John Egan

In September of 2024, Jack was inducted into the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame for Massachusetts Lawyers. Out of approximately 70,000 lawyers in Massachusetts only 72 have ever received this singular honor. Jack is the only lawyer in the four western counties of Massachusetts to be so honored. Jack has had extensive trial experience in civil litigation for over forty years. He has tried cases in every department of the Massachusetts Trial Court and Federal Courts and has handled multiple appellate matters in the Massachusetts Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court. In the Federal system he appeared before the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Jacks practice concentrates in civil litigation, including business and shareholder disputes; eminent domain and land valuation disputes; employment discrimination; personal injury; and First Amendment issues. Jack has recovered in excess of $260 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients. In 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed his multi-million dollar verdict in a commercial lease dispute. His client recovered $21 million dollars. In 2019, he obtained a $9.5 million verdict for his client in a lease dispute. In 2016, he obtained the largest jury verdict in Massachusetts, $32.4 million, under the Massachusetts Wrongful Death Act. His results are frequently included in annual lists of the top ten verdicts or settlements in Massachusetts. In 2013, he obtained an arbitration award of $50.3 million. He served as local counsel in the largest securities dispute in U. S. District Court, Western Division of Massachusetts. He has represented nationally known celebrities involved in disputes in Western Massachusetts. Jacks verdicts are the largest in Western Massachusetts in the following areas: employment discrimination, eminent domain, personal injury, lease disputes, and property loss. Further, his settlements are the largest in Western Massachusetts in the product liability area and property damage claims. Several of Jacks cases have made new law on appeal. He is regularly listed as a New England, Massachusetts, and Boston Super Lawyer. He has continuously appeared in Best Lawyers and other similar publications. In 1995, Jack was invited to join the highly selective American College of Trial Lawyers, which limits its membership to no more than one percent of the trial bar. He has served on the Colleges State Committee. Jack was appointed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to be a Trustee of its Client Security Fund in 2007. In 2010, he was appointed by the Court as Vice Chairperson and in 2012, the Supreme Court appointed him Chairperson. In addition to his busy professional practice, Jack serves or has served on numerous Boards of multiple non-profit organizations throughout Western Massachusetts.