Attorney Profile

Jonathan W. Fitch

Jonathan Fitch

Sally & Fitch LLP
One Beacon Street, 16th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

Boston

Massachusetts (MA)

Contact Contact Jonathan W. Fitch
T: 617-542-5542
F: 617-542-1542

Visit: www.sally-fitch.com
Practice Areas: Business Litigation (60%), International (30%), General Litigation (10%)

Business Litigation

International

General Litigation

Profile

I am the managing partner of Sally & Fitch LLP, a Boston boutique law firm engaged in a wide variety of civil and white collar criminal litigation. I founded the firm in 1984.

Over the years, I have been privileged to represent well-run companies and high-acheiving individuals in complex commercial disputes. Although each case is unique, my goal is always to cut to the heart of the matter and develop a strategy to obtain, quickly, the best possible result for my client. 

Have resolved hundreds of complex civil disputes as a trial lawyer and advocate in arbitration and mediation.   Extensive experience in business cases involving: international commercial agreements; intellectual property and technology license agreements; executive employment and non-competition agreements; fiduciary duties; securities; commercial leases; commercial loan and mortgage agreements; coverage under policies of insurance; general and limited partnerships; closely held corporations; environmental contamination; white collar fraud; product liability defense; and business torts.

International practice has included counseling clients in China, Hong Kong, Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Chile, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Dubai and South Africa on a variety of commercial contract and other business issues involving negotiation, litigation and arbitration.

Selected To

Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2011
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2010
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2009
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2008
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2007
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2006
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2005
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2004

International Locations

Countries: Brazil, Colombia, Hong Kong, South Africa


About Jonathan Fitch

Admitted: 1982, Massachusetts

Professional Webpage: www.sally-fitch.com/bio/JonathanFitch.asp

Honors and Awards:

  • Named one of ten, "Lawyers of the Year 2009," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • "The Limitations on American-Style Discovery in International Arbitration," Strategies in International Arbitration (Thomson Reuters Westlaw to be published 2012); "The Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments in Massachusetts," 81 Mass. Law Review 65 (1996).

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • I obtained a settlement of $18,250,000 for a corporate client after winning a partial final award of liability in proceedings before an Arbitrator appointed by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. The Arbitrator found that the defendant wrongfully terminated an agreement with our client pursuant to which it was granted an exclusive right to create and operate a a stolen vehicle recovery system in the People's Republic of China. The settlement was reached before the damages phase of the arbitration commenced. * I successfully argued summary judgment and won an award of $2,940,000 for our client, a museum, against its former president, who had stolen assets of the museum by means of a sophisticated, fraudulent scheme. * After two successful jury trials, I won for our clients numerous verdicts and/or judgments, (the largest of which was $3,878,548), for negligence, fraud or Chapter 93A against two law firms, the largest real estate brokerage firm in the country, and a real estate developer. * I obtained an excellent settlement for the members of a family in a dispute involving claims of breach of fiduciary duty in connection with real estate holdings, various limited liability companies, limited partnerships and foreign corporations valued at approximately $20 million.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

  • AV Rating – Martindale-Hubble Law Directory, 1984 to present; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Commercial Litigation), 1984 to present; AVVO Rated - “Superb Attorney,” 2010 – present

Educational Background:

  • Williams College, B.A., cum laude; Yale University, M.P.P.M.
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