Rebecca’s practice encompasses a wide range of litigation matters, including construction, complex business litigation, and fiduciary matters. She represents clients in a variety of business disputes, negotiations and investigations, in litigation and in alternative dispute resolution forums, including JAMS and the ICC, and is well-versed in issues related to e-discovery and privilege.
As a member of the firm’s Construction Law Practice Group, Rebecca has represented property owners, developers, and general contractors in construction disputes in the public and private sector. Rebecca has experience counseling clients on contract formation, project delays, terminations, mechanics’ liens, and defective work. Rebecca has also drafted and negotiated architect agreements, general contractor agreements, subcontractor agreements, consultant agreements, construction management agreements, and other project-related documents. She has extensive experience with both AIA and custom construction forms, and is effective in reaching consensus on critical contract language to mitigate risk for her clients.
Rebecca also contributes to Mintz’s pro bono commitment. She has successfully represented a client in his application for political asylum in the United States allowing him to escape political persecution in Uganda.
Prior to joining Mintz, Rebecca was a public interest attorney fellow at the Medical-Legal Partnership│Boston at Boston Medical Center, where she coordinated direct and systemic advocacy around housing law, including reasonable accommodations, housing transfers, and access to housing priorities and preferences. In addition, she represented low-income clients in hearings at the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Boston Housing Authority. During this time, she also facilitated a pilot pro bono legal referral program for low-income patients at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Rebecca was a Summer Associate at Mintz in 2009. During law school, Rebecca worked as a law clerk at a dynamic law firm in Washington, DC specializing in representation of nonprofit organizations.
Experience
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- A valuable part of the team that obtained a nine-figure award for a biopharmaceutical company in a contract dispute with an international pharmaceutical company involving milestone payments under a license and development agreement. Following extensive discovery, briefing, and an evidentiary hearing, an arbitration panel awarded our client all requested relief, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, and rejected the respondents’ nine-figure counterclaims in their entirety.
- Represented General Electric in all phases of environmental remediation and related dredging and construction projects for the Housatonic River area.
- Represented General Electric in the negotiation of construction contracts and resolution of contract disputes for its Hudson River remediation project.
- Represented a limited liability company in complex commercial litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery relating to claims concerning contractual interpretation and fiduciary duties.
- Represented the developer of mixed-use condominium project in litigation against a terminated general contractor asserting a claim of wrongful termination.
- Represented the managing member of limited liability company in an arbitration brought by minority member asserting claims of breach of fiduciary duty and failure to comply with Delaware LLC Act in connection with the development of a mixed-use condominium project.
- Represented an energy company in claims against an EPC contractor regarding the construction of a biomass fuel plant in Barnesville, Georgia.
Construction Law & Counseling
- Represent Sojitz on all aspects of its platform investment into and build-out of its US solar project portfolio.
- Represent DivcoWest in all matters pertaining to construction and design documents for its Cambridge Crossing project in Cambridge, Massachusetts,120 Middlesex project in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Peninsula Crossing project in Burlingame, California.
- Regularly drafts and negotiates design and construction contracts and advises on construction-related issues in development and leasing agreements for a Boston-based real estate firm on developments nationwide.
- Represent an affordable housing developer in negotiation of design and construction agreements for various new developments.
- Drafted a custom construction agreement for a renowned Massachusetts university.
News & Press
Seven Mintz attorneys were recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s 2024 “40 & Under List” which spotlights the “top emerging talent in litigation” who are 40 years old and under. The annual “40 & Under List” is compiled through peer and client review, as well as consideration of individual cases.
Mintz announced today that 42 of its practices and 83 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 18 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm obtained new listings in three practice areas and 10 of its lawyers were recognized for the first time.
Twenty-Five Mintz Attorneys Named To Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers List
November 21, 2023
BOSTON – Twenty-five Mintz attorneys have been named to Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers list.
Mintz is pleased to announce that four of its attorneys have been recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s 2023 “40 and Under Hot List,” which ranks attorneys aged 40 or younger who have been deemed the most promising rising talent in their respective litigation communities by peers and clients.
BOSTON – Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2023 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 59 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category.
Mintz and ML Strategies Receive Environmental Business Council Award For Outstanding Collaboration
June 08, 2023
BOSTON - Mintz and ML Strategies were recognized with the prestigious Nicholas Humber Award for Outstanding Collaboration by the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) at the 30th Annual EBEE Awards in Boston.
BOSTON –Mintz announced today that 39 of its practices and 81 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms.
Twenty-Eight Mintz Attorneys Named To Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers List
November 22, 2022
In its second annual edition, 28 Mintz attorneys were named to Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers list.
Mintz Promotes Nine to Member
December 15, 2021
Events & Speaking
National Association of College and University Attorneys’ Annual Conference
National Association of College and University Attorneys
Minneapolis, MN
Recognition & Awards
Chambers USA: Massachusetts - Construction Law: Up and Coming (2022 - 2024)
Law360: Rising Star - Construction Law (2022)
Legal 500 Rising Star - Construction Law (2022-2024)
Benchmark Litigation: 40 & Under Hot List (2022 - 2024)
Boston Magazine Top Lawyers – Construction Litigation (2021 - 2024)
Involvement
- Board of Directors, Stone House Inc. (2021- present)
- Board of Trustees, Women's Bar Foundation (2021- present)
- Leadership Council of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2019 – present)
- Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women's Leadership Program (2018-2019)
- Anti-Defamation League’s Glass Leadership Institute (2012-2013)
Recent Insights
Seven Mintz attorneys were recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s 2024 “40 & Under List” which spotlights the “top emerging talent in litigation” who are 40 years old and under. The annual “40 & Under List” is compiled through peer and client review, as well as consideration of individual cases.
Mintz announced today that 42 of its practices and 83 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 18 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm obtained new listings in three practice areas and 10 of its lawyers were recognized for the first time.
