Richard B. Kirby is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP. Mr. Kirby specializes in the areas of civil litigation, products liability, toxic torts, hazardous materials, personal injury and general civil litigation. He has over twenty-five years experience representing clients in state and federal courts. In addition to trials and hearings, he has represented parties in reported decisions in the Appeals Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Kirby is National Coordinating Counsel to several companies in Mass tort litigation. Mr. Kirby currently serves on the Board of Directors for Jobs for Bay State Graduates, Inc. and the Ursuline Academy Development Committee.

Before joining the firm in 2004, Mr. Kirby was a Partner at Lecomte Emanuelson & Doyle for over fifteen years. Prior to receiving his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School, Mr. Kirby completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Suffolk University.

Mr. Kirby is admitted to practice before the bars of Massachusetts, the United States District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the Massachusetts, American and Quincy Bar Associations, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Kirby is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell.

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Insurance Law
Product Liability
Torts Law
Environmental Litigation
Construction Litigation

LITIGATION PERCENTAGE
95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts, 1975
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1985

EDUCATION
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1975
J.D.

Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1972
B.S.B.A.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Quincy Bar Association
Member

Massachusetts Bar Association
Member

Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
Member

Defense Research Institute
Member

BIRTH INFORMATION

Boston, Massachusetts

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