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William L. Boesch

William L. Boesch

Partner

MA – Boston area
T: 781.309.1509 | F: 781.246.0167

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William has more than 30 years’ experience as a litigator. He advises insurance companies in complex coverage matters and represents insurers in coverage and bad faith litigation in federal and state trial courts, and on appeal. William has extensive litigation experience in areas including professional liability, intellectual property and commercial disputes. He has tried complex bench and jury cases, as well as arbitrations, and has argued more than two dozen federal and state appeals in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and outside of New England.

Practices

  • Settlement of coverage dispute between insurer and technology company over responsibility for $15 million in litigation costs incurred in trade-secret dispute
  • Trial, appeal and settlement of coverage dispute between insurer and construction company over $4 million in additional construction costs after mold outbreak
  • Summary judgment affirmed on appeal by First Circuit in coverage dispute between insurer and handicap-discrimination plaintiffs over coverage for default judgment
  • Summary judgment for rental car company in case involving injury to customer
  • Summary judgment for professional-liability insurer in coverage dispute with nursing home
  • Summary judgment for professional-liability insurer in coverage dispute with estate-planning attorney
  • Settlement of high-exposure claim involving snowmobile injury to handicapped teenager
  • Settlement of claim involving search-technology company’s improper termination of co-founder
  • Settlement of dispute over insurer’s handling of claim against nursing home
  • Summary judgment for insurer of condominium association in coverage dispute involving water-damage claim by unit owners
  • Amicus brief on behalf of land-trust organization in appeal involving unlawful removal of trees
  • Settlement for insurer in complex multi-party insurance dispute over housing-development class action
  • Settlement for medical practice of claim involving doctor’s misconduct
  • Settlement of family dispute over handling of trusts and real-estate interests
  • Settlement of death-benefit claim by parents of employee who died in automobile fire
  • Settlement for accountant of malpractice claim involving audit of public housing authority
  • Trial of dispute between primary and excess insurer over failure to settle claim
  • Summary judgment for insurer of fireproofing subcontractor in coverage dispute over alleged failure of product
  • Summary judgment for insurer of home inspector in dispute over handling of customer claim
  • Resolution of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Code of Ethics charges against accountant-auditor
  • Injunction in favor attorney against website that published personal information
  • Settlement of malpractice dispute between large law firm and university in case involving the handling of construction dispute
  • Settlement of malpractice dispute between accounting-firm client and entrepreneur in case involving alleged missed tax benefits
  • Summary judgment for professional liability insurer in dispute over claim seeking return of more than $200 million in contingent fees from securities class action
  • Summary judgment for accounting firm client in suit by owner of restaurant group
  • Arbitration and award of more than $1 million in fee dispute between tax consultants and defense contractor
  • Summary judgment for professional liability insurer in coverage disputes involving attorneys caught in check scams
  • Settlement for medical device inventors in patent licensing dispute with manufacturer
  • Settlement of legal malpractice claim arising from more than $50 million commercial arbitration award in trademark licensing dispute
  • Successful defense of Fortune 500 technology company, through jury trial and appeal, in trademark dispute with software maker
  • Jury trial wins in product liability case involving design of table saw, legal malpractice claim against patent law firm and trademark dispute over naming of Irish pubs