John A. Mangones, Esq.
John A. Mangones, Esq.
John A. Mangones joined Godbout Law PLLC as an attorney in 2011. Since joining the firm, Mr. Mangones has served as lead counsel on a large number of civil litigation matters regarding a wide array of issues, including: contracts, business torts, fiduciary duty, commercial leases, trade secrets, unfair business practices, employment discrimination, wage and hour violations, toxic torts, landlord-tenant and construction. Mr. Mangones has significant first chair trial experience at all levels of the Massachusetts state courts and in numerous arbitration forums, including FINRA, AAA and REBA. Mr. Mangones also regularly represents clients in the federal district court in the districts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Mr. Mangones has briefed and argued numerous appeals in the Massachusetts Appeals Court and has argued twice in the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Prior to joining Godbout Law, Mr. Mangones was an associate in the Litigation Department of Goodwin Procter LLP, where he worked primarily on residential mortgage-backed securities litigation matters and products liability class action lawsuits in numerous federal courts. Mr. Mangones has also served as a Special Assistant District Attorney at the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Appeals Division where he drafted multiple appellate briefs in criminal proceedings.
Mr. Mangones was awarded his J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 2009, where he was an editor of Review of Banking and Financial Law. Mr. Mangones completed his undergraduate studies at Connecticut College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree (summa cum laude).
Mr. Mangones is licensed to practice law in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Mr. Mangones is admitted to practice in the following federal courts: U.S. District Court for the District of Mass., U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Mangones has been listed as a Massachusetts Rising Star by New England Super Lawyers Magazine for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.