The Massachusetts Bar Association’s Complex Commercial Litigation Council
will be hosting its Ninth Annual Complex Commercial Litigation Conference in
person at Suffolk University Law School. The conference is a great opportunity
to learn from and network with the commonwealth's leading commercial litigation
practitioners as well as esteemed members of the Massachusetts judiciary.
This year’s keynote speaker will be the Hon. Michael D. Ricciuti, chief
justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Chief Justice Ricciuti was appointed by Governor Charlie Baker to the Superior Court
in 2017. He has served in five counties and serves six-month rotations in the
Business Litigation Session. He is the judge appointed to oversee the
Massachusetts Asbestos Litigation docket and its hundreds of cases statewide.
His current committee participation includes serving on the Superior Court
Judicial Education Committee and the Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee
on Massachusetts Evidence Law. He also serves as a judicial mentor.
Chief Justice Ricciuti began his legal career in 1987 as a law clerk for the Hon. A.
David Mazzone in the U.S. District Court. He is a magna cum laude graduate of
Harvard College and a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. He has served on
a wide variety of legal and community committees, currently serving on the
Boston Bar Journal Board of Editors.
Conference highlights also include:
- Panel of distinguished Massachusetts Superior Court jurists
- Panel on business torts, and
- A networking reception following the program.
This conference will be offered as a hybrid. Attendees are strongly
encouraged to attend in person, but there will be a remote option for those who
wish to attend virtually. We will send information on remote participation prior
to the conference.
Registration is required by 10 a.m. on Monday, April 22, to
participate in this conference. If you plan to attend virtually via
Zoom, an email from MassBar Education with the webinar ID and
password will be sent before the program.