Tom Fitzpatrick practices in the Litigation Group, the Business Law Group, and the Closely Held Business Group. Tom is a trial lawyer focusing primarily on business, corporate, and commercial litigation. He has considerable experience in all manner of business disputes, including litigation and arbitration in corporate, real estate, construction, and shareholder cases.

• Clean Harbors, Inc. v. John Hancock Life Ins. Co., 64 Mass. App. Ct. 347, rev. denied, 445 Mass. 1105 (2005) - Concerning the enforcement of a liquidated damages provision of a securities purchase agreement and compliance with the Massachusetts usury statute.
• Lattuca v. Robsham, 442 Mass. 205 (2004) - Represented plaintiff Trustee in claim against an agent and lender to the trust who had used access as lender to facilitate diversion of trust assets to himself. Trial court found that agent/lender had violated fiduciary duty and the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the decision.
• V.S. Haseotes & Son, L.P. v. Haseotes, 819 A.2d 1281 (R.I. 2003) - Represented a partner of a real estate partnership that prevailed in upholding a favorable arbitration award. The case established standards necessary to set aside an arbitration award on the grounds of arbitrator bias.