Stephen M. Perry is a seasoned litigator and business adviser with experience in sophisticated business and commercial disputes, employment law, business law, and high-asset divorce cases. He also serves as regular outside counsel to a number of corporate clients.
Steve has handled a wide range of business and commercial disputes, including contract disputes, business torts, class actions, and claims for breach of fiduciary duty involving owners or directors of closely held corporations. He has considerable experience in cases involving the contested valuation of business or real estate interests, and has tried and successfully resolved with his family law colleagues numerous high-asset divorce cases involving contested business valuation or other business issues.
In the employment law area, Steve counsels corporations and executives regarding such matters as employee terminations, sexual harassment investigations, misclassification claims, wage claims, the Family and Medical Leave Act, covenants not to compete, and discrimination claims. Steve also advises a number of corporate clients in day-to-day matters such as contract review and drafting.
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Education
- JD, magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1981
- S.B., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978
