About Brian
Brian Cunha is a seasoned personal injury attorney based in Fall River, Massachusetts. He has been practicing law for over four decades, representing clients across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. His firm, Brian Cunha & Associates, operates offices in Fall River, New Bedford, and East Providence. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mr. Cunha graduated from Lexington High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Boston College, where he also played for the school's nationally recognized hockey team. After completing his undergraduate studies, he taught high school mathematics in Arlington, Massachusetts, while pursuing an MBA at Boston College.
In 1974, he enrolled in Suffolk University Law School, graduating in 1976. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1977 and the Rhode Island Bar in 1978. Mr. Cunha's practice areas include personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, product liability, asbestos and mesothelioma cases, insurance claims. Social Security disability. Over the years, he has secured settlements and verdicts exceeding $200 million for thousands of clients. Notably, he represented victims in the Rhode Island Station Fire case and the MTBE Drinking Water Litigation in Pascoag, Rhode Island.
He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Rhode Island Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, and the Boston Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association and is a long-term board member of the Rhode Island Association for Justice. Mr. Cunha is also a fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, an honor extended to only two percent of trial attorneys. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Cunha is actively involved in community service. He has provided annual college scholarship awards totaling over $100,000 to deserving high school students in Fall River and East Providence.
He also donated an original Felix de Weldon Iwo Jima Memorial statue to the City of Fall River, which was dedicated in 2006 and stands overlooking the Taunton River in Bicentennial Park. Mr. Cunha is fluent in English, Portuguese. Spanish. As a result, the attorney can serve clients effectively. His experience and dedication to his clients have established him as a respected figure in the legal community.
