Richard E. Darst

Partner | Litigation

rick.darst@pierferd.com
+1.401.637.0882 office
Boston
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About

Richard Darst is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. Richard has a national practice representing clients in both state and federal courts. Richard has litigated claims related to contract and business disputes, construction projects, financial frauds, breaches of fiduciary duty, discrimination, negligence, and other business torts. Richard has experience with all aspects of litigation, including drafting pleadings and motions, conducting discovery, mediation, and trial.

  • Richard also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing tenants in disputes with their landlords, as well as clients seeking to seal their criminal records.

    Prior to joining Pierson Ferdinand, Richard was an Associate at Brown Rudnick. He also worked as a law clerk at several Boston litigation firms. Additionally, Richard served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Donald L. Cabell, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Practices

  • Commercial Litigation

  • Litigation and Risk Management

  • Transactional Liability Insurance

Admissions

  • Massachusetts

  • Rhode Island

Education

  • Northeastern University School of Law, J.D.

  • Providence College, B.A.

Professional Affiliations

  • Boston Bar Association

  • Rhode Island Bar Association

Awards and Honors

  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2021-2022

  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Pro Bono High Honor Roll, 2020

Community Involvement

  • Bar Exam Coach

Experience

  • Brown Rudnick LLP

Work Highlights

  • Pat McGrath Cosmetics: GDA Luma, as senior secured creditor, DIP lender and acquiror/plan sponsor, in the Chapter 11 case of Pat McGrath Cosmetics, the luxury cosmetics brand.

  • Allied Partners and its principal Eric Hadar in disputes over the fraudulent and defective remediation of the historic Miami Savoy hotel.

  • Blueprint Capital Partners, a leader in residential development, in claims alleging systemic racism in New Jersey’s selection and allocation of capital to outside asset managers in New Jersey’s pension system, discriminatory retaliation, and corrupt “pay-to-play” scheme that excluded minority and female-owned firms in favor of old-line Wall Street firms.

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