Paula Bagger is a New England-based attorney, arbitrator, and mediator. As a business and general civil litigator, she helps clients resolve a broad range of commercial and business disputes and has tried, arbitrated, and settled business cases of many different types, including claims for breach of contract, fraud, unfair and deceptive business practices; shareholder and partner disputes and “business divorces”; professional malpractice; and real estate and land use litigation. In addition to this litigation work, she advises clients in connection with the formation, governance, and dissolution of closely held entities; the protection of a small business’ trade secrets, confidential information, and goodwill; and executive employment and severance agreements.
Paula serves as an arbitrator, on the national commercial and consumer panels of the American Arbitration Association and as a public arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and as a mediator, both in private practice and in conjunction with court-annexed mediation and conciliation programs.
After practicing for many years at a national law firm and a litigation boutique, Paula opened her own law office in 2017. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Richard D. Cudahy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Paula has a track record of providing skilled, cost-effective representation to individuals, partnerships, and corporations engaged in business, employment, and real estate disputes. It is her goal to provide a high level of personal services to her clients through a combination of effective communication, realistic case assessment, and creative approaches to dispute resolution.
Paula is a member of the bars of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Vermont Supreme Court.
