Email: dbuoniconti@fosteld.com
Daniel Buoniconti is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts,
Commonwealth Scholar and cum laude (B.B.A. 1995). Thereafter he attended Hofstra
University School of Law (J.D. 1998) where he received the Outstanding
Leadership Award from the University’s Center for Public Service. He was
admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in December of 1998;
the State of New York in March of 1999; the District of Columbia in May of 2000
and the State of New Hampshire in February of 2006. Attorney Buoniconti is also
admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit; United States District Court; District of Massachusetts; United States
District Court in the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York;
United States District Court for District of New Hampshire.
Listed in Boston Magazine and New England Super Lawyers as one of
Massachusetts’ “Rising Star” Attorneys in May of 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Mr. Buoniconti successfully argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Leavitt v. Brockton Hospital, et al., (SJC-10296, June 9, 2009) which is the leading case limiting the potential liability of medical providers to non-patient third parties, holding that generally medical providers have no duty to detain or control their patients. Prior to joining Foster & Eldridge, he practiced at a small Park
Avenue litigation firm in New York. He has contributed to two published articles
concerning civil practice procedure. He is a frequent lecturer on medical-legal
issues and health care law for Continuing Medical Education Risk-Management
Programs.
Areas of Practice: Medical Malpractice Defense and Health Care Law, Defense
of Medical Professionals before State Licensing Agencies, Commercial Litigation,
General Liability Litigation and Civil Litigation.
Member: Massachusetts Bar Association; Cambridge-Arlington-Belmont Bar
Association; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; New
Hampshire Bar Association (member of Health Law section).
Other reported decision: O’Meara v. New England Life Flight, Inc., et al
(Massachusetts Appeals Court).