Go To Lawyers: Kenneth B. Walton

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Kenneth B. Walton, managing partner of the Lewis Brisbois Boston office and national chair of its Architects & Engineers Practice, focuses his practice on the defense of professional liability, employment and general liability matters, including the defense of architects, engineers, surveyors, trucking companies, stockbrokers, lawyers, financial broker/dealers, healthcare providers and professionals, directors and officers, insurance agents and real estate brokers.

Walton also handles complex commercial civil litigation matters for public and private clients.

Representing clients in both federal and state courts and in both jury and non-jury cases in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and New York, Walton has handled hundreds of trials, mediations, arbitrations and administrative hearings throughout the country.

Described by at least one peer as “the best trial attorney in Massachusetts representing design professionals,” Walton’s representative successes include obtaining a trial victory in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed against an engineering client in Connecticut Superior Court.

He also obtained dismissal of a wrongful death suit filed against a client arising from a bridge project and obtained a trial victory on behalf of an architect in a multimillion-dollar suit filed by a project owner.

Meanwhile, he obtained dismissal, on res judicata grounds, of a multimillion-dollar suit filed against his client by a project contractor and successfully affirmed dismissal in the Appeals Court. And he obtained dismissal of a subrogation action filed against a client arising from a shopping mall project. In that case, he recovered legal fees incurred defending the lawsuit.

Achievements and Professional Activities

Managing partner, Boston Office, Lewis Brisbois; national chair, Architects & Engineers Practice and vice-chair, Labor & Employment Practice, Lewis Brisbois; member, American Board of Trial Advocates; member, Alumni Board and recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, New England Law Boston; captain, varsity basketball team, St. Lawrence University