Eckert Seamans Welcomes Frederick E. Pierce III in Boston
October 21, 2024
National law firm Eckert Seamans is pleased to announce the addition of Frederick E. Pierce III as an Associate in its Commercial Litigation practice in Boston, further strengthening the firm’s strategic growth initiatives.
Pierce brings valuable experience in civil litigation, with a primary focus on product and premises liability, insurance coverage, commercial disputes, and other complex litigation matters. Prior to joining Eckert Seamans, Pierce honed his skills at a nationally acclaimed insurance defense firm. There, he handled high-profile cases involving major automobile manufacturers, national insurance carriers, and Fortune 500 companies.
Before entering private practice, Pierce served as a judicial law clerk to the judges of the Connecticut Superior Court, judicial district of Fairfield. As a clerk, he assisted numerous judges throughout Connecticut in drafting Superior Court decisions pertaining to administrative agency matters, employment, real estate, contract, tort, and insurance law. He also completed research projects for numerous judges and authored bench memoranda analyzing various legal issues presented at trial.
Pierce earned his J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University School of Law in 2022, following his B.A. in Government & Politics and History from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2018. He is licensed to practice in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Eckert Seamans’ Commercial Litigation Group provides a full suite of counseling, litigation, and dispute resolution services. With multijurisdictional capabilities and experience to guide our clients skillfully, cost-effectively, and successfully through disputes nationwide, our team also understands the unique aspects of federal and state court systems, including specialized state business courts. Our team has established an excellent reputation for efficiently providing high quality, timely, and efficient services to clients at a competitive cost in a variety of sophisticated and high-stakes commercial litigation matters in areas such as administrative and regulatory litigation, antitrust and competition claims, alternate dispute resolution, breach of contract, business torts, commercial disputes, directors and officers liability, E-Discovery, insurance coverage litigation, partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and utilities and telecommunications disputes, among others. Successfully resolving business disputes requires a solid understanding of our client’s businesses and substantial industry knowledge. Our lawyers have developed particularly in-depth capabilities in the transportation, telecommunications, utilities, hospitality, financial services, energy, manufacturing, gaming, higher education, and healthcare sectors.