Michelle M. Byers

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mbyers@campbell-trial-lawyers.com

617.241.3052

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EDUCATION

2006, B.S., magna cum laude, Northeastern University
2012, J.D., cum laude, New England Law | Boston

BAR ADMISSIONS

Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
U.S. District Court, District of Maine
U.S. District Court, District of Vermont
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

INDUSTRIES

Automotive

Insurance Defense

Construction Industry Litigation

PRACTICE AREAS

Legal Malpractice

Personal Injury / Negligence

Premises Liability

Products Liability Defense

BIOGRAPHY

Michelle focuses her practice on a wide range of civil litigation matters, defending the firm’s clients in product liability, premises liability, and personal injury/negligence matters, and has particular experience in the automotive industry. She has experience in both state and federal courts around New England representing a wide range of national corporations and insurance companies in complex matters involving multiple parties, as well as small businesses and individuals in general liability disputes.

Michelle has tried numerous cases, obtaining defense verdicts in contract and complex product liability jury and bench trials.

Michelle earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New England Law | Boston in 2012, where she was the Managing Editor of the New England Law Review.

MEMBERSHIPS

Massachusetts Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Board Member, 2013 – present, Chair, 2021 – 2022

AWARDS

Massachusetts Bar Association’s Leadership Academy Fellow, 2019-2022
Massachusetts Bar Association’s Trial Academy Participant (Apr. 3-4, 2019)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch – 2020, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

Moderator, “I Passed the Bar During a Pandemic! Now What Do I Do?” MBA Young Lawyers Division Symposium

March 2021

Moderator, “I Passed the Bar During a Pandemic! Now What Do I Do?” MBA Young Lawyers Division Symposium

Moderator, “I Passed the Bar! Now What Do I Do?” MBA Young Lawyers Division Symposium

December 2019

Moderator, “I Passed the Bar! Now What Do I Do?” MBA Young Lawyers Division Symposium

Panelist, “What I Wish I Had Known as a Young Litigator,” Young Lawyers Division Symposium

December 2018

Panelist, “What I Wish I Had Known as a Young Litigator,” Young Lawyers Division Symposium

Massachusetts Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire and Monetary Amount Claimed, TORTSOURCE, Spring 2015, at 3

March 2015

Massachusetts Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire and Monetary Amount Claimed, TORTSOURCE, Spring 2015, at 3

What Are the Odds: Applying the Doctrine of Chances to Domestic-Violence Prosecutions in Massachusetts, 46 NEW ENG. L. REV. 551

January 2012

What Are the Odds: Applying the Doctrine of Chances to Domestic-Violence Prosecutions in Massachusetts, 46 NEW ENG. L. REV. 551

As Luck Would Have It: Pollard v. Geo Group, Inc.’s Extension of the Bivens Remedy Against Private Prison Employees, 46 NEW ENG. L. REV. 185

January 2011

As Luck Would Have It: Pollard v. Geo Group, Inc.’s Extension of the Bivens Remedy Against Private Prison Employees, 46 NEW ENG. L. REV. 185

NEWS

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil is Proud to Announce the Attorneys Named in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

October 2024

The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Edition Includes 22 Attorneys from Campbell Conroy & O’Neil

September 2023

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil Congratulates our 2022 Super Lawyers

October 2022

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. Attorneys Attend IADC’s 48th Annual Trial Academy July-August 2022

September 2022

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. was proud to support the IADC’s 48th Annual Trial Academy at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, California. The International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy is the preeminent defense trial advocacy training program, involving 7 days of intensive programming designed to accelerate the development of fundamental trial skills. Michelle…

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil member Michelle Byers graduated from the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Leadership Academy

May 2022

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil member Michelle Byers recently graduated from the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Leadership Academy. The seven-month program was designed to develop and support young attorneys to assume leadership roles at the bar, in their firms or organizations, and in government. As a Leadership Academy Fellow, Michelle participated in panel discussions with judges, bar…