Executive Spotlight
Kerry is a Member in the Litigation Department of Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C. He has over 20 years of experience in handling complex litigation matters involving contracts, environmental issues, unfair competition, family business disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, municipalities, real estate, construction, intellectual property, employment and general tort liability. Kerry is skilled in the Courtroom as well as at public hearings, arbitrations and other alternative dispute resolution forums. Kerry also provides pre-litigation counsel to assist clients in preventing costly litigation.
Bar and Court Admissions
Massachusetts Bar
California Bar (non-resident inactive)
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
United States District Court for the Central District of California
Memberships
Massachusetts Bar Association
City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association
Solid Waste Association of North America
Environmental Business Council of New England
LSP Association
Achievements
Named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer by Boston Magazine in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
Articles and Presentations
- Frequent contributor to Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers’s blog on family business disputes, Our Family Business at Odds www.ourfamilybusinessatodds.com
- “Avoiding Disputes in Your Family Business,” FBA/SBA Presentation, January 26, 2011
- “Judge can’t disturb decision by agency,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, April 19, 2010
- “How Facebook Ruined My Career,” Forbes.com, April 13, 2010
- “Practical Suggestions for Email and Your Business,” Newmarket Business Association, April 12, 2010
- “Understanding the mediation ‘process’,” New England In-House, March 2007
International Municipal Lawyers Association
- September 15, 2008, “Municipal Landfill Issues and Resolutions”
LSP Association
- February 8, 2007, “IT in the Environmental Industry, Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Benefits”
Solid Waste Association of North America
- September 23, 2008, “Municipalities & Landfills: Practical Tips on How to Avoid Litigation”
- April 12, 2006, “Emails, Metadata and Things You Should Know About that Next Report”
- September 13, 2005 & February 3, 2005, “Host Community Agreements”
Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists
- April 2, 2011, “Protecting You and Your Engineering Company”
- April 4, 2009, “Legal Advice for the Engineer”
- March 25, 2006, “Litigation Survival Skills for the Office, the Field and the Courtroom”
ASFE
- October 6, 2006, “IT Risk Identification and Mitigation”
Lorman Education Services
- June 27, 2006, previously presented on January 30, 2002, “Issues Relating to Public Records and Litigation”
Santa Clara University Law Review
- “Using the Uniform Commercial Code to Protect the ‘Ideas’ that Make the Movies”, Fall 1987, Volume 27, Number 4
Education
B.S., Indiana University, 1981
J.D., University of Florida, 1987
Kerry T. Ryan
Member
Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers, P.C.
101 Huntington Avenue
Prudential Center
Boston MA 02199
www.tbhr-law.com
(617) 218-2027
kryan@tbhr-law.com
