Mr. Sargent is a Partner in the firm and Chair of our Business Law Group, and Co-Chair of our Employment Law and Intellectual Property Groups. His practice includes general representation of emerging and established businesses in all areas including business formation, bank and venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, and sales and distribution contracts. He represents clients in shareholder issues, including buy-sell agreements and shareholder disputes, with an emphasis on closely held businesses.

With a clientele that includes a number of technology companies, Mr. Sargent practices extensively in the intellectual property area, including copyrights, trademarks, Internet law, advertising law, and technology issues including software licensing. He also represents a number of product developers and manufacturers, manufacturers and distributors of food products, and advises a variety of non-profit corporations.

Mr. Sargent has written articles for the Boston Bar Journal on e-mail and privacy and fiduciary duties of majority shareholders in closely held corporations. He has lectured for MCLE in the area of tort and contract issues pertaining to privacy and the Internet. Mr. Sargent is a member of the Boston and American Bar Associations. He received his A.B. from Vassar College in 1982, and his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1985.

Mr. Sargent is involved in a number of non-profit activities. He recently spent several years as director and member of the Executive Committee of Junior Achievement of Eastern Massachusetts. He is also past state fundraising chairman for the American Cancer Society.