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Harold Owen Beede has
been practicing primarily civil litigation, pursuing justice for his clients in
the courts, in Massachusetts since 1992 and in New Hampshire since 1997.
Attorney Beede joined Healey, Deshaies, Gagliardi & Woelfel, PC, in 2003. Prior
to this he was principal of the Law Office of Harold Owen Beede PC and a partner
in the law firm of Arcos & Beede LLP, each with offices in Massachusetts and New
Hampshire. Attorney Beede has litigated for individuals and corporate clients at
all levels of state and federal trial and appellate courts, including obtaining
favorable published decisions in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the United
States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the New Hampshire
Supreme Court. Attorney Beede is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School,
where he was Executive Editor of the Suffolk International Law Journal,
published the article entitled "EEC Rules-Of-Origin Games-Can Non-Members
Play?," was inducted into the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honors Society,
and received an American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Law. During law
school, Hal interned with the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office in
Providence, RI, and also with the Hon. Ernest C. Torres, US District Court Judge
for the District of Rhode Island. He also studied International and European
Communities Law with the Georgetown University Law Center, Summer International
Law Program, at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
Attorney Beede
counsels and advocates for clients in matters such as contract disputes,
workplace problems, personal injuries, landlord - tenant actions, divorce and
child support cases, Will contests, misdemeanor criminal defense, and land
issues including permitting, ownership, use, and boundary disputes.
Professional
Legal Experience
LAW OFFICE of HAROLD OWEN BEEDE P.C.
Hampstead NH / Reading MA / July
2001-November 2003
Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense and Appeals; Probate & Family Law; Wills &
Trusts; Employment Law.
ARCOS & BEEDE LLP
Reading MA / Hampstead NH / July 2000 - July 2001
Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense and Appeals; Probate & Family Law; Wills &
Trusts; Employment Law.
HAROLD OWEN BEEDE Attorney at Law
Hampstead NH / Wilmington MA / 1998 -
2000
Advising and representing individuals and businesses in varied civil litigation,
including employment law, probate and family law; wills and trusts.
LAW OFFICE of BRIAN T. STERN, P.A. ~ Dover, NH / 1998 - 1999
Advocating and litigating for plaintiffs in employment law, workers'
compensation and civil rights.
LAW OFFICES of G. ROSALYN JOHNSON, P.C. ~ Lynn, MA / 1991 - 1998
Civil litigation, for corporate and individual defendants and plaintiffs,
including employment law, civil rights, torts and contracts, probate and family
law; wills & trusts.
Practical Legal
Experience
U.S. Dept. of Justice, OFFICE of UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
District of Rhode Island 1990
Legal research and writing for several Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
LAW OFFICE of DANIEL J. BROWN
Wilmington, MA (Law Clerk) 1991
● Real Estate/Property Law ● Wills & Trusts
● Probate ● Civil Litigation
HONORABLE ERNEST C. TORRES, U.S. DISTRICT COURT,
District of Rhode Island 1991
Legal research and compilation of criminal jury instructions, as legal intern
Affiliations
American Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
New Hampshire Bar Association
United Methodist Foundation of New England, Allied Professionals Team
Chapter Leader, Christian Legal Society
Accepted to National Litigation Academy of the Alliance Defense Fund
Courts Admitted
to Practice
Massachusetts District and Superior Courts
Massachusetts Probate and Family Court
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
New Hampshire District and Superior Courts
New Hampshire Supreme Court
U.S. District Court Massachusetts
U.S. District Court New Hampshire
U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit
Also admitted to U.S. Supreme Court
Education
JURIS DOCTORATE, Suffolk University Law School, Boston MA, 1991
Executive Editor, Transnational Law Review; Dean's List; American Jurisprudence
Award; Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honors Society; included study with
Georgetown University Law Center, Summer International Law Program - Florence,
Italy 1989
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, Providence, RI Public Ed. Cert. 3.63 GPA 1984-85
BACHELOR of ARTS, Cum Laude, English (Written Comm.) Salem State College, Salem,
MA 1981
1981 Creative Writing Award; 1981 Phi Kappa Phi Honors Essay Award
Publications
Note, The EEC's Rules of Origin "Game": Can Non-Members Play?, 14 Suffolk Transnat'l L.J. 81 (1990)
"A Promise I Can Keep," Soundings East (1981) (short fiction)
Notable Trials
Carter v. Lachance / Lachance v. Carter
Dover (NH) District Court 1998
Represented: Carter, tenant in landlord-tenant consolidated cases [v. Mayor of
Rochester, NH]
Outcome: successful in obtaining dismissal of landlord's action; successful in
obtaining judgment for client on tenants' rights violations
● Successful on appeal to the NH Supreme Court on issues of whether statutory
monetary / counsel fee remedies are mandatory
Leslie v. Delta Airlines, Inc.
