About Attorney Kevin J. Powers

A focus on sophisticated written and oral legal advocacy.

Over fourteen years of experience working in all aspects of trial and appellate litigation.

A private practice that understands the needs of busy litigators.

Since first being admitted to the bar in 2006, Attorney Powers has developed a depth of skill and experience in trial and appellate advocacy.  For Attorney Powers, the art of legal advocacy demands a drive to find the right argument, to articulate it in the right way, and to support it with the right authorities.  Whether litigating before trial courts, appellate courts, administrative agencies, arbitrators, or mediators, Attorney Powers tirelessly pursues the right argument and the right presentation of that argument to put clients and co-counsel in the best possible position to win.

Education
Suffolk University Law School

• Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2006
• Class Rank: Top 5% (16/353)
• GPA: 3.598
• Suffolk University Law Review, Associate Managing Editor, 2005-2006
• Suffolk University Law Review, Staff Member, 2004-2005
• Academic Leadership Scholarship
• Jurisprudence Award, Commercial Paper
• Honorable Mention, Best Brief Competition
• Distinguished Oral Advocate, Oral Advocacy Competition
• Dean's List, 2003-2004; 2004-2005; 2005-2006

University Of Massachusetts At Amherst

• Bachelor Of Arts, cum laude, Political Science, 2003
• Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
• Dean's List, 2001-2003

​Professional Awards

• Massachusetts Super Lawyers List for Appellate Practice, 2020
• Lawyer of the Year, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2019
• President's Award, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2019

Speaking Engagements

• Faculty, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Amicus Committee Update, January 15, 2021, Zoom.
• Faculty, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Virtual Member Roundtable, Are HITECH Records Requests Worth the Trouble?, November 20, 2020, Zoom.
• Faculty, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Virtual Member Roundtable, HITECH Medical Records Update, September 18, 2020, Zoom.
• Faculty, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Effective Appellate Advocacy, July 22, 2020, Zoom.
• Faculty, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Virtual Member Roundtable, Amicus Update, May 1, 2020, Zoom.
• Faculty, Worcester County Bar Association, First Monday Program, Recent Cases of Interest to Worcester County Practitioners, November 4, 2019, Worcester Court Complex, Worcester, Massachusetts.
• Faculty, Worcester County Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, Interlocutory Appeals Seminar, May 16, 2018, Worcester Court Complex, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Reported Decisions

• Kauders v. Uber Techs., Inc., SJC-12883 (representing amicus curiae​).
  
• Mendes's Case, 486 Mass. 139 (2020) (representing amicus curiae).
• Green Mountain Ins. Co., Inc. v. Wakelin, 484 Mass. 222 (2020) (representing amicus curiae​).
• Aquino v. United Prop. & Cas. Co., 483 Mass. 820 (2020) (representing amicus curiae).
• ​Malachi M. v. Quintina Q., 483 Mass. 725 (2019) (representing amicus curiae).
• Hedberg v. Wakamatsu, 482 Mass. 613 (2019) (representing amicus curiae).
• Meyer v. Veolia Energy North America, 482 Mass. 208 (2019) (representing plaintiff-appellant).
• Stearns v. Met. Life Ins. Co., 481 Mass. 529 (2019) (representing amicus curiae).
• Correa v. Schoeck, 479 Mass. 686 (2018) (representing amicus curiae).
• Commonwealth v. Gorman, 84 Mass. App. Ct. 482 (2013) (representing Commonwealth-appellee).
• Commonwealth v. Nickerson, 79 Mass. App. Ct. 642 (2011) (representing Commonwealth-appellee).

