Robert Berluti

About Robert Berluti

I am a trial attorney with a focus on high-stakes jury trials, particularly those…

Experience

1. Partner

   Berluti Mclaughlin & Kutchin Llp

   Jan 2011 — Present

   Robert Berluti, a partner at Berluti McLaughlin & Kutchin LLP, practices all aspects of complex civil litigation. He has extensive experience in jury and bench trials of all forms of business and employment disputes including. His accomplishments include securing the largest Massachusetts jury verdict ever recorded in an age discrimination case. His clients include large and small businesses in diverse industries. Mr. Berluti has tried cases in state and federal courts including the United States Tax Court and has appeared in state and federal trial and appellate courts in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, as well as state and federal administrative agencies, including FINRA and the Internal Revenue Service. He advises clients in all aspects of business disputes, including between shareholders/partners, valuation (including in divorce actions), derivative actions, individual and class action wage and hour cases, trade secrets, intellectual property, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, employment law, contract, real estate, and construction disputes. He also represents individuals in serious personal injury cases and investor – broker disputes. He has also defended businesses in personal injury matters such as dram shop cases. He represents families in probate litigation, such as will contests. Mr. Berluti has extensive experience in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. In 2014, he successfully protected a shareholder from being forced to sell his shares under an arbitration provision in the corporate bylaws by defeating a Motion to Compel Arbitration in the Superior Court. Then in 2015, he successfully preserved the trial court’s decision before the Supreme Judicial Court. Michael A. Vale v. David J. Valchuis et.al. 471 Mass. In 2018 he secured a verdict that was one of the Top 100 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in a wage and hour case.

Education

• Boston University School of Law

  LLM, Taxation

• Suffolk University Law School

  Juris Doctor

• Tufts University

  Bachelor of Arts, Economics

• Questrom School of Business, Boston University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Skills

• Business Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Trade Secrets
• Discrimination
• Litigation
• Torts
• Dispute Resolution
• Legal Malpractice
• Non-Compete Agreements
• Civil Litigation
• Class Actions
• Arbitration
• Construction Law
• Personal Injury
• Employment Discrimination
• Trial Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Breach of Contract
• Employment Law
• Appeals
• Mediation
• Wrongful Death
• Trials
• Courts
• Dispute