ERIC D. BEAL

Biography:

Eric Beal's practice is focused on the areas of complex commercial litigation, intellectual property and antitrust litigation, and appeals in state and federal courts. He has been integrally involved in representing large national companies, including high-tech companies, in litigation and in response to federal or state investigations. Eric has conducted analyses of the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions in various industries, including retail and telecommunications. He has substantial experience with electronic discovery counseling and practice.

Eric, a resident of Amherst, Massachusetts, serves on the Springfield Boys and Girls Club Board and has been appointed to the Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals. He is an adjunct professor of law in the University of Connecticut School of Law Lawyering Process Program.

Related Professional Experience:

Eric served as law clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Francis M. McDonald and Justice Peter T. Zarella of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and then worked as an associate in the Hartford office of a New York antitrust and litigation boutique firm before coming to Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP.

Publications:

Author: "Posner and Moral Hazard," 7 Conn. Ins. L.J. 81 (2001) and "It's Better To Have Twelve Monkeys Chasing You Than One Gorilla: Humana Inc. v. Forsyth, The McCarran-Ferguson Act, RICO, and Deterrence," 5 Conn. Ins. L.J. (1999)

Representative Experience:

Renewable-energy company against competitor in federal court involving claims based upon contract, trade secrets and illegal access to computer files

Educational institution against construction manager and architects in green-construction litigation in federal court

Nutraceutical manufacturer against competitor in antitrust and patent litigation in federal court

Insurer in connection with investigation conducted by state attorney general

Educational institution in arbitration against software company