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Paul Lewis

Paul B. Lewis

Associate
Boston
About

Paul Lewis is a litigator who focuses on complex civil and white-collar defense. Leveraging his significant trial and appellate experience, Paul has secured dispositive defensive victories on behalf of clients in a number of different legal contexts, including commercial evictions, contract disputes, consumer-facing class actions, franchise disputes, wrongful death actions and extortionate business practice allegations.

Paul also maintains an active pro bono practice, through which he has represented a family aggrieved by their former landlord’s conduct that rendered them homeless, as well as a putative class of foster children and their families in a lawsuit against the state of Ohio for a failure to provide them with federally required monetary aid.

Before joining DLA Piper, Paul served as an assistant district attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted cases on the trial and appellate levels, including more than 20 jury trials and five cases at the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Prior to his tenure as a prosecutor, he served as a term judicial law clerk at the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Bar admissionsMassachusetts
CourtsUnited States District Court for the District of MassachusettsUnited States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Education
  • J.D., Boston College 2014
  • B.A., Tufts University 2009

Awards

  • Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyer for outstanding client service
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Excellence in the Law award (Up-and-Coming Lawyer)
  • Best Lawyers One to Watch in Commercial Litigation, 2023

Pro Bono

Paul represented a family of tenants left homeless after an unsanctioned renovation to their building caused a major wall to collapse. In November 2019, Paul brought the case to trial before a jury of twelve in the Massachusetts Superior Court, securing a substantial settlement award.

Bylines

Seminars

  • Presenter, "Recent Developments in Removal and Remand Litigation Procedure in D. Mass and the First Circuit," Boston Bar Association Webinar, March 16, 2023

Clerk Experience

Paul served as a Judicial law clerk for the Honorable Mark G. Mastroianni at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper, Paul served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. There, he prosecuted an array of cases on the trial and appellate levels, including financial crimes, domestic violence, narcotics distribution, and sexual assaults. As a prosecutor, Paul conducted over thirty jury trials and argued five cases at the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

After graduating from Boston College Law school, Paul served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Mark G. Mastroianni at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

My latest insights

News

Appeals Court Ruling Deepens Circuit Split Surrounding Plaintiffs' Burden in False Claims...

14 August 2023 .1 minute read

News

DLA Piper’s Paul B. Lewis named to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2023 list of Up & Coming...

17 May 2023 .2 minute read

Publication

Appeals Court ruling deepens circuit split surrounding plaintiffs’ burden in False Claims...

4 April 2023 .6 minute read

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