About Clyde D. Bergstresser

Clyde D. Bergstresser is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, plaintiffs, corporate law and 10 other areas of law. Clyde received a B.S. degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1971, and has been licensed for 52 years. Clyde practices at Bergstresser & Pollock PC in Boston, MA.

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Awards

AV Preeminent Peer Rated

This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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Services

Areas of Law

Corporate Law
Business Law
Contracts
Medical Malpractice
Premises Liability
Personal Injury 1
- Wrongful Death
Other 7
- Ethics & Professional Responsibility
- Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Actions
- Whistleblower Actions
- Catastrophic Personal Injury Litigation
- Psychiatric Malpractice
- Worksite Injuries

Practice Details

Payment Information

Payment & Cost Features
Free initial consultation
Firm Information

Position
Member

Firm Name
Bergstresser & Pollock PC

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Experience

Bar Admission & Memberships

Admissions
1974, Massachusetts
1975, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Bar Fellowship
of the American College of Trial Lawyers, listed as one of the top 100 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts and New England, and included in The Best Lawyers in America. His verdicts and settlements have routinely been among the top in New England. Clyde represents plaintiffs in legal malpractice actions arising out of negligence in all phases of legal practice including corporate law, business law, personal injury actions, whistleblower actions and contracts. Clyde also represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury litigation, including medical malpractice, psychiatric malpractice, premises liability, worksite injuries and wrongful death, among others. Clyde served as the prevailing trial and appellate counsel in Glicklich v. Spievack, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 488 (1983), the seminal decision in Massachusetts addressing the issue of causation in cases involving "delayed diagnosis" of cancer. He has continued to represent patients and families in actions arising out of delayed diagnoses of a variety of types of cancer. Clyde was trial counsel in Rogers v. Okin, 478 F. Supp. 1342 (D. Mass. 1979), a landmark civil rights verdict after a 74-day trial establishing procedural safeguards for the use of medications on psychiatric inpatients. He has also represented many plaintiffs who have been the victim of sexual abuse by psychiatrists, psychotherapists, clergy and others.
Clyde periodically lectures for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys, Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, Harvard Continuing Medical Education, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association.He has been invited to give training lectures to trial lawyers, physicians, prosecutors at the Board of Registration in Medicine and psychiatric residents at many of Boston's hospitals.
Clyde's undergraduate degree was in electrical engineering where he was selected to be President of Eta Kappa Nu (the Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society).
Education & Certifications

Law School
Boston College Law School
Class of 1974
J.D.

Other Education
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Class of 1971
B.S.
magna cum laude

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