Matthew Gens
Litigation Associate @Berluti Mclaughlin & Kutchin Llp
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WORK HISTORY
Litigation Associate @Berluti Mclaughlin & Kutchin Llp
Boston, MA, US
Senior litigation associate focusing on business litigation. Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2015-20 and 2022-24, and Super Lawyer 2025. Marquis Who\'s Who Honored Listee beginning in 2025.Awarded at the ALM 2025 New England Legal Awards (For large and mid-market law firms)Award of \"Unsung Hero.\"Case work includes a bench trial over a dispute between shareholders in the Business Litigation Session in Boston, leading to a favorable resolution after multiple trial days, and a one-week jury trial also in the BLS, which was a third-party suit stemming from a blue sky law action.Also defended through partial summary judgment and favorable resolution of the remainder of the action on the eve of trial one of Massachusetts Lawyers\' Weekly\'s top four corporate cases of 2022, a case of first impression in Massachusetts asserting multiple corporate governance claims including a claim, dismissed on summary judgment, under the Massachusetts shareholder deadlock statute.Amicably resolved an action asserting seven-figure claims by a financial technology company against one of its executives.Prevailed in corporate books and records dispute before the BLS.Have managed other actions before the BLS as well, including an ongoing shareholder dispute.Have acted as local counsel for AMC Theatres in a multi-party securities litigation before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, which was dismissed in a defense victory.
EDUCATION
Harvard University
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
Dartmouth College
B.A., Triple Major: History; Government; Anthropology
Harvard Law School
J.D.
SKILLS
ABOUT MATTHEW GENS
I have been a civil litigator for fifteen years, with substantial trial and appellate experience, in federal and state court, and ADR. Most of my experience has been in New England, principally in Massachusetts, with a focus on business litigation cases. I have managed dozens of cases, and my case work has included claims in the eight figures.Selected Results: • McDonald v. McDonald, 2084-cv-983-BLS1 (Mass.Super.Ct. Nov. 2, 2022)(resolution during trial)• Scudder v. Scudder, 2072-cv-367, 2021 WL 87•••73 (Mass. Super. Ct. Dec. 18, 2021)(one of Mass. Lawyers Weekly Notable Featured Cases)• Heron Crest v. Mansfield ZBA et al, No. 19-cv-178 (Mass.Super.Ct. Oct. 3, 2019)• Norgand Realty L.P. v. Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts, Inc, Civ. No. 18•••70-IT (D. Mass. July 12, 2018)• Ind. Ctr. Newco LLC v. Waxy\'s Kingston LLC, No. 18-cv-10527-ADB (D.Mass. May. 17, 2018)• McMahon v. Nationstar Mortg. LLC, No. 16-cv-255 (Mass.Super.Ct. Apr. 6, 2018)• C Co. v. Hackel, No. 14-cv-02115-BLS2 (Mass.Super.Ct. Jan. 25, 2018)(defense trial victory)• Barrett v. MERS Inc. et al, 14 SBQ 16••••••01, 2017 WL 59•••66 (Mass. Land Ct. Nov. 30, 2017)• Kenney v. Brown, 16 MISC 530, 2017 WL 34•••59 (Mass. Land Ct. July 27, 2017)(Mass. Lawyers Weekly featured)• Melen v. Cormay, 1672-cv-589 (Mass. Super. Ct. May 18, 2017) • Nutting v. Nationstar Mortg. LLC, No. 15-P-1536, 2017 WL 429329 (Mass.App.Ct. Feb. 2, 2017)• O\'Halloran v. Nationstar Mortg. LLC, Civ. No. 16•••11-JGD, 2017 WL 374465 (D.Mass. Jan. 25, 2017) • Valdez v. FNMA, No. 14-P-1721, 2016 WL 34•••95 (Mass.App.Ct. June 24, 2016) • C Co. v. Hackel, No. 15-P-1180, 2016 WL 30•••12 (Mass.App.Ct. May 27, 2016) • Anderson v. Nationstar Mortg. LLC, 172 F.Supp.3d 371 (D. Mass. 2016) • Hall v. Nationstar Mortg. LLC, No. 15-P-282, 2016 WL 608937 (Mass. App. Ct. Feb. 16, 2016)• Sullivan v. Bank of New York Mellon, 91 F.Supp.3d 154 (D. Mass. 2015) • Rodriguez v. Nationstar Mortg. LLC, Civ. No. 14-cv-12338-IT, 2014 WL 54•••72 (D.Mass. Oct. 24, 2014) • Hansmann v. Nationstar Mortg. LLC, No. 13-P-1068, 2014 WL 28•••03 (Mass.App.Ct. June 25, 2014) • Campanile v. MERS, Inc, Civ. No. 11-cv-00528-JJM (D.R.I. May 12, 2014)• Bisnaw v. Nationstar Mortg. LLC, NOCV20•••••40 (Mass. Super. Ct. March 6, 2014)(defense trial victory)• Moran v. Gala, No. 12-P-1071, 2013 WL 47•••34 (Mass.App.Ct. Sept.
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