Rothschild, Rivkah

Mr. Guekguezian is a highly experienced trial attorney who has obtained winning jury verdicts in dozens of trials involving claims of death or catastrophic injury throughout the trial courts of Massachusetts. He concentrates in medical malpractice, product liability, toxic torts, and personal injury. Mr. Guekguezian is regional counsel (New England) for a national company in the asbestos litigation, he is counsel in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to a number of other national companies in the asbestos litigation. He is also trial counsel in the Northeast for a national company in product liability litigation and is trial counsel in Hawaii for a national company in the asbestos litigation. Mr. Guekguezian has also obtained multimillions of dollars in settlements on behalf of individuals who have suffered personal injury.

Mr. Guekguezian's practice also includes representation of health care professionals before administrative boards. He lectures on risk management topics to health care professionals and he has served as an instructor for MCLE training programs.

Mr. Guekguezian was selected in 2010, 2011 and 2012, based on a vote of all licensed attorneys in New England and a review by an independent blue ribbon panel, as one of the "Top 100" Attorneys in New England and one of the "Top 100" Attorneys in Massachusetts, as published in Boston Magazine. He was also voted a "Super Lawyer" for the years, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 based on a vote of his peers and a review by an independent blue ribbon panel.

Representative Trials:

Obtained a defense verdict in a Suffolk Superior Court jury trial on behalf of an ER physician facing claims that his negligence led to quadriplegia in a young married man.

Obtained, after 7 days of trial, dismissal of all claims against a building supply company in a Middlesex Superior Court jury trial alleging that the company’s negligence led the 52 year old plaintiff to contract mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung.

Obtained a defense verdict in a Bristol Superior Court jury trial on behalf of an Obstetrician facing claims that her negligence caused severe neurologic injury in a newborn.

Obtained a defense verdict in a Norfolk Superior Court jury trial on behalf of an anesthesiologist facing claims that his negligence led to the death of a young law enforcement officer during routine surgery.  The decedent’s minor two children brought claims for the loss of their sole parent.

Obtained a defense verdict in a Suffolk Superior Court jury trial on behalf of two neonatologists facing claims that their negligence led to the death of an infant.
 
Obtained a defense verdict in a Suffolk Superior Court jury trial on behalf of an internist facing claims that his negligence caused the 42 year old plaintiff to contract cancer that would take his life. The plaintiff’s treating oncologist from Beth Israel Hospital testified on behalf of the plaintiff on the issues of standard of care and causation.
 
Obtained, after 8 days of trial in Essex County, dismissal of all claims against an anesthesiologist facing claims that his negligence caused the plaintiff’s paraplegia.