Achieving Creative Solutions to Complex Legal Problems Since 1988

Joseph I. Rogers

As an associate at Gillis & Bikofsky, P.C., Joe assists with all aspects of the firm’s plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation practice including motor vehicle, premises liability, dram shop, medical malpractice, products liability, bad faith and insurance coverage claims. Joe also assists with the firm’s criminal practice, representing clients in District and Superior criminal matters across the Commonwealth.

In addition to his work at Gillis & Bikofsky, Joe has been the varsity girls’ basketball coach at Newton South High School since 2014, and also served as President of the Bay State Jaguars AAU Basketball Club from 2011-2016.

Joe is a 2007 graduate of Villanova University School of Law and a 2004 graduate of The College of Wooster. At Villanova, Joe was a member of the Sports and Entertainment Law Journal and was named both Staff Writer and Board Member of the Year.

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts

United States District and Superior Courts District of Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Pennsylvania (inactive)

Representative Matters:

Lead associate on:

• $6.1 million resolution of insurance coverage/G.L. c. 93A action ($1.37 million partial settlement and $4.73 million judgment)
• $3 million settlement of guardrail/products liability claim
• $2.27 million resolution of construction accident action ($2 million primary settlement and $270,000 subsequent settlement of assigned claim)
• $1.8 million resolution of medical malpractice/wrongful death action
• $1.65 million resolution of liquor liability/wrongful death action
• $1.5 million settlement of pedestrian/motor vehicle accident action
• $1.125 million settlement of pedestrian/motor vehicle accident action
• $750,000.00 settlement of motor vehicle accident action
• Irwin v. Degtiarov, 85 Mass. App. Ct. 234 (2014)
• Boyle v. Zurich American Insurance Co., 472 Mass. 649 (2015)
• Commerce Ins. Co. v. Szafarowicz, 483 Mass. 247 (2019)