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 JAMES
L. FREDERICK
Member
- Litigation
Koufman
& Frederick, LLP
The S. S.
Pierce Building
1330 Beacon St., Suite 311
Brookline, MA 02446
(617)
738-7880 x11
jfrederick@kflawyers.com
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LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
| Koufman
& Frederick, LLP |
Salem,
Massachusetts |
| Partner |
November 2003 -
present |
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Litigator |
Areas
of practice: personal injury defense litigation,
including premise liability, construction accidents;
criminal defense, limited plaintiff’s personal
injury practice (excluding medical malpractice)
and mediation of civil litigation cases. Insurers
represented include Travelers, AIG, Lumber and Seaco
Insurance Companies. Continuing jury trial practice
in Superior Courts of Middlesex, Plymouth, Norfolk,
Essex and Suffolk Counties and in Federal District
Court in Boston. |
PREVIOUS
EXPERIENCE:
| Frederick
& Associates |
Brookline,
Massachusetts |
| Partner |
July 1994 - November
2003 |
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Litigator |
Areas
of practice: personal injury defense litigation,
including premise liability, construction accidents;
criminal defense, limited plaintiff’s personal
injury practice (excluding medical malpractice)
and mediation of civil litigation cases. Insurers
represented include Travelers, AIG, Lumber and Seaco
Insurance Companies. Numerous jury trials in Superior
Courts of Middlesex, Plymouth, Norfolk, Essex and
Suffolk Counties and in Federal District Court in
Boston. Various bench and jury trials in District
Courts in Middlesex, Plymouth, Suffolk, Norfolk
Bristol and Essex Counties. Appellate cases (including
briefing and arguments) in Appeals Court of Massachusetts,
Massachusetts District Court Appellate Division
and United States Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit. |
| Gallagher
& Gallagher |
Boston,
Massachusetts |
| Shareholder |
March 1988 - July
1994 |
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Litigator |
Areas
of practice: defense of personal injury litigation,
including premises liability, construction accidents,
lead poisoning, 93A / 176D claims. Included work
for Traveler’s, Aetna and St. Paul Insurance
Companies. Numerous jury trials in Middlesex, Suffolk,
Plymouth, Essex Superior Courts. Numerous bench
trials in various District Courts of Eastern Massachusetts.
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| Middlesex
District Attorney's Office |
Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
| Assistant District
Attorney |
March 1985 - March
1987 |
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Prosecutor |
Prosecuted
misdemeanors and felonies in Superior and District
Courts in Cambridge, Lowell and Somerville, including
at least 100 bench trials and 25 jury trials and
successful appeal in the Massachusetts Appeals Court. |
Southeastern
Massachusetts Legal
Assistance |
Brockton,
Massachusetts
June 1983 - February 1985 |
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Managing
Attorney |
Directed
four attorney/two paralegal civil legal aid office,
concentrating in landlord/tenant, welfare and social
security benefit litigation. |
University
of Tennessee Legal
Aid Society |
Knoxville,
Tennessee
September 1978 - May 1983 |
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Staff
Attorney |
Concentrating
in landlord/tenant, welfare and social security
benefit litigation. |
EDUCATION:
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University of Texas School of Law |
Austin,
TX |
| Juris Doctor |
May 1983 |
| Stanford
University |
Stanford,
CA |
| Bachelor of Arts |
June 1972 |
MEMBERSHIPS:
-Massachusetts Bar
-Texas Bar
-Tennessee Bar
-Federal Bar (U.S. District Court for the District of
Mass. & U.S. Court of
Appeals 1st Circuit)
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys
-Essex County Bar Advocates Association, Inc. (Steering
Committee Member)
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