Current Employment Position(s)

Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Bill McCormack has tried many cases in state and federal courts in Massachusetts and other states. He has handled arbitrations and mediations in the United States and other countries.

Bill is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is listed in Best Lawyers in America and teaches Trial Practice at Boston College Law School.

He was a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP where he helped develop and managed a training program for trial lawyers, was the partner responsible for administering the firm's Litigation Practice Area for several years, and later was elected to the firm's management committee for several years.

He is a former President of the Boston Inn of Court, and is the immediate Past President of the Boston College Law School Alumni Association. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of Boston College Law School, and is a Supreme Judicial Court appointee to the Board of Overseers of Lawyers Concerned for lawyers.

Bill concentrates on business litigation some on contingent fee and tort and product liability litigation.

His publications include:

Author, "Innovative Trial Techniques," Counting Down to Trial, MCLE, 2000
Author, "Shareholder Derivative Actions in Massachusetts," Shareholder Litigation, MCLE-1999
Co-author, "Lost Profits and the New Business," Recovery of Damages for Lost Profits, MCLE-1996
Co-author, "Summary Judgment: A Strengthened Focus," Boston Bar Association Journal, May/June, 1992
Contributing Author, Sanctions: Rule Eleven and Other Powers, American Bar Association (2ed, 1988; 3ed, 1991)
Author, "Trial Evidence," Practical Skills Course, MCLE, 1980-1985
Author, "Appellate Practice in the Courts of the Commonwealth," Practical Skills Course, MCLE, 1976-1980

Since 2004, Law & Politics has recognized Bill as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in its annual list published in Boston Magazine. Only 5% of the lawyers in Massachusetts are awarded that designation.

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, 1967
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1969

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Boston Inn of Court (President)
• Boston College Law School Alumni Association (President)
• Board of Overseers of Boston College Law School (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Best Lawyers in America

Classes and Seminars

• Trial Practice, Boston College Law School

Past Employment Positions

• Bingham McCutchen LLP, Partner

Education

• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1967
  LL.B., Bachelor of Law
• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1964
  A.B., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• "Innovative Trial Techniques," Counting Down to Trial, MCLE, 2000
• "Shareholder Derivative Actions in Massachusetts," Shareholder Litigation, MCLE, 1999
• "Lost Profits and the New Business," Recovery of Damages for Lost Profits (Co-Author), MCLE, 1996
• "Summary Judgment: A Strengthened Focus" (Co-Author), Boston Bar Association Journal, May, 1992
• "Summary Judgment: A Strengthened Focus" (Co-Author), Boston Bar Association Journal, June, 1992
• Sanctions: Rule Eleven and Other Powers (Contributing Author), American Bar Association, 3ed, 1991
• Sanctions: Rule Eleven and Other Powers (Contributing Author), American Bar Association, 2ed, 1988
• "Trial Evidence," Practical Skills Course, MCLE, 1985
• "Appellate Practice in the Courts of the Commonwealth," Practical Skills Course, MCLE, 1980

Address

One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108

Phones

(617) 830-1221
(866) 643-0550 (Toll Free)

Faxes

(617) 542-1542

Websites

http://www.sally-fitch.com