Kevin engages in an expansive array of litigation matters, including construction, government law practice, real estate, complex business litigation, and institutional class action recovery. He represents and counsels individuals and businesses, both large and small, in all stages of litigation, arbitration, mediation, negotiations, commercial disputes, and contracting. Kevin constantly strives to provide his clients with an efficient, tireless and responsive approach aimed towards avoiding litigation when possible.
With prior experience as a project management operational consultant at a boutique mechanical engineering subcontracting firm and a large commercial real estate company, Kevin understands the inner workings of both large and small companies—providing a well-informed perspective for owner and contractor clients engaged in real estate development, as well as clients facing construction and real estate litigation. From commencement to completion of construction projects, Kevin assists owners, contractors and major subcontractors in the drafting, negotiation and interpretation of project agreements and project documents. Moreover, Kevin has extensive experience in matters concerning Massachusetts’ lobbying and ethics laws, government regulatory compliance, higher education, ballot questions, and state pension eligibility.
Kevin is also actively engaged in Mintz’s pro bono efforts. As Mintz’s chair of the “Lawyer for the Day” pro bono program at Boston’s Housing Court, Kevin provides legal representation in civil matters to low-income tenants seeking resolution of disputes with their landlords.
While in law school, Kevin held the position of Online Editor of the New England Law Review, and was three-time recipient of both the Dean’s Scholarship and the New England Scholar Award. Kevin also ranked highest among his classmates in the courses of Labor Law, Negotiation, Massachusetts Practice and Procedure, Family Law, and Commercial Real Estate Capstone. Prior to law school, Kevin attended Trinity College, where he captained the NESCAC champion Trinity College Baseball Team and graduated as a member of Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences.
Outside of the office, Kevin is a regular participant in the Mintz hockey team’s weekly game, as well as a contributor to local charitable events for the armed services, and juvenile diabetes and cancer research.
Experience
Construction Law & Counseling
- Represents owners, contractors and major subcontractors in contract drafting, negotiation and interpretation on a variety of project types and project delivery systems.
- Regularly drafts and negotiates design and construction contracts and advises on construction-related issues in development and leasing agreements.
- Assists contractors and major subcontractors in drafting template contracts and subcontracts for future use on a variety of project types and project delivery systems.
- Represents DivcoWest in all matters pertaining to construction and design documents for its Cambridge Crossing project in Cambridge, Massachusetts and its Peninsula Crossing project in Burlingame, California.
- Advised clients on land use matters, including complex zoning analysis in connection with the purchase and sale of commercial real estate.
Government Law Practice
- Represents government agencies, private and publicly-traded companies, nonprofits, higher education institutions, and individuals on matters regarding ethics, privacy, higher education, government ethics, election law, corporate compliance, conflict of interest laws, public records law, lobbying, campaign finance, open meeting law, ballot questions, and other governmental regulatory areas.
- Assists clients with developing and maintaining policies and systems to ensure compliance with ethics, lobbying, and other political laws.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Represents owners and contractors, both large and small, in mediation and arbitration concerning construction and design defects.
- Represented an international theater venue operator in litigation against contractors, design professionals and a steel testing company for defective design and construction of a theater. Action initiated in state court and successfully resolved in mediation more than two years before anticipated trial date.
- Represented a major real estate developer in the successful mediation of its claims against contractors and design professionals related to alleged construction and design defects.
- Coordinates discovery and expert investigation and analysis in complex class action, securities, and construction litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
- Successfully defended a substantial multi-family landlord-owner in a tenants’ class action case.
- Represented an owner in defense of a claim by a commercial tenant that the facility was not SCIF compliant. Successfully resolved in mediation.
- Represents a wide variety of individuals and commercial entities in connection with alleged violations of M.G.L. ch. 93A.
- Coordinated discovery and trial preparation in connection with a client’s alleged violations of federal securities laws.
- Secured preliminary injunction in California Superior Court on behalf multi-use and residential tower property owner to permit repairs to proceed on defective construction of abutting property in downtown Los Angeles and to enable full use of client’s property, including ground floor retail space.
