Overview As a Director, Dick Renehan concentrates his practice exclusively in trial and appellate work, both civil and criminal. He has represented many of the major law firms in New England and in other parts of the country, and has for twenty years been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for both business litigation and professional malpractice defense. Dick is recognized by Chambers USA as "a 'dean' of the Boston Bar. He's a fantastic trial lawyer with more experience and sense than anyone; one of the best lawyers to have practiced in Boston in the last 20 years." Dick is a frequent lecturer for MCLE and the American Bar Association, and has put on model trials of a legal malpractice suit for the ABA and the Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society. He has also argued over 50 cases before state and federal appellate courts, including several of the leading cases decided by the SJC involving zoning, employment discrimination, environmental law and legal malpractice. Representative Experience ˇ Defense of Edgartown's three acre zoning (425 Mass. 117). ˇ Defense of a multi-million dollar malpractice claim (436 Mass. 244 and 417 Mass. 549). ˇ Defining limits of punitive damages against a law firm employer (424 Mass. 813). ˇ Representation of a private school in a Grand Jury investigation (437 Mass. 340). ˇ Adviser to the Supreme Judicial Court on First Amendment Rights of a sitting judge. ˇ Representation of developer of major downtown high-rise from challenge by a citizens' group (396 Mass. 489). ˇ Application of the Doctrine of Judicial Estoppel in a legal malpractice case (443 Mass. 634). Professional and Community Involvement ˇ Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers ˇ Former President, Boston Bar Association (1985-1986) ˇ Member, Governor's Judicial Nominating Commission (1987-1990) ˇ Member, Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments (1979-1984) Awards and Recognition ˇ "Boston Bet-The-Company Litigator of the Year," Best Lawyers 2011 ˇ Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent ™ ˇ The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators, 2006 ˇ Best Lawyers in America 1984-2012 ˇ Best Lawyers in America, "Legal Malpractice Law," 2006-2012 ˇ Best Lawyers in America, "Bet The Company Litigation," 2006-2012 ˇ Best Lawyers in America, "Commercial Litigation," 2008-2012 ˇ Recipient, Alumni Achievement Award, Boston College Alumni Association, 2005 ˇ Chambers USA, "America's Leading Business Lawyers", 2003-2011 ˇ Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004-2011 (Ranked Number 1 in the State in 2006) Press Releases September 2011
Goulston & Storrs Attorneys Named to 2012 Edition of Best Lawyers® June 2011
Chambers USA Ranks Goulston & Storrs in Multiple Practice Areas October 2010
Goulston & Storrs Attorneys, Robert Davis and Richard Renehan, Recognized as Best Lawyers 2011 Boston Top Lawyers of the Year August 2010
Goulston & Storrs Attorneys Named to 2011 Edition of Best Lawyers June 2010
Chambers USA Ranks Goulston & Storrs in Leading Practice Areas July 30, 2009
Goulston & Storrs Attorneys Named in 2010 Best Lawyers® June 15, 2009
Chambers USA Ranks Goulston & Storrs in Leading Practice Areas: 22 individual attorneys receive recognition Publications & Mentions June 2010
"Goulston & Storrs Named Finalist in USA Awards for Excellence 2010," BBA e-newsletter January 2009
"Biting the Hand that Feeds You?" Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly July 2008
"Even in-house lawyers must wrestle with conflicts of interest," New England In-House |