Arrowood LLP

Arrowood LLP is a civil litigation boutique founded in 2011. Our lawyers are among the most respected litigators and trial lawyers in Boston, with many decades of experience handling complex cases across a broad array of industries. Arrowood’s approach is to deliver sophisticated yet efficient service to our clients, with an outcome-oriented focus from day one. This allows us to handle disputes with and against some of the biggest firms in the country while managing expense and remaining accessible to individuals and mid-sized businesses. Arrowood’s reputation is built on courtroom excellence and a successful track record of outstanding results in high-stakes matters on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.

All of the attorneys at Arrowood LLP have experience representing individuals and companies in complex business litigation disputes that arise in a broad spectrum of subject areas—from contractual to trade secret disputes, and from business torts to shareholder rights cases.

The firm’s philosophy in these matters is straightforward: success is measured by their client’s business goals. Years of helping with commercial litigation disputes has led the firm to appreciate that clients would far prefer to spend their time investing, building and managing their businesses rather than litigating. Attorneys at Arrowood LLP partner with their business clients to ensure the most efficient resolution with the least impact on their clients’ daily work, while simultaneously protecting their rights and interests, and presenting their strongest and best case at trial. The firm’s attorneys have handled business claims and defenses in state and federal courts locally and around the country, as well as in arbitration and at mediation.

Arrowood LLP represents both employers and employees in most areas of employment litigation. Arrowood’s attorneys’ experience ranges from sexual harassment, gender, age and disability discrimination, to wage and hour disputes, to whistleblower claims under federal and state law, and to disputes on non-competition agreements and other restrictive covenants. Attorneys at Arrowood LLP have handled numerous wrongful termination claims, including whistleblower and Sarbanes-Oxley claims, on behalf of both employers and employees. They have also prosecuted and defended employment claims outside of litigation and have negotiated complex severance packages for both employers and employees.

In addition to representing clients in the corporate arena, their attorneys have expertise in representing lawyers at law firms, as well as physicians employed by hospitals or by physician groups, in connection with complex employment disputes and severance packages. Arrowood LLP attorneys have represented whistleblowers in the health care industry in federal and state False Claims Act cases. They have helped the federal and state government recover millions for fraudulent claims. They have helped successfully settle claims on behalf of relators who have been terminated or suffered other types of adverse employment actions. Arrowood attorneys are skilled at identifying Medicare fraud and have ably represented relators in qui tam suits in federal and state False Claims Act cases. Arrowood handles cases in state and federal court, as well as at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and at the United States Department of Labor.

Arrowood LLP handles a broad range of legal malpractice cases, including legal malpractice claims and defenses related to business litigation, employment law, personal injury, and other areas. Unlike many firms, Arrowood LLP has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in actions for professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and attorney-client fee disputes.

Founding Partner, Lisa Arrowood, is a go-to lawyer in Massachusetts for businesses seeking to pursue claims resulting from legal malpractice. The firm has successfully represented individuals and corporations in actions against their former counsel for legal malpractice, including claims for deficient handling of litigation, missed statutes of limitation, improper advice or conduct, negligent drafting of documents, and undisclosed conflicts of interest. In addition to handling plaintiff’s claims, Arrowood has represented many attorneys and firms in Massachusetts in circumstances when they are accused of malpractice or violating the ethical rules.

The firm’s depth of experience with litigation uniquely positions Arrowood LLP to handle the so-called “case within a case” aspect of legal malpractice claims, allowing the firm to handle even the most technical and challenging cases involving individual attorneys or entire law firms.