Walter B. Prince Partner

Walter B. Prince is a former assistant United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, with more than 30 years of experience in transportation, commercial law, and civil and white-collar criminal litigation. Currently, Walter's litigation practice includes business and commercial lawsuits and representation of corporations and individuals in complex federal and state investigations and cases, as well as related civil and regulatory matters. His experience extends to the investigation and defense of criminal allegations in the areas of accounting, healthcare, contracting, bank fraud, environmental, tax and other economic crimes.

Walter has litigated and supervised the litigation of more than 60 employment cases for some of the largest employers in Massachusetts and the nation.  Clients have included those in the healthcare, retail, transportation, financial, and technology industries.

From 1985-1988, Walter was general counsel to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), where he was responsible for managing all litigation brought by and against the MBTA. With a legal staff of nearly two dozen lawyers, he managed the MBTA’s tort litigation, commercial, real estate, environmental, contract, development, and personnel claims and cases. While an assistant United States attorney, Walter was chief of the Major Drug Traffickers Prosecution Unit. He was appointed by two governors to serve as a member of the Judicial Nominating Council.

Walter sat on the Board of Registration in Medicine for three years, and has represented doctors and lawyers in ethics and malpractice claims. He was appointed special counsel to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), and was chairman of the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Health and Education Tax-Exempt Trust, a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company.

In addition, Walter is a former president of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, the former vice president of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Conference of Black Lawyers and the current vice president of the Ford Hall Forum. He has also served as an adjunct professor of law at Boston College Law School for over two decades. 

Walter is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and serves on several boards, including One United Bank.  Walter has recently been appointed to the Boston Bar Association Task Force on the Superior Court Circuit System to review the structure and management of the Massachusetts courts.  He also serves on the Boston College Law School Board of Overseers and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

In 2004-2008, Walter was recognized as a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer” as featured in Boston magazine, and also recognized in the November 15, 2004, issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as one of the top 100 most influential lawyers in Boston.  Walter was selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, in the areas of White-Collar and Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense. 

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• United States Supreme Court
• United States District Court of Massachusetts
• First Circuit Court of Appeals
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

• Boston College Law School, J.D., 1974
• Boston State College, B.S., 1971
• Tuskegee Institute, 1967-1970

Noteworthy

• AV® Peer Review Rated
• 2009: Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, in the areas of White-Collar and Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense
• 2004-2008: Recognized as a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer” as featured in Boston magazine
• 2004: Recognized in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as one of the top 100 most influential lawyers in Boston

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
• National Bar Association