Worcester, Massachusetts – Mirick O’Connell is pleased to announce that R. Matthew Rickman has joined the Firm’s Litigation Team.
Rickman focuses his practice in the areas of white-collar criminal defense and civil litigation. He has successfully represented numerous clients at all levels of both state and federal court proceedings, from the initial stages of an investigation through trial. Drawing upon his experience as a former state prosecutor, Rickman has defended both individuals and companies in Massachusetts district and superior courts on a wide range of criminal charges, including manslaughter, narcotics-related offenses, domestic abuse, felony motor vehicle offenses, civil rights violations, and other felony allegations. In federal court, Rickman has represented individual professionals and corporate executives throughout criminal investigations and cases alleging healthcare fraud, public corruption, obstruction of justice, computer fraud, copyright infringement, and identity fraud. He has also handled multiple appellate matters before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Court of Appeals, as well as the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
“Matt’s expertise and experience in white-collar defense strengthens Mirick O’Connell’s litigation bench,” according to Attorney Kenneth C. Pickering, chair of the Firm’s Government Investigations Response and Compliance Group.
Rickman has advised college and university students in the greater Boston area with respect to disciplinary proceedings arising out of alleged conduct violations, including undergraduate and graduate students from Harvard University, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and M.I.T. Often, Rickman’s representation of these students includes parallel disciplinary and criminal proceedings. He has also represented numerous victims in cases involving domestic abuse as well as stalking and harassment crimes, from the initial stages of an investigation and court hearings, through disposition of the underlying criminal matter.
“Mirick O’Connell is an incredibly distinguished and well-respected law firm,” says Rickman, “It offers unparalleled professionalism, integrity, expertise, and commitment to client service that has made transitioning my clients to the Firm a seamless experience. It’s these attributes and more that make Mirick O’Connell an ideal environment in which to continue to grow my practice.”
In each year since 2011, Rickman has been named a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers, a joint publication of Boston magazine and Law & Politics. From 2006 through 2010, Rickman was named a Rising Star in New England in the area of white-collar criminal defense. He is also a founder and former Co-Chair of the Boston Chapter of the American Bar Association White Collar Crime Committee, Young Lawyers Subcommittee.
Rickman received his B.A. from Emory University and his J.D. from Washington College of Law at American University.
Prior to joining Mirick O’Connell, Rickman was Counsel at Libby Hoopes Brooks & Mulvey, P.C.. He also served as an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, where he directed investigations, prosecuted a broad variety of criminal cases, in both district and superior courts, and supervised numerous other assistant district attorneys.
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Mirick O’Connell is a full-service business law firm with offices in Worcester, Westborough and Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1916, Mirick O’Connell combines leadership, experience, and quality professional services. The Firm’s principal service departments are Business; Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and Reorganization; Intellectual Property; Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits; Land Use and Environmental Law; Litigation; Public and Municipal Law; and Trusts and Estates. Practice groups at the Firm include cross-departmental groups in areas such as Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities and Venture Capital, Tax, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Portfolio Asset Management, Licensing and Technology Transfer, Patent and Intellectual Property Litigation, Labor Law, Employment Litigation, Human Resource-Related Advice and Training, Education Law, Land Use, Environmental Law, Land Use and Environmental Litigation, Business and General Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Litigation, Medical Liability and Health Care Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Probate, Trust and Fiduciary Litigation, Securities and Shareholder Litigation, White Collar Defense, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Public Contracting and Procurement, Municipal Law, School Building Projects, Estate Planning, and Probate and Trust Administration.
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