Paul B. Lewis

Paul Lewis is an experienced litigator with significant trial and appellate experience, with a focus on complex commercial litigation, internal investigations, arbitration and white collar defense.

Paul has litigated in the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals in the First Circuit, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, several different Superior Courts within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and an array of Massachusetts district and summary process courts. He has also represented clients in private mediations and arbitrations.

Paul has secured dispositive victories on behalf of clients in a number of different legal contexts, including commercial evictions, contract disputes, consumer class action defense, franchisee-franchisor disputes, defense of wrongful death actions, and statutory extortionate business practice allegations.

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 crime, domestic violence, narcotics distribution and sexual assault. As a prosecutor, Paul conducted over thirty jury trials and argued five cases at the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Prior to serving as an Assistant District Attorney, Paul served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Mark G. Mastroianni at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.