Michael P. Doherty

Michael P. Doherty concentrates his practice in the area of representing businesses and individuals in general business and litigation matters. He has represented clients in the negotiation, formation and dissolution of various types of employment and business relationships. Mr. Doherty’s experience encompasses litigation in the Superior and Probate and Family Courts concerning construction, business, land, employment, family, will and trust disputes.

Mr. Doherty is a 1987 cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School. Upon graduation, he accepted a judicial clerkship with the Justices of Massachusetts Superior Court. Mr. Doherty has also served as a fiduciary and special administrator. In 2000, and again in 2001, Mr. Doherty was named the Chairman of the Massachusetts Bar Association Probate Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association Probate Section Council. Mr. Doherty also serves as a mediator.

Mr. Doherty has frequently been chosen to serve on many bar and public boards and committees. These include the Franklin Court House Building Committee, the Norfolk County Civil Pilot Program Advisory Committee, Chairman of the United Chamber of Commerce Council of Business and Industry, the Town of Franklin Board of Assessors and Chairman of the Town of Franklin Industrial Development Commission.

Mr. Doherty has earned the respect and confidence of his peers as evidenced by their electing to provide him with Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating - “AV” and his selection as a “Super Lawyer” by Boston Magazine, a distinction afforded to only the top 5% of attorneys in Massachusetts.