CROWE AND DUNN - Key Persons
Adam is a trial attorney and a partner at the Boston firm of Crowe & Dunn, where he concentrates his practice in the fields of general civil litigation, medical and professional malpractice, high wealth family law, criminal defense, and complex corporate litigation. He is a 1992 graduate of the University of Glasgow, Scotland (Joint English and History, Master of Arts Honours Degree), and earned his law degree from Suffolk University Law School (Magna Cum Laude) in 1996, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board. While at Suffolk University Law School, he was recognized for his trial skills and presented with the Harold B. Goodwin, Jr. Best Trial Advocate Award. He is the author of "Drunk Driving and the Double Jeopardy Clause," Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy.
Leo is a trial attorney and partner at the Boston firm of Crowe & Dunn. Attorney Dunn graduated from Bowdoin College in 1975, and earned his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1978, where he was a member of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review. A civil litigation lawyer, Attorney Dunn concentrates his practice in representing individuals who have suffered serious or catastrophic personal injuries or wrongful death. Attorney Dunn has achieved success with medical practice cases, including those involving obstetrical and birth related injuries, failure to render correct diagnoses, orthopedic and neurosurgical negligence, and surgical malpractice. He also focuses his practice on construction and work related accidents and injuries, general tort liability, motor vehicle accidents, and litigation involving defective products, such as defective household appliances, and industrial and commercial machinery that have resulted in serious bodily injury or wrongful death. He also represents children who are the victims of sexual abuse or who have suffered brain injuries.
Attorney Dunn meticulously invests the time and resources into his cases in order to obtain the best possible results for his clients. He has achieved some of the largest personal injury settlements in Massachusetts history. Attorney Dunn is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest peer review rating for lawyers. He has been recognized by the Boston Globe as a leading practitioner in his field, as voted by his peers. Attorney Dunn is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Associations; the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.
Attorney Dunn is actively involved with Bowdoin College and alumni affairs, and in 2016 was inducted into Bowdoin's Athletic Hall of Honor. He lives in Dover, Massachusetts with his family.
Job Titles:
- Trust Disputes, and Probate Court Litigation
- Trust Disputes, and Probate Litigation
Families, unfortunately, sometimes become pitted in battle over gifts and inheritances. As part of our practice, we handle complex litigation involving disputes over wills, trusts, and estate plans. Sometimes such disputes involve claims involving heirs at law, i.e., a person who might customary anticipate receiving an inheritance because of the nature of their blood relationship to the decedent, being excluded from an estate. In some such circumstances, arguments are made by the excluded person that the estate plan was not the true wishes of the decedent, but that will or estate planning instrument was the product of undue influence, or made at a point in time when the decedent lacked testamentary capacity.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of Board of Directors of the Charles River Center
Bill is a trial attorney and a founding partner at the Boston firm of Crowe & Dunn, where he concentrates his practice in the fields of general civil litigation, family law, probate litigation, and criminal defense. A graduate of the University of Connecticut (1975) and Suffolk University Law School (1978), he spent his first five years as a trial lawyer with the Massachusetts Defenders Committee, during which time he tried approximately fifty Superior Court jury trials throughout Massachusetts. Since then, he has been in private practice, where he has successfully resolved countless cases by trial or settlement. He has been a Clinical Trial Practice Instructor at Suffolk Law School and has served as the Chair of the Criminal Law Committee for the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. Attorney Crowe has served as a panelist and chair of various Continuing Legal Education seminars involving topics in Criminal and Civil litigation practice, as well as Family and Probate litigation matters. He is also the author of "Defending Clients Charged with Violations of Restraining Orders and Related Assault & Battery Issues." His trial experience ranges from handling complex criminal and civil trials, including several first degree murder cases, as well as personal and business litigation, in state and federal courts, to complex matters in the Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts, where he focuses his practice on individuals and estates involving the division of high net worth, as well as complex matters involving allegations of domestic abuse.
Mr. Crowe has repeatedly been selected as a Boston Magazine "Super Lawyer" for his overall litigation skills. From the international legal directory Martindale-Hubbell, Attorney Crowe has consistently earned an "AV" Peer Review rating, which is the highest possible professional rating. In addition to representing parties involved in standard litigation, Attorney Crowe's typical clients include individuals, families, and corporations in need of crisis management and expedited legal intervention, such as targets of investigation, subjects of academic or professional disciplinary process, as well as those, who by chance or design, find themselves embroiled in complex civil, criminal, domestic, or probate litigation.
Mr. Crowe is a long term member of Board of Directors of the Charles River Center, a charitable organization devoted to Massachusetts residents with developmental disabilities, where he previously served as its Chairman. A father of three, Mr. Crowe lives in Newton Massachusetts with his wife Linda.