Thomas M. Elcock Partner

Thomas M. Elcock is a partner in Prince Lobel’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group. He has been practicing law for more than 20 years, and concentrates his practice on representing domestic and international clients on reinsurance, insurance, appellate and commercial matters. He counsels clients on policy interpretation and coverage issues under property and casualty, accident and health, E & O, D & O and life and health policies, and represents insurers and reinsurers in complex arbitrations and declaratory judgment actions. Tom also has an extensive appellate practice, having successfully argued numerous cases before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Tom received his law degree from Suffolk University and his undergraduate degree from Denison University. He has also taught Legal Writing at Harvard University. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Rhode Island Bar Association, the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association and ARIAS-US. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and before the United States District Court of Massachusetts and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. 

Tom Elcock’s appellate cases include the following:

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Iannacchino v. Ford Motor Co., 451 Mass. 623, 888 N.E.2d 879 (2008)

Afarian v. Massachusetts Electric Company, 449 Mass. 257, 866 N.E.2d 901 (2007)

Kippenhan v. Chaulk Services, Inc., 428 Mass. 124, 697 N.E.2d 527 (1998)

Linkage Corp. v. Trustees of Boston Univ., 425 Mass. 1, 679 N.E.2d 191 (1997)

Campione v. Wilson, 422 Mass. 185, 661 N.E.2d 658 (1996)

Pallazola v. Foxborough, 418 Mass. 639, 640 N.E.2d 460 (1994)

Connolly’s Case, 418 Mass. 848, 642 N.E.2d 296 (1994)

Rodriguez v. Furtado, 410 Mass. 878 (1991)

Flesner v. Technical Comm. Corp., 410 Mass. 805, 575 N.E.2d 1107 (1991)

Sacco v. Roupenian, 409 Mass. 25, 564 N.E.2d 386 (1990)

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Abegglen v. Abegglen, 64 Mass. App. Ct. 590, 834 N.E.2d 762 (2005)

Bjorkman v. Suffolk Constr. Co., 42 Mass. App. Ct. 591, 679 N.E.2d 559 (1997)

Palermo v. Brennan, 41 Mass. App. Ct. 503, 672 N.E.2d 540 (1996)

Collins v. Kiewit Constr. Co., 40 Mass. App. Ct. 796, 667 N.E.2d 904 (1996)

Priority Finishing Co. v. LAL Constr. Co., 40 Mass. App. Ct. 719, 667 N.E.2d 290 (1996)

Whelihan v. Markowski, 37 Mass. App. Ct. 209, 638 N.E.2d 927 (1994)

Breslin v. Rockbusters, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 609 N.E.2d 498 (1993)

Rodgers v. City of Boston, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 328, 599 N.E.2d 248 (1992)

Possehl v. Ossino, 28 Mass. App. Ct. 918, 547 N.E.2d 59 (1989)

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Beattie v. Fleet National Bank, 746 A.2d. 717 (2000)

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Omnipoint Holdings, Inc. v. City of Cranston, 586 F.3d 38 (1st Cir. 2009)

Chungchi Che v. Mass. Bay Transp. Auth., 342 F.3d 31 (1st Cir. 2003) 

First State Ins. Co. v. Banco de Seguros Del Estado, 254 F.3d 354 (1^st Cir. 2001) 

Smith v. Kmart Corp. 177 F.3d 19 (1^st Cir. 1999)

Boston Mut. Ins. Co. v. New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P., 165 F.3d 93 (1^st Cir. 1999)

Continental Ins. Co. v. Arkwright Mut. Ins. Co., 102 F. 3d 30 (1^st Cir. 1996)

Samuels v. Hood Yacht Sys. Corp., 70 F.3d 150 (1^st Cir. 1995)

Stella v. Kelley, 63 F.3d 71 (1^st Cir. 1995)

Deary v. City of Gloucester, 9 F.3d 191 (1^st Cir. 1993)

Phav v. Trueblood, Inc., 915 F.2d  764 (1^st Cir. 1990)

Lallemand v. Univ. of Rhode Island, 9 F.3d 214 (1^st Cir. 1993)

Monahan v. Dorchester Counseling Ctr., Inc.; 961 F.2d 987 (1^st Cir. 1992)

Rodrigues v. Furtado, 950 F.2d 805 (1^st Cir. 1992)

Fienstein v. Resolution Trust Corp., 942 F.2d 34 (1^st Cir. 1991)

Guziejka v. Panas, No. 96-1129, 1997 U.S. App. Lexis 498 (1^st Cir. 1997)

Beldotti v. Boisvert, No. 96-1581, 1996 U.S. App. Lexis 28338 (1^st Cir. 1996)

Dias v. Vose, No. 94-2054, 1995 U.S. App. Lexis 4894 (1^st Cir. 1995)

Dela, Inc. v. CNA Ins. Co., No. 94-1577, 1995 U.S. App. Lexis 5503  (1^st Cir. 1995)

Yeadon v. Pizza Hut of America, Inc., No. 94-1125, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 9749 (1^st Cir. 1994)

DeSantis v. Dobbins, No. 93-1688, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 10675 (1^st Cir. 1994)

Bar Admissions

• United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1986
• Denison University, B.A., 1983

Memberships

• ARIAS-US
• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association
• Rhode Island Bar Association