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Practice Focus
Ed has litigated extensively in diverse areas, including: patents, trade secrets, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, restrictive covenants, securities, contracts, employment law, environmental law, and energy law. He also counsels clients on a variety of intellectual property matters. Before entering private practice and joining Sheehan Phinney, Ed was a homicide prosecutor as a New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General.
- Successfully defended against a claim of patent infringement by winning a reversal on appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which agreed with Ed that the District Court had committed clear error in finding infringement; the decision established standards for expert evidence in cases involving “complex technology.”
- Won a decision at the New Hampshire Supreme Court resulting in the creation of a new cause of action - malicious defense of civil proceedings.
- Defended a large international company in a trademark infringement suit brought by a New Hampshire company, which sought $1.5 million in damages from a New Hampshire jury. The jury awarded only $5,400.
- Successfully defended against a claim of patent infringement by winning a reversal on appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which agreed with Ed that the District Court had committed clear error in finding infringement; the decision established standards for expert evidence in cases involving “complex technology.”
- Won a decision at the New Hampshire Supreme Court resulting in the creation of a new cause of action - malicious defense of civil proceedings.
- Defended a large international company in a trademark infringement suit brought by a New Hampshire company, which sought $1.5 million in damages from a New Hampshire jury. The jury awarded only $5,400.
- Served as Special Counsel to the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation in an administrative action against a prominent international firm; the action resulted in a settlement that set new national standards for transparency in the marketing of retirement-plan products, and provided $2.75 million in restitution to affected retirement-plan participants.
- Successfully represented a large employer before the New Hampshire Supreme Court in overturning New Hampshire Department of Labor and Superior Court rulings that imposed costly hiring ratios on large employers.
- Successfully represented an electronics company in obtaining an injunction against a former employee preventing him from disclosing and using the company’s trade secrets and confidential information in his new employment.
- Successfully represented a copyright owner in litigation in Federal District Court.
- Successfully represented colleges in a number of suits against them by former students and staff.
- Successfully represented the former owners of a nuclear power plant in proceedings involving hundreds of millions of dollars for decommissioning financing.
- Serves as New Hampshire counsel to large corporations in a series of securities class actions.
- Serves as New Hampshire counsel to a large international brokerage house in securities cases.
- Serves as counsel to a number of corporations in trademark matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
B.A., with distinction, University of Virginia
J.D. , cum laude, (Order of the Coif), Boston College Law School
Honors
He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, and is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” for both Appellate Law and Commercial Litigation.
Memberships and Admissions
Ed is admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He is a member of the American, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Bar Associations. He also is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the New Hampshire Bar Foundation.
Community Involvement
Ed has been active in local and state environmental organizations.
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