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JoeStanganelli

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Partner

"What is in the client's best interest? That should always be our first and last question."

Overview

Biography

Joe serves as Barclay Damon's Commercial Litigation & Complex Trials Practice Area co-chair.

With over 30 years of legal experience, Joe has tried cases in both federal and state courts and has argued before both federal and state courts of appeal. Joe also regularly advises clients on how to best achieve their business goals through the avoidance of disputes or the resolution of litigation through mediation.

Joe concentrates his practice on complex, high-stakes business disputes, including intellectual property and trade secret litigation; unfair competition suits; technology license and software development disputes; and private company shareholder disputes.

Bar Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Boston Bar Association
Experience

Representative Experience

  • Represented former directors of a Delaware LLC in a breach of fiduciary duty suit concerning the sale of the LLC's assets.
  • Represented a global supplier of laser and photonics solutions for precision manufacturing in trade secret and competition disputes.
  • Represented a major medical device manufacturer and its key clinical employee, defending against competition claims.
  • Represented a leading life sciences company in a dispute with a competitor and university licensor to establish exclusivity of a patent license.
  • Represented a food packaging manufacturer in enforcing patent rights relating to aseptic bottling in multiple infringement actions with domestic and international competitors.
  • Represented a leading medical device manufacturer enforcing patents relating to infusion pump technology against a competitor.
  • Represented a European pharmaceutical company in a patent license dispute with a US licensor/debtor in bankruptcy.
  • Represented the owner of multiple news websites in a nationally publicized copyright and trademark infringement action against a prominent media organization.
  • Represented an inventor of a computer antivirus technology in claims against a leading antivirus software manufacturer.
  • Represented a major data storage manufacturer against software-maintenance service provider in connection with copyright, DMCA, and patent claims.
  • Represented a leading provider of navigation software to the trucking industry in a lawsuit resulting from unraveling acquisition of a competitor.
  • Represented a Vietnam War veteran on a pro bono basis in obtaining a military discharge upgrade based on a PTSD diagnosis, which was not a recognized diagnosis at the time of discharge.

Prior Experience

  • Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Partner
  • Scibelli, Whiteley, and Stanganelli, LLP, Partner
  • Hale and Dorr, LLP (now WilmerHale), Junior Partner
  • Middlesex County, Special Assistant District Attorney
  • Latham & Watkins LLP, Associate

Selected Honors

  • Legal 500, Boston Elite, Commercial Litigation, 2025
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Commercial Litigation, 2021–2025
  • Past selections to Super Lawyers Massachusetts: Business Litigation and to Top Attorneys in New England

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