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Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr., founded Dwyer & Collora, LLP more than 20 years ago and has helped build it into one of the most successful litigation boutiques in the Northeast.
While the initial success of the firm was based on its acumen in the defense of white collar crime investigations, that success has led to the substantial expansion of a civil litigation practice. While Mr. Dwyer is often called upon to provide advice in many civil cases, he relies on the firm’s team of full-time civil litigators to execute a strategy towards problem resolution.
Since his first month in private practice in August of 1980, Mr. Dwyer has enjoyed great success because of his ability to understand the needs of referral lawyers. For twenty-seven years, he has been referred matters from firms throughout the nation. He has always recognized that referral lawyers want a firm known for obtaining the best results for the client, the capicity to partner when appropriate and with a stellar reputation in the judicial community.
As an avid art buff, he is oftentimes prone to remind every case team member of the words of Jackson Pollock, upon reflecting upon Pablo Picasso: (t)hat guy missed nothing. This is his governing principle for both clients and referral lawyers.
In 1972 Mr. Dwyer was appointed as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, Boston. Fourteen months later, he was appointed to supervise all white collar, organized crime and political corruption investigations and prosecutions. Prior to his resignation in 1978, he tried numerous cases to successful conclusion and supervised the prosecution of hundreds of other cases. During this time, he served on various national, state, and local law enforcement committees. Mr. Dwyer's work was also cited by the United State Department of Justice as establishing a national best practices program for white collar crime protection and prosecution.
From 1978 to 1979, Mr. Dwyer served as the Executive Director and Deputy Chief Counsel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Special Commission Concerning State and County Buildings (Ward Commission) and supervised all investigations and litigation in connection with a state legislative investigating committee. He coordinated all litigation in the state trial and appellate courts.
He is a member of the Boston Bar Association, serving as its president from 1999-2000, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
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Today, Mr. Dwyer is recognized as one of the region’s most experienced litigators in the entire panoramic field of white collar criminal defense. Mr. Dwyer has tried several of the most complex state and federal criminal matters in this and other jurisdictions. As the nature of white collar crime investigations has changed, he has spent over twenty-seven years developing and executing game plans directed to one, and only one, goal: an agreement by a prosecutor not to file criminal charges.
In setting these goals, he is oft times reminded of the words of Henry David Thoreau:
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Mr. Dwyer represents domestic and foreign corporations and their senior executives in litigation and pre-litigation matters. He focuses on cases ranging from health care, securities, environmental, fraud, defense contracting, and foreign corrupt practices investigations.
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Because of the nature of his legal work, Mr. Dwyer would prefer to respond to specific inquires."
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