Ed brings a creative, solutions-oriented approach to helping clients achieve their goals. He represents companies, financial institutions, and individuals in high-stakes litigation, government investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, and criminal trials. Whether the challenge demands aggressive trial advocacy, strategic engagement with federal regulators, careful appellate positioning, or discreet counseling through an internal investigation, Ed delivers results.

Ed’s practice sits at the intersection of financial services, government enforcement, and emerging technology. Drawing on a cross-disciplinary practice, he delivers comprehensive guidance tailored to his client’s complex challenges. As a member of Mintz’s FinTech, Blockchain, and Digital Assets practice and the firm’s Appellate Practice Group, Ed counsels a diverse client base — from multinational financial institutions to digital asset platforms to individual executives. He has substantial experience appearing before the SEC, DOJ, FINRA, and state securities regulators, enabling him to deliver pragmatic strategies tailored to each client’s business objectives and reputational concerns.

Financial Services Litigation

Ed represents a wide variety of financial services institutions — including banks, broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, mutual fund firms, and insurance companies — as well as their employees, directors, and officers. He handles litigation, arbitration, regulatory proceedings, and compliance matters. Ed specializes in counseling registered representatives, financial advisors, and firms in connection with recruiting and transitions — one of the most active and strategically complex areas of the financial services market. This breadth of representation gives Ed an uncommon vantage point: he understands the playbook from every angle and can anticipate the opposing party’s strategy with precision.

White Collar Criminal Defense & Regulatory Enforcement

Ed defends companies, executives, and individuals under investigation or prosecution by federal and state enforcement and regulatory authorities. He has particular depth in high-stakes financial crime matters, including insider trading and market manipulation. Ed also conducts sensitive internal investigations designed to help clients strengthen compliance programs, remediate regulatory vulnerabilities, and position themselves favorably in negotiations with regulators. 

His philosophy is simple: for many clients, the most successful outcomes are the ones that don’t make the headlines. Ed’s extensive experience guiding clients through regulatory scrutiny by the Massachusetts Securities Division and other state and federal regulators equips him to serve as a strategic counselor long before a matter reaches the courtroom.

Appellate Practice & Election Law

Ed is an accomplished appellate advocate who frequently argues before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He handles constitutional challenges, administrative law disputes, complex commercial matters, and regulatory questions. Ed advises clients on all aspects of appellate strategy, including evaluating whether to appeal, framing dispositive issues, briefing, and oral argument. He regularly works with trial teams to preserve appellate issues at the earliest stages of litigation.

Ed also specializes in constitutional law, election law, and ballot initiatives under Article 48 of the Massachusetts Constitution. He has guided clients through every stage of this unique process – from pre-filing strategy and Attorney General certification proceedings to constitutional challenges before the Supreme Judicial Court. Most recently, Ed successfully challenged the proposed rent control ballot question in Cella v. Attorney General (SJC-13893, June 23, 2026), blocking the initiative from the November 2026 ballot. This expertise is available to clients on either side: parties seeking to challenge a petition on constitutional grounds, and groups seeking to support an initiative and defend it against judicial challenge.

Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency

As a Member in Mintz’s FinTech, Blockchain, and Digital Assets Practice, Ed counsels technology companies, digital currency issuers, private equity and venture capital firms, and individuals navigating the intersection of financial regulation and distributed-ledger technology.

He advises on the regulatory classification of tokens and digital instruments, defends clients in SEC and state enforcement actions involving digital assets, and helps emerging platforms build compliance architectures that anticipate regulatory expectations. Ed’s white collar defense experience and deep familiarity with evolving federal enforcement postures make him a trusted advisor to crypto-native clients.

Prior to joining Mintz, Ed served as a law clerk to the Honorable David A. Lowy of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, assisting him with legal research and the drafting of opinions. Ed also served as a law clerk to then Chief Justice Scott L. Kafker and the Honorable Janis M. Berry of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. After graduating law school, Ed was a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court.