Zamaloff, Matthew J.

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Updated 11/6/2009

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Cetrulo & Capone LLP

Two Seaport Lane

Boston, MA 02210

Phone: (617) 217-5226

Fax: (617) 217-5200

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Summary

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Zamaloff's practice currently focuses on the areas of complex products liability litigation, toxic tort and environmental litigation and commercial litigation.  He also serves as part of a national coordinating counsel team for several companies that manages toxic tort litigation throughout the United States.  Mr. Zamaloff is also part of a team that conducts due diligence on behalf of clients seeking to buy target companies that are engaged in toxic tort/mass tort litigation.  In this role, they analyze and assess risk and advise clients concerning potential future claims, successor liability, insurance coverage, and similar issues.

Mr. Zamaloff has pre-trial and trial experience before the Massachusetts Superior and District Courts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. 

Prior to joining Cetrulo & Capone LLP, Mr. Zamaloff worked as an associate at a Boston law firm specializing in products liability and insurance defense litigation.  During law school, Mr. Zamaloff participated in Suffolk University Law School's Prosecutors Program, appearing weekly in the Chelsea District Court as a Student Prosecutor for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, and served as a judicial intern for New York State Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Meehan.  He has also worked as a legal assistant in the Government Contracts/Business Crimes group of a large law firm in Washington, D.C.

Experience

  • Most recently, he was part of a team of attorneys that obtained a defense verdict for a major building materials manufacturer after a three week jury trial in an asbestos personal injury case in Massachusetts state court, only the second asbestos case in Massachusetts to be tried to verdict in the last ten years.

Clerkships

  • Mr. Zamaloff worked as a law clerk in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office in Boston.

Areas of Practice

  • Environmental
  • Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Toxic Tort Litigation

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Litigation & Appeals, Products Liability Law, Toxic Torts

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts, 1999
  • Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2000
  • U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Bar Association (Member)
  • Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
  • Defense Research Institute (Member)

Honors and Awards

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2009

Education

  • Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
  • Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1992
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: History

Office Information

Address

Two Seaport Lane
Boston, MA 02210

Phones

(617) 217-5226

Faxes

(617) 217-5200

Emails

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Websites

http://www.cetcap.com

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