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Boston MA 02110-2210
TEL: 617.482.0600
FAX: 617.482.0604
Practice Areas
Education
- Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1996)
- Hobart and William Smith College (B.A., 1993)
Bar & Court Admissions
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- New York
- Maine
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
A seasoned litigator with a growing reputation for effective representation in complex product liability, commercial law, insurance coverage, environmental and toxic tort cases, Katharine Perry has won noted victories for her regional, national and multinational corporate clients, including, in 2007, the first Massachusetts defense verdict in an asbestos personal injury lawsuit in over a decade.
She’s built her toxic tort practice on a deep foundation of experience, serving on national asbestos litigation defense teams and coordinating complicated, multi-jurisdictional toxic tort litigation. She also claims federal and state jury trial experience in medical malpractice matters and has taught Medical Malpractice Case Study at Northeastern University’s Legal Nurse Consulting Program in Boston.
Her practice extends across New England, with bar admissions in Massachusetts, New York, Maine, the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court of Connecticut. She previously served as an associate at the Boston law firm Cetrulo & Capone.
Significant Matters
- Kenneth Balthazar and Sandra Balthazar v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. On June 1, 2007, after a five-week trial, a Suffolk County jury returned the first Massachusetts defense verdict in an asbestos personal injury lawsuit in over 10 years. As co-counsel for Foster Wheeler, Katharine argued that her client did not breach any duty to warn Mr. Balthazar, who suffered from cancer resulting from asbestos exposure, of potential asbestos hazards in boilers supplied by Foster Wheeler for a Navy destroyer in 1949, and jurors concurred.
