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FN:Katherine Young Fergus
TEL;WORK:+1 857 488 4253
TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:+1 857 401 3044
EMAIL;WORK;PREF:KYFergus@duanemorris.com
N:Fergus, Katherine Y.
TITLE:Associate
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
ADR;INTL;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL:;;Duane Morris LLP | Suite 2400 | 100 High Street | Boston, MA  02110-1724 | USA | 
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NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Katherine Young Fergus practices in the area of general civil litigation, including commercial, business, employment, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, probate and litigation involving real estate.  Admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Maine, she has litigated multimillion-dollar business disputes, intellectual property disputes, tort cases and healthcare matters, including class actions. Ms. Fergus has represented a diverse range of clients in a wide variety of matters in the state and federal courts. Since 2005, Ms. Fergus has been selected by her peers as a Massachusetts Rising Star in business litigation, a distinction reserved for those deemed to be among the top up-and-coming lawyers 40 years old and younger in Massachusetts.

Ms. Fergus has assisted clients in avoiding protracted litigation and trial. In a recent matter, she petitioned the trial court to permit the filing of a motion for summary judgment based on lack of affirmative evidence of negligence on the part of her client, a commercial shopping center and owner. The trial court granted her subsequent motion for summary judgment, which she defended on appeal in front of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. This resulted in final judgment of dismissal of all counts of the plaintiff's complaint in an action involving a plaintiff with significant personal injuries and medical expenses of over $1.4 million.

Ms. Fergus has also tried cases to final verdict. In 2007, she obtained a jury verdict for an individual with a difficult quantum meruit claim that resulted in a significant damages award for lost wages over a twenty-year period. Notwithstanding the absence of any writing to support the existence of an agreement for the payment of wages, Ms. Fergus persuaded a jury of twelve that her client was entitled to payment for her efforts on behalf of the defendants.

Ms. Fergus was the inaugural recipient of the Duane Morris Work-Life Balance Award in 2009.  The Work-Life Balance Award is given annually to a Duane Morris attorney in recognition of significant contributions specifically creating, modeling, and/or mentoring others regarding issues of work-life balance.

Ms. Fergus is a member of the Woman Advocate Committee of the American Bar Association, where she serves as the chair of the Balancing Work and Home Subcommittee. She is also a Pacesetter for the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, an honor she received for her fundraising efforts on behalf of that organization in connection with her role as captain of Team NSF.

Ms. Fergus is a 1997 magna cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School and a 1994 graduate of Bowdoin College.

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