Brian Voke

Biography

Brian Voke acts as lead trial counsel in the defense and trial of complex products liability, toxic tort, transportation, negligence, professional liability, employment and insurance coverage matters. As one of the firm’s principal trial attorneys, Brian has tried catastrophic injury and death cases in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Georgia.

He has more than 26 years experience defending and trying complex litigation for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Mercedes Benz U.S.A., Nissan Motor Corp., American Honda Motor Company, Tyco International, Ltd., Lafarge North America Inc., Werner Co., and other major corporations. He is also trial counsel for a variety of insurers including ACE, Chubb, Colony Insurance, Navigators Insurance, and others.

Mr. Voke, who holds a degree in Accounting from Boston College and who previously worked as an accountant, has also defended a wide variety of business litigation matters over the years for directors and officers, brokers and accountants.

Brian is the Past President of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association and was a Faculty Member at Stanford Law School for the IADC 36th Trial Academy. He is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council. In 2005 he was the moderator for a one-week program on product liability law for China Pacific Insurance. In 2006, Brian moderated a one-week program on product liability for the People’s Insurance Company of China in Guangzhou, China. In 2010, he lectured at Lloyd's of London on "Considerations in Defeating Class Certification in Products Liability Cases in the United States."Representative Jury Trial Verdicts

Benoit v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.Norfolk Superior Court, Norfolk, MassachusettsIssue: Brain damage allegedly caused by goods negligently loaded onto tractor trailerResult: Defense Verdict

Bartolomeo v. Lynn Ladder & Scaffolding Co., Inc.Worcester Superior Court, Worcester, MassachusettsIssue: Blindness allegedly caused by defective ladderResult: Defense Verdict

Berarducci v. Ford Motor CompanyUnited States District Court, District of Connecticut, Hartford, ConnecticutIssue: Crush injuries allegedly caused by defective transmissionResult: Defense Verdict

Royce v. Ford Motor CompanyHillsborough Superior Court, Southern Division, Nashua, New HampshireIssue: Death allegedly caused by defective transmission controlsResult: Defense Verdict

Ramcharran v. CarintUnited States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MassachusettsIssue: Degloving injury to hand crushed in printing pressResult: Defense Verdict

Hollis v. Ford Motor CompanyUnited States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MassachusettsIssue: Crush injuries allegedly caused by defective transmission controlsResult: Defense Verdict

Johnson v. National Sea Products LimitedUnited States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MassachusettsIssue: Crushed hip allegedly caused by improperly packaged goodsResult: Defense Verdict

Saracen v. Figgie International, Inc.United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MassachusettsIssue: Major damage to hotel allegedly caused by defective sprinkler systemResult: Defense Verdict

Hoffman v. Ford Motor CompanyNorfolk Superior Court, Norfolk, MassachusettsIssue: Personal injuries allegedly caused by defective seatbackResult: Defense Verdict

Reported Cases

Bower v. Bower, 2011 WL 3702086, (D.Mass. April 05, 2011)Metlife Auto & Home v. ADT Security Systems, Inc., 2011 WL 1223023, (D.Mass. March 31, 2011)Bower v. Mirvat El-Nady Bower, 2011 WL 1253897, (D.Mass. March 14, 2011)Santander Consumer USA Inc. v. Walsh, 762 F.Supp.2d 217, (D.Mass. November 30, 2010)Turner v. Boyle, 425 B.R. 20, (D.Me. March 29, 2010)Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products Group, Inc., 664 F.Supp.2d 137, (D.Mass. July 31, 2009)Tabb v. Journey Freight Internations, 584 F.Supp.2d 334, (D.Mass. September 26, 2008)American Capital Corp. v. Blixseth, 575 F.Supp.2d 379, (D.R.I. August 21, 2008)Plunkett v. Valhalla Investment Services, Inc., 409 F.Supp.2d 39, (D.Mass. January 03, 2006)Tarr v. Werner Ladder Co., 2005 WL 6001395, (D.N.H. October 03, 2005)Lutts v. Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc., 1999 WL 102749, (N.D.N.Y. February 24, 1999)Schubert v. Nissan Motor Corp. in U.S.A., 148 F.3d 25 (1st Cir. 1998)Johnson v. National Sea Products, Ltd., 35 F. 3d 626 (1st Cir. 1994)Morrell v. Precise Engineering, Inc., 36 Mass. App. Ct. 935 (1994)Ramcharran v. Carraro Graphic Equipment, Inc., 823 F. Supp 63 (D.Mass. 1993)Albano v. Colby College, 822 F.Supp. 840, (D.Me. June 08, 1993)Boston Helicopter Charter, Inc. v. Agusta Aviation Corp., 767 F. Supp. 363 (D.Mass.1991)Holbrook v. Andersen Corp., 130 F.R.D. 516, (D.Me. April 26, 1990)

Representative Experience: Bower v. El-Nady Chartier v. Brabender Technologie, Inc. Cavu Copters v. F&L Helicopter Transport Metlife Auto & Home v. ADT Security Systems Inc. Ray v. Mendenhall more >

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: RI, ME, NH, MA