Derek Domian business litigation commercial real estate intellectual property professional liability disputes lawyer attorney

Biography

Overview

Derek Domian is a business litigator. He represents clients on a broad range of complex commercial, real estate, leasing, professional liability, and intellectual property disputes.

The clients he serves include real estate investors and developers, commercial landlords and tenants, partnerships and joint ventures, in-house counsel, lawyers and law firms, and non-profits.

He represents clients in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels, as well as before arbitrators, mediators, and regulatory bodies, and routinely advises clients outside of these venues on prelitigation strategies that serve their business interests. He also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Accolades

  • Lawdragon, Leading 500 Litigators in America (2022, 2024-2025)
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Go To Business Litigation Lawyer, 2022
  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2016

Affiliations

  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Member and Former Chair, Mass Bar's Complex Commercial Litigation Section Council
  • Citizens School Mock Trial Program
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Clearinghouse

Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Education

  • University of New Hampshire  (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001)
  • Harvard Law School  (J.D., cum laude, 2004)