Frank M. Lynch is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP. Mr. Lynch specializes in civil litigation. He has over twenty-five years experience representing clients in state and federal courts as well as before administrative bodies and arbitration panels. Mr. Lynch is National Coordinating Counsel to several companies in mass tort litigation. In addition to trials and hearings, he has represented parties to numerous reported decisions in the Massachusettes Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He currently serves as a Hearing Officer for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers and is a member of the Town of Scituate Board of Health. Mr. Lynch has been a guest lecturer for Northeastern University School of Law, the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Program and the Boston Bar Association.

Before joining the firm in 2004, Mr. Lynch was a partner at Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle. Prior to receiving his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School, Mr. Lynch completed his Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College.

Mr. Lynch is admitted to practice before the bars of Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly selected Mr. Lynch as one of their Top Ten Lawyers in 1997. Mr. Lynch is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Litigation and Appeals
General Liability
Product Liability Law
Commercial Law
Environmental Law
Insurance Law

BAR ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court District of Maine, 2006
Maine, 2005
Rhode Island, 1990
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1983
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1982
Massachusetts, 1981

EDUCATION
Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1978
A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude

HONORS AND AWARDS
Top Ten Lawyers of 1997, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 1997
SuperLawyers, 2006

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Massachusetts Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, 1981 - Present
Member

American Bar Association, Litigation, Tort & Insurance Practice Section, 1981 - Present
Member

Defense Research Institute, 1985 - Present
Member

Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
Member

PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
Lecomte, Emanuelson & Doyle, Partner, 1986 - 2004
Lecomte, Shea, Dangora & Barber, Associate, 1981 - 1985

PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
Member, Scituate, Board of Health, 2000 - Present
Hearing Officer, Board of Bar Overseers, 2003 - Present
Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
Administration Council, Plain English Jury
Instruction Project, 2004 - 2006

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