As the managing partner of his former law firm, Paul knows that success takes consistency, collaboration, and clarity. He takes that same approach to the boardroom, the courtroom and the court of public opinion, working with his clients to identify their goals and chart the path ahead.
Paul has worked many sides of the legal table, from general counsel, to litigator, to transaction counsel. As he describes it: “I have clients, and they call me – they call me about anything.”
As general counsel and transaction counsel to new and established businesses, Paul handles issues from the mundane (supply/service contracts, etc.) to the extraordinary (mergers and acquisitions) and is uniquely qualified to use courtroom techniques – risk management, negotiation, and persuasion – to inform his business practice.
As a litigator, Paul has handled a breadth of matters impacting families, businesses, and individuals, in state and federal courts. He is also a trusted appointee from both state and federal judges to handle real estate and other assets for purposes of management or liquidation.
Prior to joining Mirick, Paul was Managing Partner at Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP
JD, Georgetown University Law Center (2004)
BA, cum laude, Boston University (1999)
- Massachusetts (2004)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (2004)
- U.S. District Court for Massachusetts (2004)
- Worcester County Bar Association: member (2005 – present); Executive Committee (2011 – 2013); By-Law Committee (2015-2016); Chair of Young Lawyers Division (2006 – 2010)
- Massachusetts Bar Association: member (2005 – present); Tiered Community Mentor (2023-2024); Attorney Mentor (2021 – present); Judicial Forum Panelist (2023); Mock Trial Judge (2015-2023); Doherty High School Mock Trial Coach (2023 – present)
- City of Worcester Trust Fund Commission: commissioner (2017-present); chair (2020 – present)
- Worcester Rugby Football Club: member/player (1993-present); Executive Committee (2007 – 2015; 2018-present)
- Emerald Club of Worcester: Executive Committee (2008 – 2018); President (2015 – 2017)
- Worcester Hibernian Cultural Foundation: member; Executive Committee (2013 – 2017)
- Jewish Community Center Youth Basketball, coach (2017-2019)
- Jesse Burkett Little League Baseball, coach (2015-2019)
- Boy Scouts of America – Troop 37, Committee (2024)
- Worcester County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, volunteer (2021– present)
- Worcester Irish Music Festival, chair (2011-2013)
- Canal Diggers 5k Road Race, director (2012 – 2016)
- Named Massachusetts “Rising Star” by Boston magazine and Law & Politics
- Selected the Worcester Business Journal as one of “40 Under Forty” professionals honored for their professional excellence and community service
- Worcester County Bar Association, President’s Award – 2007
- “Trial Objections,” Worcester County Bar Association Seminar, March 2025 (presenter)
- “Motions in Limine,” Worcester County Bar Association Seminar, June 2024 (presenter)
- “Ownership Transition for Privately Held Companies,” Mirick O’Connell Seminar, February 2, 2023 (moderator)
- United District Court of Massachusetts, Annual Judicial Forum Panel (April 2023)
- General Counsel to large a regional brewer for over a decade, overseeing company acquisitions, real estate leasing and purchasing, shareholder agreements, and other operational issues and objectives, including litigation.
- Successfully defended a local family in a prolonged, uninsured, civil assault allegation, resulting in the multi-million-dollar claim being dismissed without payment.
- Won a counterclaim jury verdict in excess of $300,000, and successfully defended claims of breach of fiduciary duty and corporate theft in excess of $500,000.
- Transaction counsel for $30 million dollar sale of a large plastics industry concern involving several large real estate holdings, intellectual property, employment, and licensing rights issues.
- Successfully defended a local construction supply company in a contract dispute obtaining a judgement against the plaintiff and an award in excess of $100,000 dollars.
- Negotiated multiple, exclusive supply contracts between regional fabricating company and a large multi-national corporation and its franchisees.
- Successfully represented first operational marijuana social club in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Oversaw inter-family transition of large regional oil supply company.
- Successfully defended uninsured property developer and contractor in multi-million-dollar mold infestation case.
- Oversaw sale by family trust of large commercial real estate parcel involving many complicated title and boundary line issues.
