Associates
Karen M. Connors
Senior Associate
Practice Areas
- Civil Litigation
- General Insurance Defense
- Automobile Liability
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Insurance Coverage
- Environmental and Toxic Torts
- Employment Matters
Karen M. Connors has significant civil litigation experience and has represented clients and corporations in Massachusetts courts as well as in various state and federal forums throughout the US. She has practiced in boutique insurance defense firms and as in-house counsel to an international public corporation. Her experience has encompassed general insurance defense, insurance coverage, complex personal injury litigation, products liability, environmental and toxic torts. She also has experience with a variety of employment matters including issues relating to ADA, FMLA, FLSA, ADEA, counseling management in internal investigations and with policy-making decisions, and drafting and negotiating non-competition agreements and termination agreements.
Education
Boston College, B.A., Honors Program graduate, cum laude, 1992; Tulane University School of Law, JD cum laude,1995, certification in environmental law.
Bar Admissions
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts; District of Columbia; and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Lynn G. McCarthy
Senior Associate
Practice Areas
- Civil Litigation
- General Insurance Defense
- Automobile Liability
- Premises Liability
- Construction Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Bad Faith
Ms. McCarthy has extensive experience defending insurers and insureds in first and third-party civil litigation. She has represented clients and corporations in Massachusetts courts and in alternative dispute resolution forums. Her work has encompassed general insurance defense, motor vehicle liability, premises liability, commercial and construction litigation and insurance coverage. Prior to joining Lamontagne, Spaulding and Hayes, LLP, she worked for many years defending insurers and their insureds in matters involving insurance fraud.
Education
Providence College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1985; Suffolk University Law School, J.D., Cum Laude, 1988.
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Memberships
Massachusetts Bar Association and Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association.