About

Provided by Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP

In February 2023, two premier law ­ firms, Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo LLP and Cornell & Gollub, formed Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP. The firm’s exceptional trial lawyers are skilled in multiple areas of litigation, including, product liability, business, construction, travel law, insurance and bad faith, malpractice, including medical malpractice defense, museum and art, and employment disputes.


Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP, based in Boston and Lincoln, Massachusetts, provides unsurpassed business counsel and litigation experience to clients of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to individual entrepreneurs throughout the Northeast and nationally on behalf of various clients.


The ­ firm’s attorneys have handled hundreds of jury trials. Senior partners Christopher A. Duggan, Peter M. Durney, Barbara H. Buell, Rodney E. Gould, and Dana A. Zakarian have a passion for the courtroom and an enviable track record for success. We are not afraid of juries, we celebrate them. Clients retain us because of our love for the courtroom.


Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP has a proven track record of achieving favorable resolutions in and out of court, often saving clients the time and expense of protracted disputes. By any measure, Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP is a leading, go-to, full-service law firm within the highly competitive Boston market, in New England and, for certain clients, nationally, specializing in litigation.



Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers
Litigation: General Commercial - Massachusetts
5
Band 5
What the team is known for

Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP is a Boston and Lincoln-based practice offering a broad base of litigation experience, including acting for clients at trial and appellate levels. The team has substantial expertise in insurance, product liability, healthcare and travel related matters.

Notable practitioners

Firm co-founder Christopher Duggan is a key contact.