Darlene D. Moreau
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 2400
100 High Street
Boston, MA 02110-1724
USA

Phone: +1 857 488 4255
Fax: +1 857 401 3048
Email: DDMoreau@duanemorris.com

Darlene D. Moreau practices in the area of general civil litigation. Ms. Moreau has represented individual and corporate clients in a wide range of business disputes, including complex commercial, business, healthcare, employment, insurance, and real estate litigations. Ms. Moreau has represented a diverse range of clients in a wide variety of matters in the state and federal courts, including multimillion-dollar business disputes, tort cases and healthcare matters. Ms. Moreau has been selected as a Massachusetts Rising Star in business litigation, a distinction reserved for those deemed to be among the top up-and-coming lawyers in Massachusetts.

Ms. Moreau is a 2000 cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School and a cum laude graduate of Boston College.

Representative Matters

• Represented publicly traded national home builder in multiple disputes in Massachusetts.
• Represented numerous clients as plaintiffs and defendants in Massachusetts General Law chapter 93A litigation involving allegations of unfair competition and deceptive trade practices.
• Acted as co-lead counsel in Massachusetts Superior Court trial for plaintiff in pro bono litigation against state entity alleging violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Eighth Amendment.
• Represented physicians, therapists, emergency-room doctors, pathologists and other healthcare professionals in obtaining resolution of claims against commercial payors or health insurance providers related to the proper payment for healthcare services rendered.
• Represented general partner before arbitration panel in a dispute with limited partner concerning breach of partnership agreement.
• Defended individual directors and officers of medical supply company in securities class action suit.
• Represented medical device company during a federal criminal investigation involving theft of trade secrets.
• Represented major insurance company before arbitration panel concerning various reinsurance disputes.
• Assisted in defense of national cable company in patent infringement suit.

Professional Activities

• Boston Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Women's Bar Association

Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2000
• Boston College, B.A., cum laude, 1997

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Partner, 2011-present
  - Associate, 2005-2010
• Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP
  - Associate, 2000-2005

Selected Publications

• Co-author, Still Refusing to Surrender: Strategies for Combating Class Certification in Securities Fraud Class Actions, SG091 ALI-ABA 805, 807 (2002).
• Co-author, "Doctrine of Inevitable Disclosure: How Courts Impose Non-Compete Requirements," The Journal of Biolaw & Business, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2002).
• "NDAs - What Does It Mean To 'Return or Destroy'?", Intellectual Property Observer, Summer 2002
• Co-author, Defending Cybercrime Cases - Selected Statutes and Defenses in Cybercrime: The Investigation, Prosecution and Defense of a Computer-Related Crime, edited by Ralph Clifford, Carolina Academic Press, c2001.