Suffolk Superior Court 1996
Represented: Plaintiff Opposing counsel: Goodwin, Procter & Hoar
Former employee's suit for discrimination and termination on basis of Workers'
Compensation rights; violation of Workers' Compensation preference in rehiring.
Outcome: Defendant's verdict
Commonwealth v. Jones
Lynn District Court 1995
Represented: Defendant (a grandmother accused of threatening her
pit-bull-raising neighbor with a pitchfork)
Charge: Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Outcome: Client Acquitted
Birmingham v. Torigian, City of Peabody, et al,
Essex Superior Court, 1994
Represented: Plaintiff
Opposing counsel: John Christopher of Spitzer, Christopher & Arvanites (Danvers)
Police officer's suit for duty-injury benefits (approximately $32,000) denied by
City; trial involved "dueling" medical experts.
Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for all legal and equitable relief requested;
Defendants appealed (verdict affirmed, $68,000+, w/ interest).
Trial Co-Counsel
Pearson v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.
U.S. District Court Massachusetts 1992
Represented: Plaintiff Harold Pearson Opposing counsel: Robert P. Joy, Morgan
Brown & Joy
Employee's claim of wrongful termination; breach of implied contract re: leave
of absence policy in personnel manual.
Outcome: Jury verdict for plaintiff, $345,000 before interest and costs; 1st
Cir. vacated on appeal by Defendant. * Six years later Mass. SJC cited this case
as one in which 1st Circuit erred in its interpretation of state law on point -
see Appellate experience
Commonwealth v. Z.J.E.
Lynn District Court 1997
Serious criminal charges.
Outcome: Acquitted by jury.
Appellate
Experience
Several indigent criminal appeals to Mass. Appeals Court, including
brief-writing and oral argument, for Mass. Committee for Public Counsel
Services. 2000-present.
Carter v. Lachance, 146 N.H. 11; 766 A.2d 717 (2001)
NH Supreme Court
Represented: Carter, tenant in landlord-tenant consolidated cases [v. Mayor of
Rochester, NH]
Outcome: successful on appeal to the NH Supreme Court on issues of whether
statutory monetary / counsel fee remedies are mandatory; lower court on remand
awarded legal fees, costs, and double damages pursuant to NH Consumer Protection
Act.
Pearson v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., 979 F.2d 254 (1992)
Researched and drafted appellee's brief, as co-counsel. First Circuit vacated
the jury verdict in a controversial decision which was then cited in many legal
articles and employment law seminars; SJC in O'Brien v. New England Tel.& Tel.,
422 Mass. 686 (1996) cited the Pearson decision as one in which the First
Circuit exhibited "confusion" about the state decisional law on point. Our
interpretation of the seminal Massachusetts case on point was consistent with
the SJC's later explanation in O'Brien.
Birmingham v. City of Peabody, et al Mass App. Ct. (1995)
Researched and wrote appellee's brief (Appeals Court rendered decision without
oral argument)
Outcome: Plaintiff's judgment affirmed. With interest and costs, client awarded
over $68,000.
Notably
Successful Litigation
Jackson v. Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters, et al, 933 F.Supp. 1124
(D.Mass.1996) (50-page decision)
Represented: Plaintiff
Opp. counsel: included Gabriel DuMont of Law Offices of Gabriel DuMont (Boston);
Matt Dwyer of Dwyer & Jenkins (Boston)
Client was promised payment of nearly $70,000 in medical benefits for kidney
transplant; employee health fund terminated, transferred assets to another
Teamster fund, who disclaimed any obligation for liabilities.
Outcome: Obtained federal court orders freezing the assets transferred;
convinced the court that the proper interpretation of ERISA, according to that
week's decision by U.S. Supreme Court, favored individual equitable relief for
client; obtained comprehensive decision in client's favor on several
cross-motions for summary judgment; and procured favorable settlement for client
damages and attorney fees.
Rosa Smith v. Northern Essex Community Mental Health Services, Inc.
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (1996)
Represented: Defendant
A terminated employee charged employer with racial/national origin
discrimination.
Outcome: With documentation and witness statements to show charges unfounded,
opposing counsel and claimant withdrew charges.
Beyer v. Beverly Regional YMCA
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (1996)
Represented: Defendant
A terminated employee charged employer with age and handicap discrimination.
Outcome: With documentation and witness statements, obtained agency dismissal of
charges.
Hal's e-mail
address is hbeede@hdgpc.com.*
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