Samuel Peter Blatchley
Partner at Eckland & Blando
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
22 Boston Wharf Road, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
About Samuel Peter Blatchley
Education
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LouisianaJ.D.
- Honors: Maritime Law Certificate
- Honors: CALI Award, Marine Insurance, 2007
- Law Journal: Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Editor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WisconsinB.A.
- Major: History and Political Science
- Honors: With Distinction
- Honors: With High Honors
- Honors: Hilldale Award Winner for Honors Thesis on Henry George, The Irish, and the 1886 Mayoral Election of New York City.
Languages
- English
Representative Cases
- Global Companies, LLC & others v. HOP Energy, LLC & another, Civil Action No. 16-03347-E, Suffolk Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, October 1, 2019 (denying opposing party’s Motion for Summary Judgment and granting client’s Cross - Motion for Summary for failure to obtain required contractually required insurance coverage and resulting in Judgment for client in the amount of $650,598.07 plus interest
- Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. v. Karl’s Boat Shop, Inc.,, 480 F.Supp.3d 322 (D. Mass. 2020) (D. Mass. )
- Cashman Equipment Corp. v. American Marine Corporation, 471 F.Supp.3d 351 (D. Mass. 2020) (D. Mass. )
- Coastal Marine Management, LLC d/b/a Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina v. Additional Return, LLC, 411 F.Supp.3d 118 (D. Mass. 2019) (D. Mass. )
- Anderson Trucking Service, Inc. v. Eagle Underwriting Group, Inc., 2018 A.M.C. 2802 (D. Conn. 2018) (D. Conn. )
- In the matter of L&G Fisheries, LLC, 2015 A.M.C. 2179 (E.D.N.Y. 2015) (E.D.N.Y. )
Classes and Seminars
- The Nuts and Bolts of Vessel/Permit Seizure, Maritime Law Association of the US, 2021
- Maritime Liens & Mortgages (Guest lecture), Suffolk University Law School, 2019
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 2007
- Rhode Island, 2010
- New York, 2011
- Maine, 2017
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court District of Maine
- U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, pro hac vice
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
Other Affiliations
- Maritime Law Association of the U.S., 2009 - Present (Chairman, Practice & Procedure)
- Rhode Island Bar Association, 2010 - Present (Member)
- Maine Bar Association, 2017 - Present (Member)
- Mariners Club of Massachusetts, 2017 - Present (Member)
- Massachusetts Lobsterman’s Association, 2021 - Present (Corporate Member)
Past Positions
- Pierce Atwood LLP, Partner/ Chair of Admiralty Group, 2012 - 2017
- Holbrook & Murphy, Partner, 2017 - 2022
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