Rich Baldwin is an associate in the firm’s Litigation department. His practice focuses primarily on commercial litigation and international litigation and arbitration. Rich has represented shareholders, partners and companies in a variety of internal disputes arising out of issues such as options, puts, partnership accountings, and conflicts of interest. He has also represented clients in traditional commercial disputes in state and federal courts and domestic and international arbitration. Rich regularly represents foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities in cases brought against them in courts within the United States.
In addition to his litigation practice, Rich maintains an active pro bono practice. He has represented dozens of clients in housing, domestic violence, immigration, and special education matters, and participates in Foley Hoag’s legal intake clinic at the South Boston Community Health Center through the Medical-Legal Partnership-Boston. Rich also participates in the firm’s pro bono representation of individual debtors in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, representing debtors from the initial planning for the filing of the bankruptcy petition through the granting of a discharge of the debtor’s debts.
As a law student, Rich was an editor of the Boston College Law School Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest.
Prior to practicing law, Rich was an account manager for an international public relations agency, where he planned communications campaigns and provided media and analyst relations services to more than two dozen technology companies.
