RODNEY E. GOULD

A litigator with over 30 years of experience, Rod heads the firm’s litigation practice and has conducted litigations in federal and state courts throughout the country.  He concentrates in travel and tour operator law, securities and antitrust law, employment, intellectual property and commercial litigation.  As a nationally recognized expert in transportation and travel law, he routinely counsels travel-related entities throughout the country, and has served as an expert witness in numerous cases.

Rod is a member of the Bars of Massachusetts (1976), New York (1968), The District of Columbia (1970), Pennsylvania (2001), California (2005) and New Hampshire (2006).  He is a member of the Bars of the United States Supreme Court, most federal circuit courts of appeals, and numerous federal district courts throughout the country.  He is a graduate of Colby College (B.A. cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1965) and of Columbia University School of Law (J.D. magna cum laude, 1968), where he was an editor of the Law Review.

He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston University School of Law and Western New England College School of Law.

Rod is an author of many articles and regularly gives speeches to travel associations and other groups.  He was selected as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in the 2004 issue of Boston Magazine.  His reported court decisions include:

Irwin v. World Wildlife Fund, Inc., Civ. No. 05-1287 (EGS), 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58565 (D.D.C. Aug. 22, 2006)

Gianocostas v. Riu Hotels, S.A., Civil Action No. MICV2000-02862-C, 2006 Mass. Super. LEXIS 266 (May 24, 2006)

Global Travel Marketing, Inc. v. Shea, 908 So. 2d 392 (Fla. 2005)

Giverson v. Relocation Advisors, Inc., 2004 Extra LEXIS 107, 2004 WL 1764089 (Miss. Civ. Ct., Tunica Co. July 21, 2004)

Gabrielle v. Allegro Resorts Hotels, 210 F. Supp. 2d 62 (D.R.I. 2002)

Milgrim v. Backroads, Inc., 142 F. Supp. 2d 471 (S.D.N.Y. 2001), aff'd, No. 01-7999, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 12367 (2d Cir. June 21, 2002)

Aronov v. Bruins Transportation, Inc., 294 A.D.2d 522, 742 N.Y.S.2d 389 (2d Dep't 2002)

Fenn v. Trans Nat'l Travel, Inc., Civil Action No. 01-00962, 2002 Mass. Super. LEXIS 176 (Mass. Super. Ct., Norfolk Co. June 27, 2002)

Patrick v. Massachusetts Port Auth., 141 F. Supp. 2d 180 (D.N.H. 2001)

Andrei v. DHC Hotels and Resorts, Inc., No. 99 Civ. 2555 (TPG), 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4107, 2000 WL 343773 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 31, 2000)

Dow v. Abercrombie & Kent Int'l, Inc., Case No. 99-C-6923, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7290 (N.D. Ill. May 24, 2000)

Laffal v. Overseas Adventure Travel Partners, Inc., Case No. 3:99-CV-1113-J-21A, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4547, 2000 WL 362017 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 31, 2000)

Sachs v. TWA Getaway Vacations, Inc., 125 F. Supp. 2d 1368 (S.D. Fla. 2000)

Tillman v. Continental Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Civil Action H-99-3493, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20211, 2000 WL 33250072 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 11, 2000)

Viches v. MLT, Inc., 124 F. Supp. 2d 1092 (E.D. Mich. 2000)

Kogan v. Musiker Discovery Program, Inc., 2000 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 587 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Oct. 30, 2000)

Paredes v. Abercrombie & Kent Int'l, Inc., 81 F. Supp. 2d 162 (D. Mass. 1999)

Powell v. Trans Global Tours, Inc., CT 98-002821, slip op. (Minn. Dist. Ct., Hennepin Co. Aug. 4, 1998), aff'd, 594 N.W.2d 252 (Minn. Ct. App. 1999)

Bryant v. Cruises, Inc., 6 F. Supp. 2d 1314 (N.D. Ala. 1998)

Carley v. Theater Dev. Fund, 22 F. Supp. 2d 224 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)

Dubret v. Holland America Line Westours, Inc., 25 F. Supp. 2d 1151 (W.D. Wash. 1998)

Harden v. American Airlines, 178 F.R.D. 583 (M.D. Ala. 1998)

