Kenneth M. Wright, Partner

Ken Wright has over 27 years of experience representing companies and individuals in Massachusetts state and Federal Courts. Ken is a leader in the American Inns of Court movement, which promotes trial excellence, ethics, and civility.

The businesses Ken Wright has represented in trial and appellate courts range from some of the largest companies in the United States to sole proprietorships.  Attorney Wright has represented his business clients in: products liability defense, paint and coatings litigation, toxic tort defense, retail litigation, construction litigation, class action defense, contract litigation, intellectual property litigation, intra-corporate litigation, dealership litigation, employment litigation, and real estate litigation. 

Ken Wright represents individuals in family law matters including:  divorce, child custody, trust litigation and estate litigation.   In addition to his trial and appellate family law courtroom experience, Ken Wright also represents family law clients in collaborative law negotiations.

 

 

 

 

Business Litigation

Ken Wright has over twenty-five years of experience representing businesses in Massachusetts state and Federal Courts. Ken Wright has represented businesses in many types of litigation including: products liability defense, paint and coatings litigation, toxic tort defense, retail litigation defense, construction litigation, class action defense, contract litigation, intellectual property litigation, intra-corporate litigation, dealership litigation, employment litigation, and real estate litigation.

Paint and Coatings Litigation

Ken Wright has represented the paint and coatings industry for over twenty-five years in numerous lawsuits in the manufacturing, construction, industrial, and retail contexts. The coatings cases that Attorney Wright has successfully defended include cases with allegations of coating failure, toxic tort, and injuries from the purported use of painting equipment. Attorney Wright’s courtroom experience and technical training in this field are unparalleled. Ken is certified by NACE International as a coatings inspector level 2 and is a member of this coating standards and credentialing organization. In addition, Attorney Wright has successfully passed professional coatings training given by the Society For Protective Coatings and is a member of this coating standards and credentialing organization.

Family Law

Ken Wright has decades of courtroom experience representing clients in divorces, modification proceedings, and child custody disputes and all the issues that are part of these proceedings including visitation arrangements, alimony, child support, and property division. Attorney Wright’s clients in these matters have included men and women professionals, executives, doctors, business owners, employees, and non-working spouses.

Although Ken is a trial attorney with extensive court experience in Massachusetts Probate & Family Courts, his style of practice is to attempt to achieve his clients’ goals through civil communication and negotiation with opposing attorneys, rather than taking a more confrontational approach. In addition to representing clients in contested proceedings in the Probate Court, Attorney Wright is a member of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and represents family law clients in negotiations conducted in accordance with collaborative law protocols.

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Probate & Trust Litigation

Attorney Ken Wright has decades of experience representing fiduciaries, beneficiaries, heirs, and claimants in will contests, fiduciary account litigation, and trust litigation. He also has experience in guardianship cases.

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• Successfully obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial representing a coatings manufacturer against a claim of coating failure.
• Successfully obtained a defense judgment in a bench trial representing a coatings manufacturer in claim against a claim of coating failure.
• Successfully obtained summary judgment defeating claims against a coatings manufacturer in a claim of coating failure.
• Successfully obtained summary judgment defeating claims against a coating manufacturer arising out of a dispute about an agreement concerning a coatings claim
• Successfully obtained a jury verdict for a pharmacist against a national pharmacy retail chain for race discrimination.
• Attorney Ken Wright represented a Connecticut conservator for a person who was the settlor of the several trusts and who had won the lottery, where the trusts were subject to Massachusetts law and the trustee was located in Massachusetts.  Attorney Wright advised the conservator on Massachusetts trust law for the proceedings in the Connecticut Probate Court and represented the conservator in an action in the Massachusetts Probate Court with over twenty trust beneficiaries and the trustee as parties to the litigation.  After obtaining a preliminary injunction in a contested hearing in the Massachusetts proceeding, Ken Wright working with several Connecticut attorneys, negotiated a settlement that was approved by the Massachusetts Probate Court, the Connecticut Probate Court, and the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office.
• Attorney Wright acted as local counsel for a beneficiary in a California Superior Court case alleging that a bank-corporate fiduciary had breached its fiduciary duties with seven figures damages alleged.  The background work and research performed by Attorney Wright concerning Massachusetts law helped defeat a motion for summary judgment filed by the bank.
• Attorney Wright represented a trustee-beneficiary in litigation against another trustee-beneficiary alleging breach of fiduciary duty in control of the trust that owned a large business and real estate interests.  After obtaining a preliminary injunction, in a contested hearing, preserving the status quo in the trust, Attorney Wright negotiated a seven figure settlement for the client.
• Attorney Wright represented the executor of an estate in defending a will contest brought by an heir at law alleging undue influence and requesting that the will be waived in favor of an ex-spouse, who claimed she was still married to the person who had died.   The estate was valued in excess of seven figures. The will challenge was defeated by Attorney Wright.  
• Attorney Wright represented a large charity, which had been named as the sole recipient in a will, in a will contest alleging lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence.   Attorney Wright and the attorney representing the estate were able to defeat the will contest.
• In an election case, Attorney Wright represented a client in the Superior Court, Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the Supreme Judicial Court in a single day.