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Matthew J. Zamaloff 
Partner
phone (617) 217-5226
fax (617) 217-5200
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Mr. Zamaloff's practice currently focuses on the areas of complex products liability litigation, toxic tort and environmental litigation and commercial litigation.  He also serves as part of a national coordinating counsel team for several companies that manages toxic tort litigation throughout the United States.  Mr. Zamaloff is also part of a team that conducts due diligence on behalf of clients seeking to buy target companies that are engaged in toxic tort/mass tort litigation.  In this role, they analyze and assess risk and advise clients concerning potential future claims, successor liability, insurance coverage, and similar issues.

Mr. Zamaloff has pre-trial and trial experience before the Massachusetts Superior and District Courts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. 

Prior to joining Cetrulo & Capone LLP, Mr. Zamaloff worked as an associate at a Boston law firm specializing in products liability and insurance defense litigation.  During law school, Mr. Zamaloff participated in Suffolk University Law School's Prosecutors Program, appearing weekly in the Chelsea District Court as a Student Prosecutor for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, and served as a judicial intern for New York State Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Meehan.  He has also worked as a legal assistant in the Government Contracts/Business Crimes group of a large law firm in Washington, D.C.

Experience

  • Most recently, he was part of a team of attorneys that obtained a defense verdict for a major building materials manufacturer after a three week jury trial in an asbestos personal injury case in Massachusetts state court, only the second asbestos case in Massachusetts to be tried to verdict in the last ten years.

Clerkships

  • Mr. Zamaloff worked as a law clerk in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office in Boston.
Areas of Practice:
Environmental
Litigation
Products Liability
Toxic Tort Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts, 1999
Connecticut
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2000
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1999
Education:
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude


Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1992
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major:  History


Honors and Awards:
Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2009


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Massachusetts Bar Association
Member


Connecticut Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


Defense Research Institute
Member


Expertise.

Experience.

Efficiency.