Andrew Lawlor

Top rated Estate & Trust Litigation attorney in Boston, Massachusetts

Belcher Fitzgerald LLP
Andrew Lawlor
Belcher Fitzgerald LLP

Practice areas: Estate & Trust Litigation, Construction Litigation, Business Litigation

Licensed in Massachusetts since: 1989

Education: Suffolk University Law School

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2025

Belcher Fitzgerald LLP

101 Federal St
Suite 705
Boston, MA 02110 Visit website
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A civil litigator with more than three decades of experience, Andrew Lawlor represents clients in Boston, Massachusetts, as an attorney with Belcher Fitzgerald LLP. His practice extends to matters of estate and trust litigation, business litigation and construction litigation. A former member of the U.S. Army National Guard, he served in Afghanistan, was awarded the Bronze Star for his service and retired as a colonel. For the Massachusetts National Guard, he served as the staff judge advocate and the 26th Brigade Combat Team’s brigade judge advocate.

Mr. Lawlor is a former enforcement attorney for the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, a former assistant district attorney for Norfolk County and former assistant attorney general for the state of Massachusetts. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

After graduating cum laude from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts, Mr. Lawlor then attended law school. He graduated cum laude with his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and completed a Fellowship at the Fletcher School of Law and a Diplomacy at Tufts University in National Security.

An active participant in his community, Mr. Lawlor works with several volunteer organizations, including the Knights of Columbus. Formerly, he was an elected town meeting representative in Dedham and the former chairman of the School Building Rehabilitation Committee in the same town.

Practice areas

Estate & Trust Litigation, Construction Litigation: Business, Business Litigation
  • 40% Estate & Trust Litigation
  • 40% Construction Litigation: Business
  • 20% Business Litigation

First Admitted: 1989, Massachusetts

Professional Webpage: https://belcherfitzgerald.com/andrew-lawlor-2/

Bar / Professional Activity

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1989
  • United States Court of Military Appeals
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1993
  • United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 2019
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1991

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

  • Successfully appealed federal trial court rulings scaling back jury verdict for client, obtaining reversal on four separate issues appealed. See Primarque Prods. Co. v. Williams W. & Witts Prods. Co., 988 F.3d 26, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 4126 (1st Cir. 2021), 2021
  • Norfolk County Retirement System v. Pamela M. Masson-Smith, 66 Mass.App. Ct. 679, 2006
  • Ligotti v. Ligotti, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 (2008) further review denied 453 Mass. 1108, 2009
  • Achieved $255,000 jury verdict for a client in U.S. District Court on breach of contract and tortious interference claims., 2018

Pro bono / Community Service

  • Former Member and Chairman, School Building Rehabilitation Committee, Dedham, MA Led effort to win voter and town approval of funding for new middle school and new elementary school; and oversaw the design and construction of those schools.
  • Saint Mary's of the Assumption Church, Dedham, MA; served as counsel for the Pastor on a pro bono basis;, 2025
  • Dedham Community Greenhouse, Inc.; served as counsel on pro bono basis., 2025
  • Former elected Town Meeting Representative, Dedham, MA
  • Knights of Columbus, Council 234, serve as outside counsel on pro bono basis., 2025

Educational Background

  • Middlebury College, B.A., cum laude, 1985 Suffolk University Law School, cum laude, 1989

Honors

  • Service in Afghanistan, Awarded Bronze Star
  • National Security Fellowship, Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Office location for Andrew Lawlor

101 Federal St
Suite 705
Boston, MA 02110

Phone: 617-676-1089

Selections

7 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2025

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