Bio

Jesse J. Blyth is a Partner in the Boston office of Gordon & Rees and is a member of the Commercial Litigation and Construction practice groups. He has extensive experience handling complex matters in all stages of litigation, including first chair counsel on jury and bench trials, depositions, written discovery, law and motion, expert retention and development, expert depositions, trial preparation, and trial practice through verdict and judgment, and has participated in numerous mediations and arbitrations. He has served as lead litigation counsel in numerous complex multi-party lawsuits in both state and federal courts in a wide range of complex commercial and corporate actions involving claims for fraud, breach of contract, unfair business practices, professional negligence, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duties in disputes involving business entities and corporate officers. He has extensive experience providing strategic business representation, including risk management counseling and contract review and drafting, in matters focusing on commercial matters, construction disputes, and professional malpractice. Mr. Blyth also represents property owners in complex premises liability claims, including actions involving alleged negligent hiring, training and supervision, and defective or hazardous conditions. He has extensive experience in the transportation industry with concentrations in trucking claims involving catastrophic injury and property damage litigation. Mr. Blyth's practice also includes all facets of construction law arising out of public and private projects. He has extensive experience representing and advising design professionals, contractors, and subcontractors on a wide variety of construction matters, including residential, commercial, multi-prime, and significant public construction projects throughout the state. Mr. Blyth also provides loss-prevention guidance and advice to clients during a project to prevent the later filing of a construction claim. He is particularly experienced in economically managing complex liability cases, preparing aggressive and cost effective strategies for resolution, and in selecting the proper experts to assist in preparing the defense of his professional clients in all nature of disputes. This experience extends not only to jury trials, but also to arbitrations, mediations, and all venues of alternative dispute mechanisms. Mr. Blyth graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in Sociology, cum laude. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego, with a focus on commercial and construction law. He is an active, practicing member in state and federal courts and in professional organizations throughout the state.