Overview
Ian Pinta, a partner at the firm, has extensive trial and appellate court experience in a wide range of business and general litigation cases. With a background in mathematics and business, Mr. Pinta deploys the same analytical rigor in helping clients address and resolve their legal disputes. He collaborates with clients to fully understand their objectives and to assess the most effective, efficient manner of achieving favorable litigation results.
Mr. Pinta’s clients include a large New England auto dealership, an international software company, a national bank, an international energy company, and real estate developers and restaurateurs. He routinely litigates matters concerning contracts, shareholder and partnership disputes, breaches of fiduciary duty, and class actions.
Recent notable accomplishments of Mr. Pinta include:
- Persuaded a U.S. District Court judge in a case of first impression to retain jurisdiction over a contractual dispute involving the dredging of a harbor rather than dismiss or transfer the case on jurisdictional grounds to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, as the primary purpose of the contract was to facilitate maritime commerce, which, by federal law, is an admiralty claim properly in federal district court.
- Persuaded a Massachusetts Superior Court judge to grant summary judgment to an auto dealership dismissing a consumer protection complaint related to a dispute over repairs to a vehicle damaged while in the dealership’s possession and subsequent negotiations over a potential replacement vehicle.
- Obtained a $551,000 jury verdict on behalf of a company against its former CEO and CFO after a four-day trial. The jury found that the defendant breached his fiduciary duty to the company by causing it to make unauthorized payments to him personally for his personal taxes on fringe benefits over an eight-year period.