Richard E. Quinby

Biography

Richard E. Quinby is experienced in all aspects of litigation, alternative dispute resolution, trials, and appeals. His practice focuses on business, tort, insurance, and commercial disputes. His representation of both defendants and plaintiffs in a wide variety of cases includes: general commercial and business litigation, negligence and personal injury, labor and employment, defamation, products liability, environmental, pharmacological, malpractice and other professional liability (including attorneys, doctors, dentists, accountants, insurance and real estate brokers’ and agents’ errors and omissions), fidelity and surety, estate and probate disputes, domestic relations and many types of disputes regarding insurance coverage. Before entering private practice, he was a prosecuting attorney for Franklin County in Columbus, Ohio.

Mr. Quinby tries cases in state and federal courts in numerous states and jurisdictions and represents clients in arbitrations, mediations and administrative agencies. He represents large corporations, as well as small closely held businesses and individuals. His clients include national retailers, financial institutions, insurance companies, insurance and real estate brokerage firms, individuals and professionals. He has conducted well over four hundred trials as sole trial counsel.

He has served as a mediator and arbitrator on numerous disputes. He has also conducted seminars on a number of legal topics and authored the chapter on “Insurance Brokers, Agents and Advisors” in Massachusetts Liability Insurance Manual, a comprehensive and practical treatise on liability insurance published in 2000 by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (and thereafter updated).

Mr. Quinby has been selected for inclusion on the Massachusetts Super Lawyers® list each year since 2004 and is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is a member of the Boston, Massachusetts, and American Bar Associations. He is the chair of the Mentoring Program of the Boston Bar Association Diversity and Inclusion Committee, which provides guidance, encouragement, and necessary exposure to a diverse group of attorneys. He has received the President’s Award from the Boston Bar Association for his service in the BBA Mentoring Program since 2009. Mr. Quinby has also served as Chair of the Sophomore and Senior Class Parents Challenge Committee for Kenyon College.

Mr. Quinby earned his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University, where he earned trial practice honors. He received a B.A., cum laude, in Political Science and Government from Wittenberg University. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Ohio, and the United States District Courts for the District of Massachusetts and District of Ohio, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

• Case Western Reserve University, J.D.
• Wittenberg University, B.A., cum laude

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the District of Ohio
• First Circuit Court of Appeals

In the News

• 6/27/2014 - Richard Quinby Panelist at ABA Annual Meeting
• 3/4/2014 - GSH Continues Growth on East Coast