- Business TransactionsThe combined firm brings together decades of superior client service in some of the most complex cases and commercial transactions. Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP is recognized both nationally and as a Tier 1 law firm within the highly competitive Boston market by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms."
- Employment Discrimination
- Real Estate LitigationThe two firms combined practices to further a tradition of excellence in litigation, in trial and advocacy, commercial transactions, product liability, aviation, insurance coverage, real estate law, constitutional law, travel law, health care law, family law, trusts and estates, and many other areas of civil practice.
- Premises Liability
- Property DamageCornell & Gollub concentrates in the areas of civil trial and appellate practice in state and federal courts, focusing on the defense of cases involving product liability, attorney malpractice, medical malpractice, consumer protection, personal injury and property damage, general liability, mass tort, class actions, and commercial litigation. The firm represents insurance companies in bad faith litigation, coverage issues and special investigation.
- Personal InjuryJames P. Kerr has practiced in Boston since 1995. He has been involved in various capacities in the defense of numerous product liability and other personal injury cases in state and federal courts in Massachusetts and other New England states, serving as trial counsel and supervising and assisting with trial and pre-trial case preparation.
- Medical MalpracticeCornell & Gollub was founded by Robert W. Cornell in 1964 with the objective of specializing in the then-emerging fields of product liability and medical malpractice, as well as premises liability, general tort defense, and other areas of technical litigation. At the time of the firm’s founding, Mr. Cornell had already established a reputation as one of the leading trial attorneys in the defense bar. In the same year, he was joined by Karl L. Gollub. Mr. Gollub tried cases throughout the Commonwealth, including the landmark product liability case of Back v. Wickes which has been cited in hundreds of subsequent decisions. In that tradition, Cornell & Gollub continues to defend major civil cases in the fields of product liability, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, consumer protection, insurance, general liability, mass tort, class actions and commercial litigation.
- Estate Planning
- Trusts
- Debt CollectionThe firm is involved in toxic substances litigation, including pesticide and asbestos-related lawsuits, and environmental claims. The firm is actively engaged in commercial litigation including franchises, civil investigative demands, consumer protection, consumer class actions, employment, contracts, and debt collection, copyright, fraud and various other matters.