Charles Solomont

Practice Areas

Charles (Carl) Solomont, a partner in the litigiation practice and a trial lawyer, focuses on complex commercial litigation, real estate litigation, and bankruptcy. Carl has been handling complex litigation, class action and regulatory matters for a broad range of financial institutions, real estate developers, and other public and private companies for 20 years. He has successfully litigated high-stakes construction, creditors’ rights, real estate, franchise and distribution, and intellectual property matters and has tried cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators in many jurisdictions across the country.

He has served as lead litigation counsel for Boston-area professional sports teams and venues. He represents some of the nation’s largest financial institutions in bankruptcy, lender liability, and fiduciary duty matters. In real estate and construction litigation matters, he has represented owners, developers, lenders, and commercial landowners in matters involving construction, land use, environmental regulation, title disputes, the enforceability of purchase and sale agreements and letters of intent, and commercial landlord-tenant disputes. His intellectual property experience includes representation of clients in trademark, copyright, Internet torts, and licensing litigation matters.

He publishes articles and serves as a presenter at seminars concerning trial practice, mediation, electronic discovery, creditors’ rights, real estate litigation, intellectual property, Internet privacy issues, legal ethics, and sports law. He has served as a mediator of a wide variety of civil disputes, is currently president of a regional nonprofit community mediation services program and serves as a pre-trial court conferencer for the Boston Municipal Court.

Before joining Morgan Lewis, he was a partner in the financial institutions regulatory, enforcement, and litigation and securities and financial institutions litigation practice at another international law firm.

To learn more about Carl and his experience, please go to: https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/carlsolomont

Personal

Boston College Law School, 1990, J.D., cum laude

Tufts University, 1987, B.A., magna cum laude