Seth J. Robbins

• Business Litigation
• Professional Liability Litigation
• Media, First Amendment, and Defamation Law
• Employment Law and Litigation
• Probate and Fiduciary Litigation
• Class Action/Mass Tort Litigation

Business Litigation

• Securing a multi-million-dollar decision in favor of a hospital system in a breach of contract case against another hospital system following an eight-day bench trial (the opposing party had sought over $17 million in damages)
• Securing a $16.4 million jury verdict following a 15-day trial on behalf of a major health care provider in a business dispute against a medical practice
• Represented multiple private equity firms in litigation brought in Western Pennsylvania and, after conducting aggressive discovery, resolving the case for a small fraction of the plaintiff’s damages claim. 
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of Phillips Screw Company against the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR).  A Suffolk Superior Court held that the DOR violated its own regulations when it sent the client’s tax information to taxing authorities in other jurisdictions without first receiving a written request for the information.  Phillips Screw Company v. Commissioner of Revenue, Suffolk Superior Court, Civil Action No. 2013-00607-G. 
• Secured a highly lucrative settlement on behalf of a local small business against a foreign multi-billion-dollar corporation for unpaid commissions.
• Secured a favorable settlement, and avoiding a lengthy and costly trial, on behalf of a private equity firm accused of breaching a fiduciary duty to a former employee.
• Attained favorable settlements on behalf of companies that received faulty tax advice.
• Achieved a favorable settlement in the State of Ohio on behalf of a Massachusetts real estate development company against an individual and his real estate management company for fraudulent misrepresentations related to the sale of certain real estate.
• Recovered a substantial security deposit, with interest, on behalf of a company whose commercial landlord unreasonably withheld the deposit after the company lawfully vacated the property upon termination of the lease.

First Amendment

• Successfully obtained the dismissal of a $5.5 million defamation case and recovering all attorneys' fees and costs incurred to defend against the frivolous action.
• Secured a substantial settlement shortly after filing suit, and prior to taking any depositions, on behalf of an individual doctor pursuing a claim for defamation against another doctor.

Employment Litigation

• Secured a favorable settlement on behalf of a company against a former employee and the former employee's new employer, a competitor company, for the misappropriation of the company's trade secrets and the former employee's violation of the company's non-compete and confidentiality agreement.

Probate Litigation

• Successfully petitioned the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to reform a trust to conform with the objectives of the settlor.
• Obtained a judgment of $504,290, including an award for attorneys' fees, against an individual who forged a will and defrauded an estate of several hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

• Todd & Weld LLP, 2006-present
• Corcoran, Fitzgerald & Hennessy, 2002-2005

Education

• Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2002)
• Boston College (B.A., 1999)

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts (2002)
• U.S. District Court, Massachusetts (2003)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit (2009)

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association

• Named to Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation, 2023-2024
• Named to Massachusetts Super Lawyers for Business Litigation, 2015-2023
• Named Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star for Business Litigation, 2010-2012
• Fellowship Recipient - Suffolk Public Interest Law Group