Immediately after law school, Sandy served as an Americorp Attorney with the non-profit Health Law Advocates, where she had the opportunity to represent clients in both public and private health care coverage denials, including appearing before the Medicaid Board of Hearings to challenge appeal denials of healthcare coverage. During her last year of law school, Sandy served as a Student Attorney representing clients in the probate and family courts, assisting them with obtaining guardianship appointments and arguing denials of Social Security Disability Benefits and healthcare coverage denials by insurers. In addition, Sandy worked on personal injury matters as a law clerk for a personal injury firm in Massachusetts, focusing on traumatic brain injuries.
Beyond his notable skill as a civil litigator, Attorney Hernandez exhibits an equally remarkable commitment to criminal defense, particularly for the Hispanic and Latino community in Massachusetts. His cultural insight and language proficiency empower him to effectively represent this demographic with a unique blend of cultural competence and legal acuity.
Wrongful Death
Served for more than ten years as regional counsel responsible for implementing and overseeing defense strategy involving hundreds of high-exposure wrongful death cases across multiple jurisdictions
Sex Crimes
While serving as criminal defense counsel in the Marine Corps, secured a complete acquittal for a Marine client charged with rape in a five-day jury trial involving cutting edge expert testimony in false confessions.
Fraud
Bill concentrates his practice on complex products liability litigation, toxic tort and environmental litigation, and commercial litigation. Bill’s practice includes the representation of clients in the defense of product liability claims against manufacturers and suppliers, property owners in premises claims and businesses in consumer fraud claims. Bill has significant experience defending and advising clients in litigation matters and jury trials.
White Collar Crimes
Andrew serves as an Adjunct Professor at Boston College, where he has taught Family Law, Criminal Law, White Collar Crimes, Negotiation Skills and Conflict Resolution.
Sam has extensive experience not only in the legal arena but also in the business world. After 25 years practicing corporate and business law on behalf of two major firms in Boston, Sam went into business with former clients in Virginia, successfully leading an agri-chemical company to public ownership and coordinating with private equity investors the acquisition of a national specialty mail order prescription pharmaceutical corporation.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Disputes
Upon graduation, Thomas worked for a short period in the financial industry in Boston. In 2009, Thomas joined Cetrulo LLP as a paralegal, and later worked as a law clerk while attending law school. Thomas graduated from New England Law | Boston in 2014. During law school, Thomas co-founded the Business Law Society.
Business Transactions
Known for our innovative litigation strategies and relentless commitment to our clients, the attorneys at Cetrulo LLP regularly advise clients as national coordinating counsel to Fortune 100 companies in toxic tort and products liability litigation. Cetrulo LLP attorneys also act as trial counsel and assigned insurance coverage counsel in complex, multi-jurisdictional, multi-party litigation. We also serve as corporate counsel in several business-related areas, including commercial lending, real estate, business transactions, and contract negotiations. Cetrulo LLP attorneys are able to employ deep industry and litigation specific expertise bolstered by extensive expert and medical libraries and historical knowledge. Our Firm’s technological and staff resources allow Cetrulo LLP attorneys to provide responsive and cost-effective service to meet client goals and deliver positive outcomes.
Intellectual Property
Strategies for Taking & Defending Remote Depositions, Defense Research Institute, Business Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation Super Conference, Houston, Texas (2022, Speaker)
Rory FitzPatrick has decades of experience and success as a trial lawyer, litigator, appellate attorney, and counsellor, in nearly all aspects of dispute resolution. He has tried numerous cases in state and federal courts, both jury and jury-waived trials. He has argued numerous appeals, as appellee and appellant, in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second, and Eleventh Circuits, and in appellate courts in Alabama, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York. He has substantial experience in complex civil litigation, contract disputes, M&A disputes, securities matters, class action suits, product liability and toxic tort litigation, intellectual property matters, and employment disputes, among many other areas. He has successfully argued numerous summary judgment motions and motions to dismiss, and handled complex arbitrations. He has represented pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, financial institutions, Fortune 100 companies, law and accounting partnerships, and high net worth individuals.
Courtney Bayon, Esq. is an associate that works at Cetrulo LLP’s Providence and Boston offices. She practices in the areas of the firm’s Environmental, Complex Civil and Business Litigation, Toxic Tort Litigation, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Pharmaceutical Litigation, and Asbestos Litigation.
Construction Litigation
Scott focuses his practice on insurance defense, construction, employment, commercial, products liability and toxic tort litigation. Scott has successfully tried more than thirty jury trials to a verdict. Additionally, Scott has conducted numerous bench trials, arbitrations, expert depositions, mediations and dispositive hearings in state courts as well as administrative hearings. In addition to his trial practice, Scott provides training to associates and insurance professionals on litigation practice and various areas impacting the insurance industry. Scott has garnered notable jury verdicts in defending personal injury cases. For example, Scott obtained a defense verdict in a three-week trial in Middlesex Superior Court concerning negligent security actions brought by several injured patrons who alleged a permanent brain injury and other serious injuries. Scott obtained a defense verdict in Suffolk Superior Court in a rear-end accident where the plaintiff’s medical expert had opined that the plaintiff sustained a permanent back injury. Additionally, he attained a defense verdict in Suffolk Superior Court in a motor vehicle accident in which the plaintiff claimed a permanent brain injury and had declined an offer of the defendant’s general liability policy limits, favorable verdicts for his clients in multiple construction litigation matters, and defense verdicts in multiple premises liability matters.
Real Estate Transactions
Sam specializes in corporate and business law, commercial leasing and other real estate transactions, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, finance and business dispute resolution.
Property Damage
Secured multi-million dollar recovery in property damage and business interruption claim following explosion and resultant damage to industrial equipment.
Nicole M. Panjian focuses her legal nurse consulting on asbestos litigation and personal injury cases. In her role, Nicole assists in the evaluation of cases, collection of medical records, and selection and retention of expert witnesses. Nicole has extensive experience in formulating medical defenses and working with attorneys to present medical defense strategies.