Paredes v. Princess Cruises, Inc., 1 F. Supp. 2d 87 (D. Mass. 1998)

Plinio v. Americana Aruba Beach Resort and Casino, Civil Action No. 98-2745 (NHP), 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22107 (D.N.J. Nov. 4, 1998)

Schechter v. Tauck Tours, Inc., 17 F. Supp. 2d 255 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)

Adames v. Trans Nat'l Travel, Civil Action No. SUCV97-00208-B, 1998 Mass. Super. LEXIS 108 (Mass. Super. Ct., Suffolk Co. Apr. 10, 1998)

Catalano v. N.W.A., Inc., Case No. PI98-7768, 1998 WL 777023, 1998 Minn. Tax LEXIS 68 (Minn. Dist. Ct., Hennepin Co. Sept. 15, 1998)

D'Amato v. Horizon Holidays, Inc., Civil No. 97-1648 (AET), 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19120 (D.N.J. June 18, 1997)

McLaughlin v. TWA Getaway Vacations, Inc., 979 F. Supp. 174 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

O'Keefe v. Inca Floats, Inc., 1998 A.M.C. 645, 1997 WL 703784, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17088 (N.D. Cal. 1997)

Ramage v. Forbes Int'l, Inc., 987 F. Supp. 810 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

Smith v. Chason, Civil Action No. 96-10788-PBS, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7637 (D. Mass. Mar. 18, 1997)

Sova v. Apple Vacations, 984 F. Supp. 1136 (S.D. Ohio 1997)

Squires v. Atkinson & Mullen Travel, Inc., 97 Civ. 4332 (KTD), 1997 WL 1068659 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 1997)

Driscoll v. Relocation Advisors, Inc., Civil Action No. 97-00444, 1997 Mass. Super. LEXIS 106 (Mass. Super. Ct., Bristol Co. Sept. 16, 1997)

Smith v. West Rochelle Travel Agency, Inc., 238 A.D.2d 398, 656 N.Y.S.2d 340, 1998 A.M.C. 673 (App. Div., 2d Dep't 1997)

Western Alliance Ins. Co. v. Gill, 426 Mass. 115, 686 N.E.2d 997 (1997)

Honeycutt v. Tour Carriage, Inc., 997 F. Supp. 694 (W.D.N.C. 1996)

Passero v. DHC Hotels and Resorts, Inc., 981 F. Supp. 742 (D. Conn. 1996)

Rawlins v. Clipper Cruise Line, 1998 A.M.C. 1260, 1996 WL 933862, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21786 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 23, 1996)

Rawlins v. Clipper Cruise Lines, 1998 A.M.C. 1254 (N.D. Cal. 1995)

Storazzi v. Bakey, 894 F. Supp. 494 (D. Mass), aff'd, 68 F.3d 455 (1st Cir. 1995)

Stafford v. Intrav, Inc., 841 F. Supp. 284 (E.D. Mo. 1993), aff'd, 16 F.3d 1228 (8th Cir. 1994)

Klinghoffer v. S.N.C. Achille Lauro ed Altri-Gestione, 816 F. Supp. 934 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)

Manahan v. NWA, 821 F. Supp. 1105 (D.V.I. 1991), supplemental op., adhered to, recons. denied sub nom.Manahan v. Yacht Haven Hotel, 821 F. Supp. 1110 (D.V.I. 1992), aff'd without op., 995 F.2d 218 (3d Cir. 1993)

Accomando v. Trans Nat'l Travel, 23 Av. Cas. (CCH) 18,140 (Mass. Super. Ct., Suffolk Co. June 19, 1991)

Ross v. Trans Nat'l Travel, Civil Action No. 88-1763-Z, 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6994, 1990 WL 79229 (D. Mass. June 5, 1990)

Hodes v. S.N.C. Achille Lauro ed Altri-Gestione, 858 F.2d 905 (3d Cir. 1988), cert. dismissed, 490 U.S. 1001 (1989)

Vanover v. Skystar Int'l, 86 Civ. 1168 (JMW), trans. oral op., 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30943 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 1986)

Links: Terrorism Incidents and Legal Problems Confronting the Travel Agent Community As A Result Thereof, Comments by Rodney Gould at the 2002 National Travel Law Symposium, Washington, D.C.