Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts



Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense


250 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210

Established: 1948

Practice Areas

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate
  • Arson
  • Aviation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
  • Fraud
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labor and Employment
  • Maritime
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Tort
  • Transportation
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Commercial and Business Litigation
  • Elder Law/Nursing Home and Long-term Care Facilities
  • Financial Institutions Litigation Group
  • Municipal Liability
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Education Law
  • Liability Defense
  • Commercial Financing
  • Corporate
  • Healthcare Law
  • Insurance Agents
  • Commercial Fraud & Forensic Investigations
  • Disciplinary Defense


About Us

The Insurance, Reinsurance, and Defense and Litigation practices of Morrison Mahoney are organized to provide seamless representation to its clients in all facets of insurance defense, coverage and reinsurance advice, drafting, arbitration, litigation, and appeals. Partners and associates in each of our offices are called upon to respond to the most urgent issues facing the insurance industry on a national and international basis, bringing a depth and quality of experience that is unmatched. The core goal and mission of the firm is to assist our clients in developing strategies to resolve claims or other complex issues, realizing that the litigation option is only one of a number of avenues available in creating a resolution plan.

The services that our firm provides include:

Early Analysis and Development of Strategies to respond in an effective and efficient way when claims are first presented with a goal of minimizing claim resolution costs

Litigating Complex Insurance Claims in state and federal courts, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations

Monitoring and Advising Insurers, both primary and excess, with respect to high-exposure cases

Serving as Appellate Counsel in matters that present important and precedent-setting issues

Handling Reinsurance Claims for both ceding companies and reinsurers, including arbitration and litigation where necessary

Drafting Insurance Policies and Procedures intended to assess current exposures and reduce the potential for future litigation

Our insurance and reinsurance attorneys have an extensive and distinguished record of speaking and publishing on cutting-edge issues of concern to insurance professionals. In addition, Morrison Mahoney attorneys play a leading role in such important industry organizations as the Defense Research Institute, CPCU, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Professional Liability Underwriters Society, the Property Loss Research Bureau, and the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association.

For more information about how we can assist you, please contact any of our insurance and reinsurance attorneys.


Additional Locations

  • Fall River, Massachusetts
  • 10 North Main Street
  • Fall River, Massachusetts 02720
    • Telephone: 508-677-3100
  • Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Tower Square
  • 1500 Main Street, Suite 2400
  • Springfield, Massachusetts 01115
    • Telephone: 413-737-4373
  • Worcester, Massachusetts
  • 120 Front Street, Suite 710
  • Worcester, Massachusetts 01608
    • Telephone: 508-757-7777
  • Providence, Rhode Island
  • 10 Weybosset Street, Suite 900
  • Providence, Rhode Island 02903
    • Telephone: 401-331-4660
  • Hartford, Connecticut
  • One Constitution Plaza, 10th Floor
  • Hartford, Connecticut 06103
    • Telephone: 860-616-4441
  • Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • 1000 Lafayette Boulevard, Suite 702
  • Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604
    • Telephone: 203-965-4900
  • Manchester, New Hampshire
  • 1001 Elm Street, Suite 304
  • Manchester, New Hampshire 03101
    • Telephone: 603-622-3400
  • New York, New York
  • Wall Street Plaza
  • 88 Pine Street, Suite 1900
  • New York, New York 10005
    • Telephone: 212-825-1212
  • Parsippany, New Jersey
  • Waterview Plaza
  • 2001 U.S. Highway 46
  • Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
    • Telephone: 973-257-3526
  • London, United Kingdom
  • 3 More London Riverside
  • London, United Kingdom SE1 2HB

Client Information

Representative Insurance Clients


Personnel Information

Managing Partner


Scott D. Burke

Boston, MA

Admitted
  • Massachusetts, 1987
  • New York, 1988
  • New Hampshire, 2004
Education:
  • University of Massachusetts, B.S., 1984
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 1987

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