Christopher Somma

About Christopher Somma

Thank you for your interest in Somma Law PLLC. I greatly appreciate it. I will give you my professional biography below, but first, I wanted you to get to know me and why I decided to start Somma Law. I have spent the last 15 years as a lawyer practicing in the great city of Boston, Massachusetts at both large and small law firms including both Goodwin Procter LLP and Seyfarth Shaw LLP. I am licensed to practice law in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. I love being a lawyer and I love problem solving. Most importantly, I love helping my clients achieve their goals, both in and out of the courtroom.However, I have learned over the years that many legal needs go unmet. According to the 2018 Legal Trends Report, 40% of clients experience frustration when hiring a lawyer. The World Justice Project found that 77% of people in the United States did not get their legal needs met. My goal is to change all that by forming a client centered law firm. I want a firm that shows clients empathy, attentiveness, communicating the way you want, and an effortless experience. Stay turned because there are some exciting changes in store!A little bit more about me, I am a husband, dog lover (Brady, Peggy and Stanley) and an Ironman in training. I love volunteering and giving back. I have an active pro bono practice where I represent asylum seekers to the United States. In the past I have assisted veterans of the United States military and will be doing so again in the future. I also participate in Cycle for the Cause – The Northeast AIDS Ride where I fundraise for The Center in New York City and bike 275 miles from Boston to New York to raise awareness for those living with HIV/AIDS. Please donate generously when I start fundraising next summer!I am an avid foreign language learner (Spanish, Italian and Arabic) and am presently training for a Full Ironman race taking place in Louisville, Kentucky, October 2020 after completing a half Iron in September 2019. I look forward to working with you!

Experience

1. Principal Owner

   Somma Law Pllc

   Jul 2020 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   I am the owner and founder of Somma Law PLLC. We are a client centered law firm. We show clients empathy and attentiveness. We communicate the way you want and strive to provide an effortless experience. Our goal is to guide you through difficult issues, bringing our insight and judgment to each situation. We do what it takes to help our clients achieve their goals and solve their problems.Services I provide include personal bankruptcy, business bankruptcy, business litigation, banking and financial services and real estate transactions. During the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath I developed an extensive bankruptcy, insolvency and creditors’ rights practice. I have represented a broad range of businesses and corporate entities, private equity funds, as well as governmental agencies and other interested parties in all phases of the bankruptcy process including bankruptcy related transactions and litigation, debt restructuring and out-of-court workouts. In addition to acting for distressed businesses and entities across all types of business sectors in their insolvency restructurings, I have regularly represented major banks, financial institutions, trustees and creditors, as well as parties in commercial transactions resulting from insolvencies and restructuring, including liquidators and auctioneers, purchasers of assets and providers of debtor in possession financing. On the consumer side, I have represented clients filing personal bankruptcy under Chapters 7, 12 and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. Post financial crisis I worked to expand my commercial real estate practice. I represented real estate owners, operators and investors, including REITs, private and public institutional investors, investment managers, pension funds and other tax-exempt investors, in a variety of complex commercial real estate matters with a particular focus on joint ventures, debt financings, acquisitions and dispositions as well as development and leasing.

Education

• Bates College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Religion and Sociology

  1997 — 2001

• University of New Hampshire

  Doctor of Law (JD), Commercial, Bankruptcy and Business Law

  2003 — 2006