Publications

• Note, David Hasselhoff No Longer Owns the Only Talking Car: Automotive Black Boxes in Criminal Law, 39 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 289 (2005).
• ​Fifty State Bond And Lien Law, Chapter on Connecticut (Supp. 2008) (research and drafting).
• 13 Connecticut Practice Series (Construction Law) (Supp. 2008) (research and drafting).
• Top 25 of 2007—Leading Decisions of the Connecticut Supreme Court (2008) (research and drafting).
• Connecticut Bar Association Construction Law Update, Chapter on Contract Interpretation (2008) (co-author).
• Article, Update on HITECH medical records requests, in Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal, November 2020.
• Article, An appellate roadmap, Part 2, in Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal, November 2020.
• Article, An appellate roadmap, Part 1, in Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal, June 2020.
• Article, HITECH medical records requests in the wake of Ciox, in Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal, March 2020.
• Article, 'Sorry, Bruh': Issues Relative to Electric Scooters, in Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal, May 2019.​
• Article, MATA Amicus Committee Update, in Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal, March 2019.
• Book Review: A Fascinating Portrait of Accomplishment & Reinvention, in New Hampshire Bar News, January 15, 2020.
• ​Book Review: Highly Readable Stories from the Family Law Trenches, in New Hampshire Bar News, July 16, 2014.
• Book Review: A Dignified Discussion of the Legal Market: Is the Bubble About to Burst?, in New Hampshire Bar News, May 21, 2014.
• Case Summary, Adoption of Bea, 97 Mass. App. Ct. 416 (2020), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, December 2020.
• Case Summary, Dep't of Revenue v. Grullon, 485 Mass. 129 (2020), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, December 2020.
• Case Summary, Adoption of Daphne, 484 Mass. 421 (2020), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, November 2020.
• Case Summary, Adoption of Helga, 97 Mass. App. Ct. 521 (2020), rev. denied, 485 Mass. 1101 in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, November 2020.
• Case Summary, Adoption of West, 97 Mass. App. Ct. 238 (2020), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, October 2020.
• Case Summary, Shak v. Shak, 484 Mass. 658 (2020), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, October 2020.
• Case Summary, Adoption of Luc, 484 Mass. 139 (2020), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, April 2020.
• Case Summary, Stacy v. Stacy, 97 Mass. App. Ct. 160 (2020), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, April 2020.
• Case Summary, Guardianship of Tara, Appeals Court No. 18-P-1531 (2020), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, March 2020.
• Case Summary, Frazier v. Frazier, Appeals Court No. 19-P-178 (2019), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, February 2020.
• Case Summary, Macri v. Macri, 96 Mass. App. Ct. 362 (2019), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, February 2020.
• Case Summary, Rose v. Rose, Appeals Court No. 18-P-59 (Nov. 20, 2019), in Worcester County Bar Association Legal Lines, December 2019.

Professional Leadership Roles & Memberships

• Vice Chair, Amicus Committee, Massachusetts Academy Of Trial Attorneys, 2019-Present
• Interim Chair, Amicus Committee, Massachusetts Academy Of Trial Attorneys, 2018-2019
• Member, Amicus Committee, Massachusetts Academy Of Trial Attorneys, 2017-Present
• Member, Massachusetts Academy Of Trial Attorneys, 2017-Present​
• Member, American Association For Justice, 2021-Present
• Committee Member, Massachusetts Appeals Court Law Clerk Society, 2019-Present
• Member, Attleboro Area Bar Association, 2016-Present
• Member, Bristol County Bar Association, 2016-Present
• Member, Worcester County Bar Association, 2016-Present
• Member, Civil Litigation Committee, Worcester County Bar Association, 2017-Present
• Member, Criminal Law Committee, Worcester County Bar Association, 2017-Present
• Member, Family Law/Domestic Relations Section, Worcester County Bar Association, 2019-Present
• Member, Workers' Compensation Committee, Worcester County Bar Association, 2020-Present
• Member, Juvenile Court Bench-Bar Committee, Worcester County Bar Association, 2019-Present

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​Law School & Clerkship
​Large Firm Practice

Kevin J. Powers graduated magna cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts in 2006. He began his legal career serving as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Andre A. Gelinas of the Massachusetts Appeals Court and then practiced business litigation and construction litigation with one of the largest firms in Connecticut, working primarily out of that firm's Hartford office.

