Patrick P Dinardo

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Complex Commercial & Financial Disputes

Litigation

Permitting & Land Use

Real Estate Workouts

Career

Pat is co-director of the Litigation Department. He has over 35 years of experience representing various parties in complicated contract, trust, real estate, and insolvency-related matters in State and Federal court. He is an active member of the firm's Associate Evaluation Committee and chair of its Pro Bono Committee.

Over the years Pat has focused his practice on the litigation and resolution of business disputes, including disputes involving fiduciary duties and creditors’ rights. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants, national and international creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees, and trustees in bankruptcy, as well as parties seeking to acquire or dispose of distressed assets. He helps clients solve complex and intractable business issues in all these areas.

Professional Memberships

Boston Bar Association

Board of Directors, Greater Boston Legal Services, 2013-present

Steering Committee for the Bankruptcy Section, Boston Bar Association, 2010-2013

Co-Chair, Boston Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Practice and Procedure Committee, 2012-2014

Co-Chair, Boston Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Pro Bono Committee, 2010-2011, 2011-2012

American Bankruptcy Institute

Joint Boston Bar Association/United States Bankruptcy Court Task Force on Financial Literacy, 2005-2010

One of eight practitioners appointed in 2004 to the Bankruptcy Merit Selection Panel by First Circuit Court of Appeals to assist in selection of a new bankruptcy judge for the District of Massachusetts