Joshua S. Grossman
Practice Focus and Experience
Josh Grossman practices in the Litigation area and focuses mainly on business, corporate, and commercial litigation. He practices in both state and federal court and has litigated cases involving claims arising from business and asset sales, shareholder disputes, alleged fiduciary breaches and breaches of trust, and other business litigation. Prior to joining Davis Malm, Josh served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Mark L. Wolf, United States District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts. He also served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Conrad K. Cyr, Senior Circuit Court Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Representative Matters
- Represented a trust beneficiary in obtaining an $11.8 million judgment against a trustee in a precedent-setting case holding a trustee accountable for encumbering trust assets to finance the trustee's family business.
- Representation of minority shareholder in shareholder derivative action
against corporation for self-dealing transaction by corporate officers
and directors.
- Defense of developer in copyright infringement action involving architectural
drawings for condominium complex.
- Representation of telecommunication services provider in action against
landlord to enforce noncompetition covenants of commercial lease.
- Representation of minority shareholder of grocery distribution company in freeze out action.
Representative Reported Cases
- Pantazis v. Tsourides, WL 4894320, (Mass.Super., October 27, 2009) - Obtained substantial award of attorneys fees for successfully trying breach of fiduciary duty claims against self-dealing trustees on behalf of trust beneficiary (see original decision below).
- Pantazis v. Tsourides, WL 2603147, (Mass.Super., July 08, 2009) - Represented a trust beneficiary in obtaining an $11.8 million judgment against a trustee in precedent-setting case holding a trustee accountable for encumbering trust assets to finance the trustee's family business.
- Kurker
v. Shoestring Properties Limited Partnership, 68 Mass. App. Ct.
644 (2007) - Successfully overturned decision of trial court on
appeal and obtained order requiring adverse party to convey marina property
to client.
- Boylan v. Boston Sand & Gravel Co., WL 836753 (Mass. Super. Mar. 16, 2007) - Successfully opposed summary judgment motion in shareholder derivative lawsuit challenging self-dealing transactions of corporate officers, directors, and controlling shareholders.
- Haufler
v. Zotos, 446 Mass. 489 (2006) - Successfully represented property
owner in statutory civil rights claim where the client's neighbor had
interfered with client's right to use and develop his property.
Professional
- Distinctions: Peer Review "BV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the second highest bestowed rating; Massachusetts Super Lawyer "Rising Star," 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
- Admitted: Massachusetts; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts;
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Member: Massachusetts Bar Association; American Bar
Association.
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