, protected species, vernal pools and wetlands.
• Represented builders and buyers in various disputes over architecture, contract, design, deadline, material, specification, and workmanship.
• Represented builders in contract disputes over purchase of undeveloped building lots.
• Represented buyers of home which began to crack, settle, and sink after purchase due to improper construction on a dumpsite.
• Represented buyers of home which flooded with wastewater due to installation of drainage and septic facilities in the water table.
• Represented buyers of home in a new subdivision after builder/developer failed to finish drainage facilities required by the subdivision plans.
• Represented occupant of condominium unit contaminated with asbestos dust from a remodeler’s demolition of an adjacent unit.
• Represented contractors and tradesmen in asserting and collecting numerous and substantial mechanic’s and materialman’s liens.

Commercial

• Represented variety of local, national, and multi-national businesses in contract and major collection/payment disputes.
• Represented out-of-state retailer of trucks and trailers accused of breaching contract and committing unfair and deceptive business practices during sale of its product.
• Represented national real estate brokerage in action to attach property and collect disputed commission.
• Represented multi-national manufacturer sued as beneficiary of energy contracts entered into and then defaulted upon by the bankrupt Enron companies.

Discrimination

• Represented white male employee in groundbreaking prosecution of a reverse discrimination claim against his employer, the Internal Revenue Service.
• Represented 50-year-old male in prosecution of an age discrimination claim against his former employer, a multi-million dollar multi-national manufacturing company.  

Employment/Wages

• Represented various employees asserting violations of federal and state acts requiring payment of weekly wages, payment of prevailing wages, and payment of overtime compensation.
• Represented former corporate executive wrongfully sued for damages under the Massachusetts Weekly Wages Act.
• Represented former employee sued under a non-compete and non-disclosure clause in his employment contract.

Insurance

• Represented clients in collection of first and third-party insurance benefits under a variety of policies, including auto, disability, general, homeowners, and life.

Intellectual Property and Technology

• Represented an international developer and servicer of software products in defense and prosecution of actions involving contract, copyright, licensing, theft of trade secret, federal Wire Tap Act, and other issues.

Landlord/Tenant

• Represented commercial landlords and tenants of offices, warehouses, industrial buildings, and shopping malls in damage, deposit, lease, and other disputes.

Personal Injury

• Represented young passenger who suffered “scalping” injuries in a rollover auto accident on Route 495.
• Represented young driver who suffered neck and spine injuries in a rollover auto accident caused by police cruiser that ran red light.
• Represented MIT-trained rocket scientist who suffered neck and spine injuries in a rollover auto accident on the upper deck of Route 93.
• Represented plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions involving obstetrical and surgical errors.
• Represented plaintiffs and defendants in premises liability actions involving maintenance and care of real property.

Product Liability

• Represented overhead lineman in negligence and product liability actions against multi-billion dollar multi-national corporate users, servicers, manufacturers, and distributors of electrical equipment which caused him burns and loss of limbs.
• Represented tobacco distributors against a multi-billion dollar products liability action brought by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in an effort to recover Medicaid expenditures for alleged smoking-related illnesses.
• Represented tobacco distributors against ~50 multi-million dollar products liability actions brought by individual smokers seeking to recover damages for alleged smoking-related illnesses.

Real Estate

• Represented buyers and sellers in numerous disputes over breach, enforcement, inducement, interpretation, and misrepresentation in connection with commercial and residential purchase and sale agreements.
• Represented landowners making special permit and zoning variance applications and appeals. 

Court Admissions

Mr. Denn is admitted to practice before the highest courts of Massachusetts and North Carolina, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.  In addition, Mr. Denn has been specially admitted or authorized to handle specific matters in the states of Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Washington.

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association, Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys, Massachusetts Bar Association, Lawrence Bar Association

Reported Cases
Boddy v. Jannini, 2007 Mass. App. Div. 76 (May 31, 2007) (affirming commercial eviction); Cataldo v. Hubbell Inc., et al, 23 Mass. L. Rptr. 493 (Feb. 15, 2008) (compelling production of an investigatory report of incident); Eagle Investment Systems Corp. v. Compendium Research Corp., 146 F. Supp. 2d 105 (May 22, 2001) (dismissing RICO and Wire Tap Act claims); Kittredge v. McNerney, 17 Mass. L. Rptr. 652 (May 11, 2004) (dismissing Weekly Wage Act claim).

To speak with Mr. Denn or another of our Andover commercial litigation attorneys, please contact our law firm now to set up a consultation.