Overview

Jeremy Y. Weltman is a shareholder and a member of the firm's Litigation Department. Jeremy frequently works with the firm’s Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Divorce / Business & Shareholder Disputes, Franchise Law, Construction Law, and Hospitality Practice groups as part of his wide-reaching litigation practice, which focuses first on finding successful resolutions to his clients' legal issues. Jeremy's hands-on commercial litigation experience includes handling all sorts of complex commercial and business litigation, employment litigation, Wage Act litigation, probate litigation, real estate disputes, construction matters, civil rights litigation – including ADA accessibility claims, accommodation issues, and high impact class action work – municipal disputes, appellate advocacy, and other tort-based litigation matters.

With a no-nonsense, direct approach, Jeremy is a practical, results-oriented attorney who prides himself on always thinking two-steps ahead of his clients' adversaries. In so doing, Jeremy has adeptly litigated and negotiated hundreds of disputes for a wide range of clients including Fortune 500 corporations, mid-sized and small businesses. Jeremy’s clients benefit from his boots-on-the ground approach to litigation, from client intake through trial experience that spans across all major industry sectors, including a wide variety of hospitality businesses, professional services offices, property owners and developers, commercial tenants and landlords, condo associations, contractors, and disenfranchised individuals. Clients take comfort in knowing that Jeremy has repeatedly shown no fear in taking a “tough case” through trial. To this end, Jeremy has successfully tried numerous bench and jury cases in Massachusetts state and Federal District courts, briefed and argued matters in the Massachusetts Appeals Court and First Circuit Court of Federal Appeals, and has also represented clients in alternative forms of dispute resolution, such as arbitration and mediation, with favorable results.

Notably, Jeremy has also earned a strong reputation for protecting the civil rights of the disabled and victims of discrimination. He aggressively pursues the rights of the disenfranchised, both on an individual and class-wide basis, in civil rights infringement cases brought against government institutions and the private sector in federal and state courts.

ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Boston Bar Association
  • Arbitration Mediation Agency Neutral & Dispute Association (AMANDA)
  • The Windsor Club, Board Member & Officer
  • Cradles to Crayons, Volunteer

HONORS & AWARDS

  • The National Trial Lawyers – Civil Plaintiff Top 100 in Massachusetts (2025, 2026)
  • Boston Magazine Top Lawyer (2024, 2025)
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Go-To Business Litigation Lawyer (2022, 2025)
  • AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Massachusetts "Rising Stars", recognized by the publishers of Law & Politics and Boston Magazine, 2013-2019
  • American Society of Legal Advocates, Massachusetts Litigation Top 40 Under 40 Attorney
  • Recognized as a Rising Star by Massachusetts Super Lawyers: 2013-2019
  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers, General Litigation: 2023-2025
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Golden Key Honor Society
  • Hornbeck Scholar Award, University of Denver

Education

  • Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., with honors, 2004
  • University of Denver, B.S., summa cum laude, 2001

Bar & Court Admission

  • State Bar Admissions: Massachusetts, California (pro hac vice), Maine (pro hac vice), Nevada (pro hac vice), New Hampshire (pro hac vice) South Carolina (pro hac vice)
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Representative Matters

  • Successfully litigated numerous shareholder/breach of fiduciary duty dispute matters for closely held LLCs to board-level Fortune 500 size companies - on behalf of both minority and majority shareholders
  • Successfully taken multiple cases through trial where a finding of liability under the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, Mass. Gen. Laws c. 93A, was triggered and double or treble damages awarded to clients, plus attorneys’ fees
  • Represented various commercial enterprises against unfair summary process actions with favorable results, including ultimate retention of possession, waiver/reduction of appeals bonds and successful recovery in related counter-litigation
  • Successfully handled a variety of appeals, including all briefing and oral argument, in the Massachusetts District Court’s Appellate Division, Massachusetts Appeals Court ,Supreme Judicial Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • Handled one of the largest COVID pandemic related commercial lease disputes as between restaurant tenant and multi-unit landlord through seven-day trial, ultimately resulting in favorable last-minute settlement reached between parties
  • Represented one of the city’s largest real estate and hospitality group with respect to various ongoing business litigation and commercial leasing issues, including one adverse to an iconic Boston hotel resulting in a favorable decision after multi-day bench trial
  • Representation of sophisticated multi-entity hospitality group with respect to commercial leasing disputes and business litigation arising out of disputes with business partners, vendors and the like
  • Representation of one of the largest hotel franchise groups with respect to a multitude of business litigation matters
  • Representation of one of the largest third-party sellers on popular e-commerce sites concerning complex issues arising from an alleged breach of shipping related contracts and unfair access termination issues

Publications

Speaking Engagements

  • Strafford/BARBRI Webinar: Commercial Lease Assignments and Subleases: Drafting Strategies (September 2026)
  • Strafford/BARBRI Webinar: Commercial Leases and Frustration of Purpose (April 2026)
  • Strafford/BARBRI Webinar: Allocating Risk in Real Estate Leases: Contractual Indemnity (December 2025)
  • Strafford/BARBRI Webinar: Property and Liability Insurance in Commercial Leases (September 2025)
  • Strafford/BARBRI Webinar: Negotiating and Drafting Restaurant Leases (April 2025)
  • Celesq webinar: Commercial Leases and Frustration of Purpose (September 2024)
  • Law Practice CLE: Allocation of Risk in Commercial Real Estate Leasing (July 2024)
  • Strafford Speaking Invitation: Commercial Leases and Frustration of Purpose (March 2024)