Thomas M. Bond
Boston, Massachusetts
phone | 617-261-0080 |
fax | 617-261-1558 |
tbond@kaplanbond.com |
Thomas M. Bond, Esq. is a trial lawyer and proctor in admiralty who has specialized in litigation for over thirty years. His trial practice, includes Admiralty and Maritime Law, Construction, Product Liability, Automobile, Personal Injury and General Liability.
Mr. Bond, who regularly practices in federal and state court, has argued or briefed over twenty five cases before various courts of appeal, including the United States Supreme Court, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He has earned an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell the highest rating available in recognition of his attainment of the height of professional excellence and the highest levels of skill and integrity.
A frequent lecturer on Admiralty Law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Bond has also lectured nationally before the Tulane Admiralty Law Institute in New Orleans and the American Association for Justice.
He is a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, and serves on the amicus curiae committee, which drafts and submits briefs in important Massachusetts cases affecting the rights of injured people. Mr. Bond is also a member of the American and Massachusetts Bar Associations and the American Association for Justice and has degrees from Northeastern University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1982) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1985).
Attorney Thomas M. Bond has achieved a Martindale Hubbell “AV” rating from his peers, which ranks him at the highest level of professional excellence and character. He has taught and lectured locally at Suffolk University and New England Law Schools, the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. He has also presented nationally before the American Trial Association, the Tulane Admiralty Law Institute, and the American Association for Justice.
Mr. Bond is an active volunteer in his Middlesex County community where he lives with his wife of thirty two years and two Labrador Retrievers.
- Areas of Practice:
Admiralty and Maritime LawProduct LiabilityConstructionAutomobilePersonal InjuryGeneral Liability
- Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts, 1985U.S. Federal Courts, 1988U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1988U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
- Education:
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985
J.D.
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1982
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
- Honors and Awards:
“AV” Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar AssociationMember
Massachusetts Bar AssociationMember
American Association for JusticeMember
- Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Kappa Phi