Daniel J. Larson, Esq.

Attorney Daniel J. Larson is a Boston, Massachusetts personal injury attorney who represents individuals and families harmed by negligence. He is the founder and Principal Attorney of Larson Law, a boutique Boston firm, and has been admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 2017, registered with the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. Today his practice is devoted exclusively to plaintiff-side personal injury law.

He handles serious injury cases involving motor vehicle accidents, unsafe property conditions, and other preventable incidents, and he is committed to helping clients recover compensation for medical bills, lost income, pain and suffering, and long-term impairment.

Personal injury work is, at its core, about people whose lives changed without warning. A client typically comes to Larson Law in the weeks after a collision, a fall, or a loss — often still in treatment, often while an insurance adjuster is already calling. Attorney Larson’s role begins there: establishing what happened, identifying who was responsible, and building the case that connects that responsibility to the full extent of the harm.

A Litigation-First Approach

Attorney Larson is a litigation-first lawyer. He builds cases from day one with the expectation that they may need to be tried, and that expectation shapes everything that follows. Rather than assembling a claim in the hope that an insurer will offer a fair number, he develops each matter as though it will ultimately be presented to a judge and jury — using detailed investigation, strategic discovery, expert development, and relentless advocacy to hold insurance companies and at-fault parties accountable.

The practical difference is leverage. A claim that has been thoroughly documented — where evidence has been preserved, the liability theory is clear, and the medical picture is fully developed — occupies a different negotiating position than one that has not. Insurers evaluate files on the likelihood and cost of litigation. A case prepared for trial is treated seriously; a case that appears unprepared invites a low offer and a long wait. He is known for aggressive case strategy, strong negotiation leverage, and results-driven representation, and that reputation rests on a willingness to try a case when the number on the table does not reflect what a client has actually lost.

This approach also serves clients who never see a courtroom. The overwhelming majority of injury claims resolve through negotiation rather than trial, but the terms of that resolution are set by how credible the prospect of litigation is.

Experience on the Other Side of the Table

Prior to founding Larson Law, Attorney Larson worked as a litigator at one of Boston’s premier defense firms, where he represented hospitals, physicians, and other medical providers in complex professional malpractice lawsuits. That experience gives him a distinct advantage in injury litigation.

Defense work teaches a lawyer how claims are evaluated from the inside. He understands how defendants, insurers, and defense counsel assess a file: which facts they treat as significant, which weaknesses they probe first, how reserves are set, what arguments they expect, and where they anticipate a plaintiff’s case will fail. He knows how to attack weak defenses and pressure cases toward resolution because he spent years constructing those defenses himself.

Defending medical professionals is also demanding technical work. Malpractice litigation requires close reading of medical records, working directly with physician experts, and translating complex clinical questions into arguments a jury can follow. Those skills transfer directly to serious injury cases, where medical evidence frequently determines the outcome — whether an injury was caused by the incident, how permanent it is, what future treatment it will require, and how it will affect a person’s capacity to work and live.

Education and Academic Distinction

Attorney Larson earned his law degree at Suffolk University Law School, graduating cum laude and earning Dean’s List recognition.

During law school he served as Development Editor of the Journal of High Technology Law and as Vice President of the Sports & Entertainment Law Association, and he was inducted into the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society — among the oldest legal honor societies in the United States, whose membership recognizes both academic standing and professional ethics.

He also had the rare opportunity to study under United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, an experience that exposed him to constitutional reasoning at the highest level of the American judiciary.

While at Suffolk, he was selected as a Rule 3:03 student attorney in the law school’s nationally ranked Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:03 permits qualified senior law students to appear and practice under supervision — a designation reserved for students judged ready to handle real matters for real clients. In that role he represented startups and small businesses in legal matters, gaining direct client responsibility before admission to the bar.

Each of these carries into practice. Journal editorial work demands precision in written argument and rigorous attention to sources — the same discipline that produces a well-constructed demand letter or brief. Leadership of a student organisation requires the organisational judgment a caseload demands. Clinic practice under Rule 3:03 means he was handling client matters, not observing them.

Speaking and Professional Contribution

Attorney Larson has contributed to the professional education of other lawyers. In 2024 he presented “Practice IP Without a Hard Science Degree” at Suffolk University Law School in connection with the Massachusetts State Bar — an invitation that reflects standing among peers and a willingness to give back to the institution where he trained.

Recognition and Professional Standing

Attorney Larson has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for six consecutive years, 2021 through 2026. Super Lawyers selections are based on peer nomination and independent evaluation, and the Rising Stars designation is limited to a small percentage of eligible attorneys, making sustained selection across multiple years a meaningful measure of standing among colleagues.

He was also named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 and is a member of The National Trial Lawyers. He holds an Avvo Top Rated Personal Injury Lawyer designation and maintains a Justia rating of 10 out of 10, with peer scores of 5.0 out of 5.0 across Legal Knowledge, Legal Analysis, Communication Skills, and Ethics and Professionalism.

He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the state association of trial lawyers who represent injured people. Larson Law is an accredited business with the Better Business Bureau.

These recognitions come from different sources and measure different things — peer regard, client feedback, association membership, and business accreditation. Together they describe an attorney whose work is visible to and respected by the people best positioned to judge it.

How Larson Law Works With Clients

Larson Law is built on communication, brutal honesty, and high-level advocacy from the first call through resolution. The firm’s mission is to provide exceptional legal services in a timely and cost-efficient manner while maintaining the highest standards of professional integrity, to be at the forefront of its practice areas, to earn each client’s trust, and to become leaders in the Massachusetts legal industry.

The boutique structure is deliberate. Operating as a smaller firm keeps expenses low, which allows Larson Law to provide preeminent legal services at a fraction of the cost of large firms. It also means clients are not passed down a chain of unfamiliar names. When someone contacts Larson Law they are assigned a team, they have access to that team, and they are guided through the process from start to finish.

The firm offers a free consultation, accepts cases on a contingent fee basis — meaning no fee unless the case is won — and offers video conferencing for clients who cannot travel. Offices are open by appointment seven days a week, and the firm aims to respond the same day where possible.

The Standard of Proof

Because injury claims are decided on evidence rather than assertion, the early stages of a case often determine its eventual value. Physical evidence is repaired or cleared. Surveillance footage is overwritten on a schedule measured in days. Witnesses move, and memories lose precision. Medical records acquire meaning only when treatment is sought promptly and followed consistently.

The same is true of the medical record itself. An injury documented from the outset, with a clear and consistent treatment history, presents very differently from one where care was delayed or interrupted. Insurers examine gaps closely and use them to argue an injury was less serious than claimed, or arose from something other than the incident. Building that record correctly, and explaining it clearly, is a substantial part of the work.

Where He Practices

Larson Law maintains offices at 265 Franklin Street in Boston, on Ericsson Street in Dorchester, and on Stafford Street in Worcester. From these locations the firm serves clients across eastern and central Massachusetts, including Boston and its neighbourhoods — Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and South Boston — as well as Cambridge, Somerville, Quincy, Brookline, Newton, Medford, Malden, Everett, Chelsea, Revere, Watertown, Waltham, Milton, Weymouth, and Hingham. The firm also represents clients in Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, Peabody, Lynn, Framingham, Brockton, Taunton, Attleboro, Fall River, New Bedford, Plymouth, and Barnstable.

Contact

Attorney Larson is passionate about advocating for injured clients and takes pride in providing responsive, high-level representation from intake through settlement or trial. Larson Law offers a free consultation to anyone injured through another party’s negligence in Massachusetts, and there is no fee unless the firm wins the case.