Shaun M. Khan

Partner

Shaun Khan is a sought-after trial lawyer with a diverse practice primarily focused on complex business, employment, discrimination, and trust/estate litigation. Shaun has successfully represented both local and international clients throughout Massachusetts in state and federal trial courts, appellate courts, administrative proceedings, and mediation.

Shaun is one of the few lawyers in the Commonwealth who have repeatedly secured resounding jury verdicts in favor of their clients in complex defamation cases. Shaun also takes a keen interest in representing clients who have been unlawfully discriminated against by their employer simply because of their religion, national origin, race, gender, age, or disability.

Shaun also routinely represents clients on trust/estate matters that include, breach of fiduciary duty cases and will contests. Shaun is also commonly called upon to represent other law firms, attorneys and court officers in complex matters.

Shaun has been selected as a Massachusetts “Rising Star” by New England “Super Lawyers” Magazine and Boston Magazine in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, a distinction that only 2.5% of attorneys in Massachusetts receive. Shaun is also the former President of the New England Muslim Bar Association.

Representative matters

  • After a one-week Superior Court trial, obtained a jury verdict for his international client that held the defendant liable for defamation.

  • After a two-week trial, obtained bench trial verdict for his client that voided a trust for undue influence.

  • After a two-week trial, obtained a jury verdict for his client that held the defendant liable for defamation.

  • Successfully argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that resulted in affirming a decision on defamation and the Anti-Slapp statue.

  • Represented multiple clients in all stages of litigation against billion and million dollar corporations for unlawful employment discrimination based on religion, race, national origin, sex, gender, pregnancy, age and disability that resulted in favorable outcomes.

  • Routinely represents fiduciaries, including attorneys, in complex trust matters.

  • Routinely obtains pre-trial security in matters, including preliminary injunctions and attachments.

  • Obtained bench trial verdict for commercial gas station owner on a breach of contract claim.

  • Successfully represented 50% owner of closely held multi-million dollar corporation during a three-week jury trial resulting in a favorable verdict.

  • Represented gas station owner against national corporation during a week-long trial in Federal Court that ultimately resulted in settlement.

  • Successfully represented international client, defeating summary judgment, in complex trust/estate matter that eventually resolved in favorable settlement.

  • Has been appointed a Special Master by the Probate and Family Court in the Commonwealth.

  • Has acted as a Mediator in complex matters.

  • Successfully settled contentious inter-family multi-million dollar trust dispute prior to filing a lawsuit.

  • Successfully litigated and eventually settled construction disputes under G.L. c. 142A for both Homeowners and Contractors.

  • Represented a large corporation and businessman and favorably resolved a decade long litigation spanning different State and Federal Courts.

  • Represented numerous clients on G.L. c. 93A and G.L. c. 176D claims.

Presentations

  • Moderator, “Doing Business in Saudi Arabia” – Boston Bar Association, October, 2012

  • Moderator, “Massachusetts Bar Exam Rule Change for Foreign Lawyers” – Boston Bar Association, March, 2014

  • Presenter, annually give presentations about the Boston Bar Association to incoming LL.M class from Harvard, Boston University, Boston College, Suffolk and Fletcher Law Schools, September, 2011-2014

Education

  • Boston University,
    (LL.M International Business Practice)

  • University of Liverpool, (LL.B) Honors – Valedictorian

Bar Admissions

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  • United States District Court, District of Massachusetts

Professional Associations

  • President, New England Muslim Bar Association, 2015-Present

  • Foreign Lawyers Committee, International Law Section, Boston Bar Association

  • Member, Arab Bankers Association of North America

  • Steering Committee Member, Diversity & Inclusion Section Steering Committee, Boston Bar Association

  • Member, American Bar Association

  • Member, Essex County Bar Association

  • Member, New England Muslim Bar Association.

  • Committee Member , Diversity Initiative Task Force, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts