Richard J. Innis

Richard J. Innis

Retired Partner

Boston + 1 617 526 6000

For over thirty years, Dick Innis's practice concentrated on civil litigation. He tried many cases in federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies and arbitration panels. He also has served as a court-appointed master. A former chair of the firm's Executive Committee, Mr. Innis retired from active practice in 2005.

Practice

Mr. Innis's experience in corporate and personal litigation include product liability, antitrust, securities, trade secrets, unfair competition, commercial, construction, professional malpractice, eminent domain, zoning, probate, domestic and criminal matters. He successfully defended actions against pharmaceutical companies arising out of the use of their products (e.g., fen/phen, PPA, Drano, etc.) and against public utilities accused of exposing plaintiffs to impermissible levels of radiation in the workplace.


Professional Activities

Mr. Innis is a fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. He also serves as vice chair of the Board of Trustees and chair of the Governance Committee of Schools for Children, Inc., a nonprofit educational corporation that operates a variety of educational programs and schools for disadvantaged and troubled youth.

Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Boston College Law School, 1971

      cum laude Order of the Coif

    • BA, Yale University, 1968

      with honors

  • Admissions

    • Massachusetts

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Anthony Julian, US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1971 - 1973

Credentials

Notice

Unless you are an existing client, before communicating with WilmerHale by e-mail (or otherwise), please read the Disclaimer referenced by this link.(The Disclaimer is also accessible from the opening of this website). As noted therein, until you have received from us a written statement that we represent you in a particular manner (an "engagement letter") you should not send to us any confidential information about any such matter. After we have undertaken representation of you concerning a matter, you will be our client, and we may thereafter exchange confidential information freely.

Thank you for your interest in WilmerHale.

I Accept Cancel