Mr. Muggeo has been a practicing trial lawyer and outside
trial counsel to public and private corporations since his
admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 1978. The founder and
Senior Managing Partner of Louis J Muggeo & Associates, he is
also a member of the Florida, Illinois, New York and New
Hampshire bars. He has represented businesses throughout the
United States and abroad, including lenders, contractors,
insurers, high technology and media companies, municipal airport
operators and professional athletes. Mr. Muggeo is
affiliated with the New York City law firm of Dickson Shapiro
Morin & Oshinsky and the Chicago law firm of Aronson & Aronson.
Mr. Muggeo has extensive trial experience and is called upon
regularly to represent businesses and individuals in complex
multi-party matters in state and Federal Courts throughout the
United States. These matters include patent and trademark
litigation, complex business, real estate and securities matters,
white collar crime and medical malpractice. He has also tried a
variety of cases and appeared before federal and state
administrative agencies; including the National Transportation
Safety Board, National Labor Relations Board, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Massachusetts Division of Securities, Massachusetts
Aeronautics Commission, Massachusetts Civil Service Commission,
Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, and
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. In addition to
his extensive experience dealing with all aspects of commercial
litigation, he has also served as his clients' primary legal
advisor with respect to significant issues which businesses are
confronted on a regular basis including; commercial leasing,
complex equity financing, protection and management of
intellectual property, employment practices, and Sarbanes-Oxley
and its impact on corporate governance.
As Mr. Muggeo's clients expanded their interests overseas, he
was called upon to advise them with respect to various aspects of
international law and finance and to provide cultural guidance.
He has traveled extensively throughout Eastern and Western Europe
and is well versed with the workings of international law,
methods of international dispute resolution, and has thereby
established international contacts of great value in dealing with
the intricacies of multi-national transactions.
In founding Louis J Muggeo & Associates, it was Mr. Muggeo's
desire to bring his large case and cross-border experience and
perspective to serve the needs and values of local New England
businesses, which values reflect his own, personal approach to
life. His firm has become a trusted resource for North Shore
businesses, law firms and individuals for almost three decades.
Affiliations:
In addition to being admitted to the various
state bars, Mr. Muggeo has also been admitted to practice before
the United States District Courts for the Districts of
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Colorado, the Southern District of
New York, and the Unites States Court of Appeal for the First and
Second Circuits. Mr. Muggeo is a member of the Massachusetts Bar
Association; Business Law and International section; American Bar
Association; Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Lawyers and
Pilots Bar Association, Aircraft and Pilots Association where he
serves on the Legal Advisory Panel, Justinian Law Society,
certified arbitrator/mediator for the American Arbitration
Association and Essex County Superior Court, and Salem District
Court Conciliator. He is also an active member of Essex County Bar
Association, Salem Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, United
States Russian Chamber of Commerce of New England, BISNIS, and
Lawyer's and Pilot's Bar Association. Mr. Muggeo also served for
many years on the Beverly Airport Commission, as chair of the
management and legal affairs committee.
Academics:
Mr. Muggeo received his law degree from John
Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, where he was the editor
of Law Review and graduated with distinction. He received his
undergraduate degree, Cum Laude, from the State University of
New York at Binghamton, New York. After graduating from law school,
Mr. Muggeo served as a law clerk for the Honorable Alfred Kirkland,
judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Illinois.
Further Notations:
Mr. Muggeo is a licensed private pilot and
United States Coast Guard captain.
