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Phone: 617.426.5900
Email: perry@casneredwards.com
Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Employment and ERISA Law Litigation, Personal Injury Law
Stephen M. Perry is a partner in Casner & Edwards’ Litigation and Employment Law areas and serves as Chairman of the firm’s Management Committee. He handles a broad range of matters, including employment and ERISA cases, sophisticated business and commercial disputes, and serious personal injury matters. Since 2005 he has been recognized annually as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer® by Boston Magazine, an honor awarded to only five percent of the bar. He also counsels business clients in commercial and transactional matters.
In the employment law area, Mr. Perry counsels corporations and individuals regarding such matters as employee terminations, sexual harassment investigations, the Family and Medical Leave Act, covenants not to compete, and discrimination claims. Mr. Perry has successfully defended employers against such claims in state and federal courts and before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Mr. Perry has also recovered substantial judgments and settlements on behalf of executives and other individuals claiming breach of contract, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination.
Mr. Perry has achieved noted successes in cases arising under ERISA, including
- winning a $9.5 million judgment at trial for severance pay for a class of over 500 employees, and upholding the judgment on a subsequent appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit;
- recovering over $2 million on behalf of a group of approximately 25 pension plan participants in litigation against a pension plan and its plan sponsor;
- serving as lead counsel over a seven year period in an ERISA action for breach of fiduciary duty on behalf of over 40 employees, who ultimately recovered $14 million, after arguing two interlocutory appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
In his personal injury defense practice, Mr. Perry has tried numerous cases to a successful conclusion, including claims for catastrophic or other serious injuries.
Mr. Perry has also handled in state and federal courts a variety of commercial, insurance coverage and business disputes, including claims for breach of fiduciary duty among family members and in close corporations and various contract disputes and business torts.
Mr. Perry is also trained and certified as a mediator.
After obtaining a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Perry received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He subsequently served as law clerk to the late Bailey Aldrich, of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Mr. Perry is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association. He served for twelve years on the Natick Zoning Board of Appeals and was a youth soccer coach for over ten years. He is an avid runner and soccer player. |