viewpoints
Two Isn’t Always Better Than One: SDNY Denies Class Certification Where Lead Plaintiff Hired Two Firms
October 21, 2020 | Blog | By Ellen Shapiro
How a Prior DOJ Settlement Doomed a SEC Enforcement Action: A Volkswagen Case Study
September 10, 2020 | Blog | By Ellen Shapiro
Second Circuit Summarily Affirms the Attorneys’ Fees Award in the Foreign Exchange Antitrust Settlement after District Court Rejects Class Counsel’s Side Deal with the Objector
December 2, 2019 | Blog | By Joel Rothman
Connecticut Court Says Intervention Is One Way To Preserve Putative Class Member's Right To Opt Out
October 10, 2019 | Blog | By Ellen Shapiro
Judge Rakoff Unseals Documents in Petrobras Securities Class Action To Allow Use in Foreign Arbitration, Bypassing Traditional Requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1782
August 14, 2019 | Blog | By Ellen Shapiro
Court Denies Class Member’s Untimely Request to Be Excluded from Class Even Though Class Member Had Previously Filed a Separate Action
July 24, 2019 | Blog | By Joel Rothman
Claimants Need Not Record Complaints to Enforce Lien Dissolution Bonds Under
May 28, 2019 | Blog | By Samuel M. Tony Starr, Kevin Mortimer
Supreme Court Denies Opportunity To Clarify Whether The Federal Securities Laws Carry a Duty to Update
May 22, 2019 | Blog | By Ellen Shapiro
Teva Putative Federal Securities Class Member Seeks to Toll Statute of Repose with Motion to Intervene
March 12, 2019 | Blog | By Kevin Mortimer, Ellen Shapiro
U.S. District Court Holds that Certain Claims by Opt-Out Plaintiffs Are Barred by the Statute of Repose
October 10, 2018 | Blog | By Joel Rothman, Kevin Mortimer, Ellen Shapiro, Alain Mathieu
News & Press
Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2025 edition of Legal 500 United States and Canada guides. The firm is recognized in 20 practice categories, and 78 of its attorneys are individually ranked in the guide, with several receiving recognition in more than one category. Additionally, two attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," seven attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," and five attorneys are recognized as a "Next Generation Lawyers."
Chambers USA has recognized 43 of Mintz’s practices and 88 of its attorneys in its 2025 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those featured in the guide, 17 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm expanded its rankings this year with three new practice area listings and 17 attorneys recognized for the first time or in additional categories.
23 Mintz Attorneys Named to Boston Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” List
November 22, 2024
23 Mintz attorneys have been named to Boston Magazine’s 2024 “Top Lawyers” list.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 31 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 35 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2024.
The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 184 Mintz Attorneys across 56 Practice Areas
August 15, 2024
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz announced today that 42 of its practices and 83 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 18 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm obtained new listings in three practice areas and 10 of its lawyers were recognized for the first time.
Twenty-Five Mintz Attorneys Named To Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers List
November 21, 2023
BOSTON – Twenty-five Mintz attorneys have been named to Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers list.
Fifty-Nine Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2023
Mintz is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 27 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2023.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
BOSTON – Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2023 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 59 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category.
Mintz and ML Strategies Receive Environmental Business Council Award For Outstanding Collaboration
June 08, 2023
BOSTON - Mintz and ML Strategies were recognized with the prestigious Nicholas Humber Award for Outstanding Collaboration by the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) at the 30th Annual EBEE Awards in Boston.
BOSTON –Mintz announced today that 39 of its practices and 81 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms.
Trio of Mintz Attorneys Chosen for Boston’s Future Leaders Program
February 23, 2023
BOSTON – Mintz is pleased to announce that Associates William J. Bussiere, Jr., Natalie C. Groot, and Kevin C. Mortimer have been selected to join Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s 2023 Boston’s Future Leaders Program.
35 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 25 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2022.
Recognition & Awards
Chambers USA: Massachusetts - Construction Law: Associate to Watch (2022-2025)
Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch": Construction Law (2024-2025)
Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer - Construction Law (2025)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star - Construction Litigation (2021-2024)
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce: Boston's Future Leaders (2023)
Boston Magazine Top Lawyers – Construction Litigation (2023-2024)
Involvement
- Chair of Mintz’s Pro Bono Housing Court Program
- Participant Captain for the “Lawyers, Bring Us Your Briefs Charity Drive,” providing undergarments to the homeless population of Boston (2015)
- Member, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society
- Trinity College baseball team representative, Team Impact, a nonprofit that pairs children with life-threatening diseases with local college teams (2011 – 2012)
- Frequent contributor to local charitable events for the armed services (e.g. Boston Marine Corps Honor Run), and juvenile diabetes and cancer research (e.g. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk for a Cure, Pan Mass Challenge, and Boston Marathon)
Recent Insights
Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2025 edition of Legal 500 United States and Canada guides. The firm is recognized in 20 practice categories, and 78 of its attorneys are individually ranked in the guide, with several receiving recognition in more than one category. Additionally, two attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," seven attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," and five attorneys are recognized as a "Next Generation Lawyers."
Chambers USA has recognized 43 of Mintz’s practices and 88 of its attorneys in its 2025 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those featured in the guide, 17 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm expanded its rankings this year with three new practice area listings and 17 attorneys recognized for the first time or in additional categories.
23 Mintz attorneys have been named to Boston Magazine’s 2024 “Top Lawyers” list.
