Peraner-Sweet, Andrea

Lawyer Overview

"We combine the highest of professional standards with an understanding of the serious nature of the problems confronting our clients. We never lose sight of the fact that our clients are real people with real problems."

Andrea Peraner-Sweet is a 1976 graduate, cum laude , of Smith College and a 1987 graduate, magna cum laude, of Boston College Law School. In between, she received her Masters degree in Social Work from New York University (1980), and was a medical social worker at Newton-Wellesley Hospital from 1980 to 1984. She joined Sally & Fitch immediately after law school, and was elected to the partnership in 1995. Since 2004, Law & Politics has recognized Andrea as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in its annual list published in Boston Magazine. Only 5% of the lawyers in Massachusetts are awarded that designation.

Andrea's civil litigation practice, covering a broad array of product liability, tort, employment, insurance, and general business litigation matters, takes her before the state and federal courts and before such administrative agencies as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Massachusetts Division of Insurance. She has argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. She was a member of Planning Board of the Town of Westford from 1997-2010, serving as Chair from 1999-2002 and 2006-2008. She is currently a member of the Board of Selectmen.

She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and before the United States District Court for the Districts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is a member of the Boston, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bar Associations. She has been a member of the Planning Board of the Town of Westford since 1997 and served as Chair from 1999 - 2002. She also currently serves on the Towns Affordable Housing Committee and Master Plan Implementation Committee.

Reported cases include FDIC v. Elio, 39 F.3d 1239 (1st Cir. 1994) (fraudulent conveyance, appointment of trustee and other preliminary relief) (with Jonathan W. Fitch) and Afarian v. Massachusetts Electric Company, 449 Mass. 257 (2007)(negligenceand statute of repose issues); McBride v. Massachusetts Comm'n Against Discrimination, 677 F.Supp. 357 (D. Mass. 2009) (employment discrimination).

Areas of Practice

• Business Litigation
• Tort and Product Liability Litigation
• Construction and Public Utility Litigation
• Banking Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Premises Liability Litigation
• Commercial Leasing Litigation and Counseling

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Construction Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Public Utilities, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Commercial Leasing, Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1987
• Rhode Island, 1995
• U.S. Federal Court, 1987

Education

• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1987
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: magna cum laude
• Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1976
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude
• New York University, New York, New York, 1980
  M.A., Master of Arts

Address

One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108

Phones

617-542-5542

Faxes

617-542-1542

Emails

aps@sally-fitch.com

Websites

http://www.sally-fitch.com