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Phone: 617.426.5900
Email: mansfield@casneredwards.com
Civil Business Litigation: Antitrust,
Bankruptcy, Business Tort, Commercial
Contract, Education, Employment, Insurance,
Probate, Professional Liability, Securities,
and Tax Issues; White Collar Criminal
Defense
Douglas Mansfield is a highly experienced
litigator of business cases and other
matters. He has successfully handled numerous
trials, appeals, arbitrations, mediations,
and administrative proceedings. He regularly
practices in federal court and the Suffolk
County Business Litigation Session, and
he has also litigated business issues
in Land Court, Superior Court, Probate
Court, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court.
The range of business disputes Mr. Mansfield
has litigated is broad. His practice includes
representation of clients asserting or
defending 1) contractual claims, involving,
for example, business acquisitions, licenses,
employment contracts and equipment sales;
2) intellectual property claims, particularly
including matters involving trade secrets;
3) employment claims, including claims
of discrimination, wrongful termination,
and breach of noncompetition covenants;
4) professional malpractice claims, principally
the defense of lawyers, accountants, architects
and engineers, but also including investment
advisors and real estate appraisers; 5)
securities claims, including arbitration
of claims by brokerage customers and defense
of parties in class actions; and 6) antitrust
claims.
A former federal prosecutor, Mr. Mansfield
also represents clients who are the subject
of white collar grand jury investigations
into matters involving, for example, defense
contractor fraud, tax fraud, health care
fraud, securities fraud, or antitrust
violations.
Mr. Mansfield attended Harvard College
and Columbia Law School. At Columbia he
was an editor of the Columbia Journal
of Law and Social Problems, and he was
a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Upon graduation,
he was admitted to the New York bar, and
he served as an Assistant United States
Attorney in the Eastern District of New
York. Mr. Mansfield is a partner in Casner
& Edward's Litigation Department.
He is a member of the Massachusetts and
New York bars and of the bars of the related
federal courts, including the United States
Supreme Court.
Mr. Mansfield’s public service has
included participation on the District
of Massachusetts Criminal Justice Act
Panel and involvement in town government.
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