
Attorney at Ravech & Roy, P.C.
Greater Boston Area

Attorney at Ravech & Roy, P.C.
Greater Boston Area
My entire legal career has been primarily devoted to the representation of injured persons. I specialize in product liability cases, automobile accidents, construction accidents, and other work-related injuries. I have represented clients at all levels of the trial and appellate courts in Massachusetts. In addition, I have appeared in cases before the New Hampshire Supreme Court and Superior Court, the Federal District Courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the Rhode Island Superior Court, Colorado Superior Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
I am a 1986 cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. I received my undergraduate degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in 1983, where I served as Editor-in-Chief of the Bates Student newspaper. In addition, I received engineering training at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1979 to 1981 and one year of legal training at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. I participated in a judicial clerkship in 1985-86 with the Honorable Francis J. Larkin on the Appellate Division of the District Court, Western Division.
I am a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ).
In 2001, I was elected to the School Committee in the Town of Franklin, Massachusetts, and currently serves as its Chairman. I have also served as a member of Franklin's Horace Mann School Building Committee, and formerly as the chairman of the Board of Directors for the non-profit Masque Theatre Co., Inc. in Milford, Massachusetts. Other memberships include the College Club and Alumni-in-Admissions for Bates College. My honors and awards include the St. Thomas More Society of Worcester Scholarship and the American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law.
I am also a bicycle rider in the annual Pan Mass Challenge event which raises money for the Jimmy Fund. I have been riding as a member of the Phil Phriends team since 2003.
My career is dedicated to vindicating the rights and expectations of consumers injured at home, work, or play. At our firm, we have lawyers who specialize in injuries arising from automobile accidents, from defective products and machines, medical malpractice, work related accidents, and slip and fall accidents.
(Education Management industry)
2001 — Present (8 years)
The Franklin School Committee is compromised of seven members elected at large concurrently for a two-year term. By state law and town charter, the School Committee has general charge of the Franklin Public Schools. The primary role of the School Committee is to establish educational goals and policies for the schools in our district, consistent with the requirement of law and the statewide goals and standards established by the Massachusetts Board of Education.
The School Committee is also responsible for the review and approval of the school system’s annual budget. The budget is developed to support the district’s educational priorities and other system needs.
(Law Practice industry)
November 1993 — Present (15 years 9 months)
My entire legal career has been primarily devoted to the representation of injured persons. He specializes in product liability cases, automobile accidents, construction accidents, and other work-related injuries. I have represented clients at all levels of the trial and appellate courts in Massachusetts. In addition, I have appeared in cases before the New Hampshire Supreme Court and Superior Court, the Federal District Courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the Rhode Island Superior Court, Colorado Superior Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
I am a member of the American Association of Justice (AAJ) and the Product Liability Section of AAJ. I am av rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
(Law Practice industry)
September 1989 — October 1993 (4 years 2 months)
1984 — 1986
AB , Sociology , 1981 — 1983
Franklin Town Council