Prosecuting Appeals
​Prosecuting White Collar Trials

Returning to Massachusetts, Attorney Powers served for five years as an Assistant District Attorney. At the appellate level, he briefed and argued criminal felony and misdemeanor appeals before the appellate courts of Massachusetts. At the trial level, he prosecuted white collar embezzlement, larceny, insurance fraud, and credit card fraud matters before trial court juries and judges.
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Our Private Practice Today

Like a devoted jazz musician, Attorney Powers understands that legal advocacy truly is an art that depends first and foremost upon the passion of the advocate and his commitment to perpetually refining his craft.

Today, Attorney Powers practices law in the service of busy appellate and trial litigators whose demanding caseloads and high-stakes matters call for precision and focus.  It is a privilege to be called upon to ensure that an oral argument, a motion, or an appellate brief makes the most forceful argument in the most persuasive way possible.  The challenge and honor of working alongside highly skilled co-counsel drive Kevin to deliver sharp and incisive advocacy for every co-counsel and for every client.

For our direct clients, we offer relentless advocacy in seeking resolutions of litigation matters before trial is necessary or, when required by the case, at hearings, at trials, or on appeal.

Active in the community.

A truly rewarding life cannot revolve around one's own self-interest. Outside of the practice of law, Kevin has devoted much of his time to his local community of Foxborough, Massachusetts, from which he would be the first to admit he derives the majority of his simple and enduring values of hard work, avoiding short cuts, and trying in all things to get it right.

In the mid-2000s, Kevin was part of a team of community members who coalesced around the goal of preserving Camp St. Augustine, a historic forest summer camp and trail network in Foxborough.  The Friends Of Camp St. Augustine realized its goal of seeing the Town acquire the land and, in so doing, preserve the grounds, trails, and historic Chapel Meeting House intact.

From 2011 to 2014, Kevin served as a member of the Town Of Foxborough Advisory (Finance) Committee.  In this capacity, he dealt with a broad range of budgetary and policy issues, including municipal contracts, zoning and by-law changes, an ongoing library expansion, an intermunicipal water/sewer service agreement, and a tax increment financing proposal.  The same research skills that Kevin uses in his practice proved instrumental in briefing the Committee and the Town on these and other issues arising in the governance of a New England Town.

Today, Kevin serves as a member of the Town Of Foxborough Board Of Recreation, which has oversight over all recreational facilities and programs in the Town.  This role brings Kevin full circle:  He now sits on the Board that is responsible for maintaining and supervising, among many other facilities, the same Camp St. Augustine that he worked to preserve from development over ten years ago.

Kevin is also proud to serve as Secretary of the Foxborough Founder's Day Planning Committee, helping to preserve and to perpetuate an annual celebration of town, community, and civic pride now in its thirty-first year.

In 2020, the voters of Foxborough elected Kevin a Commissioner of the Foxborough Housing Authority.  He now serves as Vice Chairman of that board, which is responsible for oversight of all public housing in the Town Of Foxborough.

In his spare time, Attorney Powers also volunteers as a mentor for first-year law students through the Suffolk University Law School Alumni-Student Mentor Program and serves as a committee member of the Massachusetts Appeals Court Law Clerk Society.

A law practice where every argument is crafted with precision, with detail, and with pride.

If you are an attorney whose litigation matter calls for skilled co-counsel, or if you are a non-attorney with a legal issue that you need resolved, it would be a pleasure to assist in any way possible.

Attorney Powers regularly handles motions encompassing procedural issues, discovery disputes, and substantive arguments.  The practice is well-equipped to join co-counsel on late notice to develop and brief specific issues, or on substantial advance notice to plan a longer-term strategy for a case.

Kevin enters cases on behalf of non-attorney clients prior to suit, mid-way into the life of an action, and on issues of post-judgment relief after disposition.

Serving the legal profession.

We view the teaching of refined legal advocacy as a core aspect of our commitment to the legal profession.  To learn more about classes and lectures for bar associations and other legal groups, contact us.