The Lawyer That Other Lawyers Turn To | Joan S Amon | Belmont, Massachusetts 617.489.9800

Attorney Amon is the extreme professional… diligent and tenacious in the representation of her clients.
J.R., Esq.
Opposing counsel

Joan Amon has been my lawyer for 15 years. She is honest and truthful and does a kick-ass job in court. I refer all my friends to her.
M.F., Client

I would place Attorney Amon in the top ten percent of trial lawyers in Massachusetts. She is very intelligent, thorough, and absolutely fearless. I would not hesitate to retain her.
V.P., Esq.
Referring attorney

“I have had many cases over the last 15 years with Joan, both as an adversary and representing clients with mutual interests. Joan has always been a skilled foe and a staunch ally. Joan works with a fist of iron in a velvet glove.”
B.B., Esq.
Opposing Counsel and Co-Counsel

		Car Accidents Successfully represented a woman and her two young grandchildren when they were struck by a motor vehicle while they attempted to cross the road in a cross walk. Successfully represented a motorcyclist who was cut off in the flow of traffic by a car attempting to pass. Defense claimed that the motorcyclist was weaving in and out of traffic. Successfully represented a client who, while inspecting a flat tire on his car, was run over by a passing motor vehicle. Successfully represented a pedestrian client who suffered serious neurological damage after he was run over by a truck Successfully represented a bicyclist who was run over by a car that exited a store parking lot without looking. Successfully represented a Boston police officer who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Defense tried to argue that his injuries were work related. Successfully represented a client who was involved in multiple car accidents, none of which she was responsible for. Each defendant attempted to argue that her injuries were caused by one of the other accidents. Settlements were received on all claims. Successfully represented a young client who was injured when the driver of the car that she was a passenger in tried to answer her cell phone, and in doing so, lost control and struck a tree.

		Slip and Fall Accidents Successfully represented a minor child who was injured when his sister, who was carrying him, tripped and fell over a defect in the brick courtyard of the hotel. Successfully represented a client who tripped and fell over a metal product display that was obstructed from view inside the store. Successfully represented a client who slipped and fell on a squashed grape that was left on the floor of a supermarket. Successfully represented a client who slipped and fell on a number of squashed strawberries that were left on the floor of a produce market.. Successfully represented a young mother and her infant for injuries sustained when the mother, who was carrying the child, fell down a poorly maintained stairway in her apartment complex.

		Products Liability Successfully represented a minor child who had his entire body flattened by a full size Nintendo machine that fell on top of him. Case was tried to a jury with a plaintiff’s verdict. Nintendo appealed and the case was argued in front of the full panel at the Supreme Judicial Court in a case of first impression. Successfully represented a member of a local fitness club that was injured by weight lifting equipment that had been poorly maintained. Successfully represented a client that fell down an elevator shaft when he stepped into an elevator and the car was not present. Successfully represented a client who bit into a hamburger that contained a rock, causing him to break a tooth. Successfully defended the manufacturer of windows that had been wrongfully sued by a multi-million dollar condominium association for wind and rain infiltration.

		Other Successfully represented a minor child who was assaulted by another child wielding a metal baseball bat while participating in a baseball game sponsored and supervised by the school. Successfully collected debt on behalf of an engineering firm that had performed restorative services for a condominium association. Successfully represented a commercial client in a claim against another corporate entity for business fraud and monies owed. Successfully represented an automobile owner when the undercarriage on his motor vehicle was damaged when the car fell into a pot hole in a commercial parking lot. Successfully represented a long term guest at a local hotel who was exposed to mold, fiberglass and rodent infestation. As a result, she became seriously ill, and her personal property had to be quarantined and ultimately destroyed. Furthermore, the hotel attempted to illegally evict the guest after she complained to the Board of Health regarding her living conditions, causing great anxiety and emotional distress. Successfully represented a young man who was confined to a wheelchair as a result of a prior accident. The wheelchair manufacturer and its authorized representative failed to properly repair the seatbelt on the wheelchair, causing the client to fall helplessly into the road with traffic flowing around him. Successfully represented a client who was racially harassed and run over by a Boston College police officer.