Walter B. Prince

Walter B. Prince has more than 30 years of experience in transportation, commercial law, and civil and white-collar criminal litigation. A former assistant United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Mr. Prince's litigation practice includes business and commercial lawsuits and representation of corporations and individuals in complex federal and state investigations and cases, as well as related civil and regulatory matters. Mr. Prince has represented witnesses who were called to testify before the United States House of Representatives, where the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct was investigating the conduct of a House member.

His experience extends to the investigation and defense of criminal allegations in the areas of accounting, health care, contracting, bank fraud, environmental offenses, and tax and other economic crimes. In addition, Mr. Prince has handled numerous product liability cases and has conducted internal investigations for Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Prince has litigated and supervised the litigation of more than 60 employment cases for some of the largest employers in Massachusetts and throughout the nation. Clients have included those in the health care, retail, transportation, financial, and technology industries.

From 1985-1988, Mr. Prince was general counsel to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), where he was responsible for managing all litigation brought by and against the MBTA. With a legal staff of nearly two dozen lawyers, he managed their tort litigation, commercial, real estate, environmental, contract, development, and personnel claims and cases. In light of his experience and knowledge of the Authority, every general manager and general counsel since 1988 has retained Mr. Prince's services to handle a broad spectrum of legal and transportation matters. While an assistant United States attorney, he was chief of the Major Drug Traffickers Prosecution Unit. He was appointed by two governors to serve as a member of the Judicial Nominating Council.

Mr. Prince sat on the Board of Registration in Medicine for three years and has represented doctors and lawyers in ethics and malpractice claims. He was appointed special counsel to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) and was chairman of the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Health and Education Tax-Exempt Trust, a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company.

In addition, Mr. Prince is a former president of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, the former vice president of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Conference of Black Lawyers, and the former vice president of the Ford Hall Forum. He has also served as an adjunct professor of law at Boston College Law School for over two decades.

Mr. Prince is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has previously served on several boards, including that of OneUnited Bank. In addition, he was appointed to the Boston Bar Association Task Force on the Superior Court Circuit System to review the structure and management of the Massachusetts courts. Mr. Prince also served on the Boston College Law School Board of Overseers and currently serves on the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of Prince Lobel’s management committee.

In 2016, Mr. Prince was recognized as one of the 100 most influential people of color in Boston.

For more information, please see Mr. Prince's biography on the Prince Lobel website.