Joshua A. Lewin Associate

Joshua A. Lewin is an associate in Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye’s Litigation Practice Group. Josh has extensive experience litigating a wide variety of cases, ranging from complex business disputes, discrimination claims and insurance coverage disputes to catastrophic injury and death claims. Josh has defended telecommunications and petroleum companies in business, personal injury and wrongful death claims and has represented condominium associations in a variety of matters. Josh has successfully defended institutional clients against consumer claims arising under the Federal Fair Credit Reporting and Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts, and recently prevailed on such a claim in the First Circuit in a case raising several issues of first impression. Josh regularly appears in both state and federal courts as well as before state administrative agencies. 

Josh’s recent notable achievements include:

• Prevailing in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in a case brought against a utility company under the Fair Credit Reporting and Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts which raised several issues of first impression 
• Successfully defending a breach of contract claim at trial in Middlesex County Superior Court and proving counterclaims which resulted in a jury rendering a substantial verdict and the judge awarding multiple damages and attorneys’ fees under chapter 93A
• Winning summary judgment in the Essex County Superior Court for an international petroleum company based on a novel theory of franchisor immunity
• Winning summary judgment in Essex County Superior Court in a case against a local utility company for damages arising out of construction project delays

In addition to his regular civil caseload, in March 2009, Josh was sworn in as a special assistant district attorney for Suffolk County. In that capacity, he will be prosecuting cases for the Special Prosecutions Bureau on a pro bono basis.

Prior to joining Prince Lobel, Josh was a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Josh graduated from Boston College with recognition as a “Scholar of the College,” and in law school he was an articles editor for the Environmental Affairs Law Review. Josh also serves as a “Big Brother” for Big Brothers of Massachusetts Bay and was selected as a finalist for Big Brother of the Year in 2006. 

In 2007 and 2009, Boston magazine recognized Josh as a Massachusetts “Rising Star” in the area of General Litigation.

Bar Admissions

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

Education

• Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2003
• Boston College, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999

Noteworthy

• 2007, 2009: Recognized as a Massachusetts “Rising Star” in the area of General Litigation, as featured in Boston magazine

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association