Javier is the managing partner of Dinsmore’s Boston office and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. He has diverse litigation experience representing clients in complex commercial matters in individual and putative class action settings, including unfair business practices, breach of contract, consumer fraud, breach of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A, and commercial leasing claims. Furthermore, Javier has successfully represented businesses and universities throughout the country in catastrophic injury cases, including product liability matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Javier counsels clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups on risk management issues, including negotiating and drafting risk allocation provisions of commercial lease agreements and business contracts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also represents companies involved in the gaming and sports industry, including those administering online and retail sports betting. Javier previously served on the NCAA Independent Resolution Panel (IRP), where he decided complex cases involving alleged violations of core NCAA values and the possibility of major penalties, including those involving the University of Kansas and North Carolina State University men\u2019s basketball teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Javier takes the time to understand his clients\u2019 businesses and philosophies so he can craft an approach that melds with each of his clients\u2019 individual objectives. Clients look to him to provide thoughtful counsel and tenacious representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has served in numerous leadership positions in legal and civic organizations, including within the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) as the Vice-President of Programs (2021-23), National Secretary (2018-19), and Region I President (2017-18). He currently serves as vice-chair of the board of directors for Inquilinos Boricuas en Acci\u00f3n (IBA) and was a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association\u2019s Diversity Task Force. Additionally, Javier was a 2017 Leadership Council on Litigation Diversity (LCLD) Fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2020, Javier was appointed by Boston Mayor, Martin Walsh, to the Boston Police Reform Task Force. In 2019, Javier was named to Lawyers of Color\u2019s inaugural Nation\u2019s Best list and included as one of the 50 most influential lawyers of color in Boston by Get Konnected. In 2018, the Boston Business Journal<\/em> recognized Javier as a 40 under 40 honoree and he received the HNBA\u2019s Regional President of the Year award. In 2017, Javier was named as an HNBA Top Lawyer under 40. Additionally, he has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer or Rising Star each year since 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Javier is the managing partner of Dinsmore’s Boston office and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. He has diverse litigation experience representing clients in complex commercial matters in individual and putative class action settings, including unfair business practices, breach of contract, consumer fraud, breach of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A, and commercial leasing\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":65741,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3095","people","type-people","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n