Michael T. Sullivan

Michael T. Sullivan handles complicated high-stakes disputes, particularly in the construction, real estate, and health care industries, and most often for engineering firms and construction companies involved in contract or professional-negligence disputes. He has been lead counsel in numerous trials, arbitrations, mediations, and appeals across many jurisdictions. While mainly a litigator, Michael also provides general counsel and up-front advice to businesses seeking to avoid legal disputes. He is firmly committed to understanding the unique needs of his clients, and to finding creative and practical solutions to their legal challenges. In each case, he tailors his representation to all of his clients relevant interests (legal, business, and financial) and advances them as efficiently as possible, whether the matter calls for an early resolution with a modest legal budget, or more extensive advocacy. Michael is a thought leader in the legal industry and has authored and participated in many articles and seminars. He holds the AV Preeminent rating, the highest peer-reviewed rating from Martindale-Hubbell, given to attorneys who display exceptional legal skills and ethical conduct. He is listed in the Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyer database of lawyers nominated by senior in-house corporate counsel and among the most highly regarded by clients around the world. Michael is also consistently named in the annual lists of U. S. News and World Reports Best Lawyers in America and Massachusetts Super Lawyers; and since 2021, he has been a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, a selective, invitation-only association of highly experienced construction lawyers throughout the world. Michael is a member of the Massachusetts, Boston, Rhode Island, and Essex County Bar associations, and he served as the long-time Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals in the town of Manchester-by-the-Sea, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He reads, exercises, hikes with his dog, and travels with his family whenever he has chance.